Background
Horne, Marilyn Berneice was born on January 16, 1934 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Bentz and Berneice Horne.
Horne, Marilyn Berneice was born on January 16, 1934 in Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Bentz and Berneice Horne.
Student, University Southern California. Doctor of Music (honorary), Rutgers University, 1970. Doctor of Music (honorary), Jersey City State College, 1973.
Doctor of Music (honorary), Brown University, 1984. Doctor of Music (honorary), Juillard School Music, 1994. Doctor of Letters (honorary), St. Peter's College.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Kean College, 1977.
Vocal program director Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, California, since 1995.
Achievements include having the leading exponent florid vocal style, music of Rossini, Handel, Vivaldi.
Singer: (Operas) (debut) as Hata in The Bartered Bride, 1954, (La Scala debut) Oepidus Rex, 1969, (Metropolitan Opera debut) as Adalgisa in Norma, 1970, (other roles) Rosina in Barber of Seville, Cleonte in The Siege of Corinth, Isabella in L'Italiana in Algieri, Carmen at Metropolitan Opera, 1972-1973, Laura in Harvest, Chicago Lyric Opera, Marie in Wozzeck, San Francisco Opera, (appeared in) Phigenie en Tauride, Semiramide, Samson et Dalila at Metropolitan Opera, 1987, The Ghost of Versailles, 1991, Pelléas et Mélisande, 1995, Venice Festival by invitation of Igor Stravinsky, American Opera Society, New York City, for several seasons, Vancouver Opera, Philharmonic Hall, New York City, Paris, Dallas, Houston, Covent Garden, London, roles at La Scala, Italy, Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, Italy, Metropolitan Opera, 1987, (recital debuts) Madrid, Dresden, East Berlin, 1987. Performer: (at inauguration) of the United States President Clinton, 1993, annual recital at Carnegie Hall, European tour with husband for Department State, 1963. Recording artist London, Columbia, Deutsche Grammaphon and Radio Corporation of America records, recordings include soundtrack Carmen Jones.
Founder Marilyn Horne Foundation. Fellow: American Academy Arts and Sciences.
Needlepoint, swimming, reading, sightseeing.
Married Henry Lewis, July 1, 1960 (divorced 1974).
