Claron McFadden

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title: "Claron McFadden" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1961-births", "living-people", "american-operatic-sopranos", "singers-from-amsterdam", "eastman-school-of-music-alumni", "singers-from-new-york-city", "american-expatriates-in-the-netherlands", "20th-century-american-women-opera-singers", "21st-century-american-women-opera-singers"] description: "American soprano (born 1961)" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claron_McFadden" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary American soprano (born 1961) ::

::data[format=table title="Infobox musical artist"]

Field	Value
name	Claron McFadden
image	Claron McFadden.jpg
caption	Claron McFadden at TEDxAmsterdam, 2010
birth_place	New York City, New York
occupation	Opera singer
genre	Opera
Contemporary classical music
instrument	soprano, coloratura
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| name = Claron McFadden | image = Claron McFadden.jpg | caption = Claron McFadden at TEDxAmsterdam, 2010 | birth_name = | birth_place = New York City, New York | birth_date = | death_date = | occupation = Opera singer | genre = Opera Contemporary classical music | years_active = | instrument = soprano, coloratura | label = Claron McFadden (born 1961) is an American soprano. McFadden studied voice at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, finishing her degree in 1984.

She gained international fame when making her Glyndebourne Festival Opera debut in the title role of the opera Lulu, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis.

As well as singing many of the major oratorio works, McFadden became particularly world-famous for her interpretation of modern and contemporary music, such as in the album Flamma Flamma by Nicholas Lens.

McFadden is currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Opera performances

• Les Arts Florissants (William Christie)
• De Nederlandse Opera
• Salzburg Festival
• Opéra-Comique
• Bregenzer Festspiele
• Aix-en-Provence Festival
• La Monnaie (Brussels)
• Royal Opera
• Théâtre de la Croix Rousse and Théâtre de la Renaissance, Lyon

Awards

On 23 August 2007 McFadden was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts (Amsterdam Funding for the Arts, The Netherlands) by Amsterdam Mayor Job Cohen.

World creations

• The Woman Who Walked into Doors (2004), Kris Defoort
• VSPRS (2005), Alain Platel
• Orrori dell’Amore (1996), The Accacha Chronicles (2005), Love Is the Only Master I’ll Serve (2006), Nicholas Lens
• Inside Covers (3 tracks), The Home Made Orchestra (2004)
• The Letters of Calamity Jane to her Daughter Ben Johnston (2018)
• The Collected Works of Billy the Kid Gavin Bryars (2018)

References

References

1. "Claron McFadden {{!}} Opera Soprano {{!}} English National Opera".
2. "Claron McFadden 2015 Jury BBC Cardiff singer of the world".
3. (2019-04-18). "Claron McFadden".
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5. (2013-08-03). "Salzburg celebrates the brilliance of Birtwistle".
6. Tossah, Sylvie. (2022-01-03). "ORCHESTRE DES JEUNES DE LA MÉDITERRANÉE".
7. "Annuaire du spectacle 2003-2004 (éd, 2005)". Editions Lansman.

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