Performers Index ~ D

  • D'Avalos, Francesco (fran CHES koh DAH vah los) (Naples, - )It-cond

  • D'Oyly Carte, Richard     (3 MAY - )Eng=Operetta Producer Photo
  • D'alberto, Michel (2 JUN - )Fr=P
  • DA CAPO CHAMBER PLAYERS (dah KAH poh)


  • DAAU QUARTET     Antwerp, Belgium

  • Dalal, Zane     ( -
    ) Con
  • Dalayman, Katarina (Stockholm, Sweden - ) Soprano. MET debute 1999-2000
  • Dallapozza, Adolph (AH dolf dah lah POH tsah)
  • DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA - Texas Andrew Litton, cond (Ross Perot's
    EDS company built their performing arts center dedicated to Edgar
    Meyerson)
  • Dal Monte, Toti (TOH' tee dahl MON' tay)
  • Dalton, Mitch
  • Damase, Jean-Michel (dah MAHZ)( - )Bordeux Fr=P-Com
  • Damm, Peter (1937 - )Ger=horn
  • Damrosh, Walter (DAM rohsh) ( - )=Con - NY Sym Orch.
  • Danby, Nicholas (19 JUL - )Eng=Organist
  • Danco, Suzanne (dahn KOH')
  • Daniel, N (9 JAN - )Eng=Oboe
  • Daniel, P (5 JUL - )Eng-Con
  • Daniels, David (Spartanburg, SC - )Am=Contratenor, Male Alto, MET 1998

  • Danko, Suzanne (Dan KOH)( - )
  • Dankworth, Johnny (20 SEP - )Eng=Con-Com
  • Darke, H (29 OCT - )Eng=Con-Organist
  • Darre, Jeanne-Marie (jhahn mah ree dahr ray)
  • Darrenkamp, John (Lancaster, PA - ) Am=Bar, MET 1979
  • Dart, Thurston R (3 SEP - )Eng=Hpscd
  • Da Silva, Joao Cordeiro (Zhowl Kor Dair' oh Dah SIL' vah)
  • Daunoras, Vaclovas (Zagara - )Lithuanian=Bass, MET 1996
  • Davidovich, Bella (dah vee DOH vich)Rus=P
  • Davies, Dennis Russell (16 APR - )Am=Con-P
  • Davies, Sir H. W. (6 SEP - )Eng=Organist-Teach
  • Davies, Maxwell Sir Peter (30 JUL - )Eng=Cond (Sources indicate pron-DAY'viss)
  • Davis, Andrew (2 FEB - )Eng=Cond
  • Davis, Brian (Toledo, OH - )Am=Bar, MET 1998
  • Davis, C (28 OCT - )Am=Con
  • Davis, Colin Sir (Kul in DA vis) (25 SEP - )Eng=Con
  • Dawson, I (3 JUN - )Eng=Sop
  • Day, Kathryn (Baltimore - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1995
  • De Candia, Roberto (Bisceglie - )It=Bar, MET 1998
  • De Burgos, Rafael Fruhbeck (RAH fay el FRE' beck dah BOAR'
    gohs)SP=C
  • de Falla, Manuel (1876 - 1946)Sp=Comp.-P
  • De Froment, Louis (lou ee duh froh mohn)
  • De Gaetani, Jan (jan duh gy TAH nee) (10 JUL 1933 - 15 SEP 1989)Am=Sop
  • De Groot, Frank (frahnk duh KHROHT)( - )Dutch
  • De La Maza, Reginu Sainz (Ray gee new Sahnz deh lah MAH' zah)
  • de LANCIE, John ( - 17 MAY 2002 ) (Oboist and Curtis Institute Director) Former principal oboist of the Philadelphia Orchestra and director of the Curtis Institute of Music. Obit.
  • De La Tomasa, Jose (hoh ZAY deh leh tho MAH sah)( - )Sp
  • De La Torre [see La Torre]
  • De Larrocha, Alicia (ah LEE' sha Deh lah ROH' cha)( - )SP=P
  • de los Angeles, Victoria (duh lohss AHN' keh less)(Barcelona, 1 NOV 1923 - Barcelona, 15 JAN 2005)Sp=Sop
  • De Neve, Guido (KHEE doh duh NAY vah) ( - )Belgian
  • de Niese, Danielle (Melbourne - ) Australian=Sop, MET 1998
  • De Nolfo, Ian (Honolulu, HI - )Tenor. MET debut 1999-2000
  • De Palma, Piero (PYAY roh deh PAHL mah)( - )Sp
  • De Peyer, G (jair VYZ' dah PAY' er) (11 APR - )Eng=Clar
  • De Priest, Brian (duh PREEST)( - )Con
  • De Priest, James (duh PREEST)( - )Con
  • De Rijka, Helenus (heh LAY nes duh RY kah)( - )Dan
  • De Reske, Edouard (eh DOO' ahr duh RES' keh)
  • De Sabata, Victor (day SAH' bah tah)( - )It=Con
  • De Vries, Han (hahn duh VREES) ( - )Dan

  • DeVol, Luana     ( - )=Sop
  • De Waart, Edo (A' doh dah VART')Dan=Con
  • De Zeeuw, Chantal (shahn TAL duh ZAY oo) ( - )Organist
  • Debost, Michel (mee shell duh BOHS)( - )Fr
  • DEBRECEN - Hungary (DEH breh tsen)
  • Debussy, Claude Achille (1862 - 1918)Fr=Comp.-Pianist
  • Deciedue, Richard (dee SID' you way)
  • Defossa, Francois (fran SWAH' duh FAW' sah)
  • Degenne, Pierre (duh ZHEHN)( - )Fr
  • Dekkers, Miny (mini DECK ers) ( - )
  • Del Forno, Anton ( - )Am-G
  • Del Mar, Norman
    (31 JUL - 1997 )Eng=Cond.-Horn player
  • Del Monaco, Mario (27 MAY 1915 - 16 OCT 1982)It=ten

  • Della Chiesa, Vivian ( - )Soprano who debuted with the Chicago Civic Opera in 1936, and apppeared
    regularly on radio through the 1960s. Photo
  • Della Casa, Lisa (LEE' zah DEL' lah KAH' zah)

  • Deller, Alfred
    ( Margate, 31 MAY 1912 - Bologna, 16 JUL 1979 )Eng= Countertenor

  • Demenga, Thomas ( TOH mas duh MEN gah)( - )
  • HREF="http://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/artists/demidenko.html">
    Demidenko,
    Nikolai (2 JUL - )Rus=P
  • Demus, Jorge (yorg DAY' mooz) (2 DEC - )Austrian=P

  • Denham, Ellen     ( - )Am=Sop
  • Denman, John (London, 1933 - Tucson, 2001)Eng=Cl
  • Depeyer, Gervaise (ger VICE' duh PIE' er)Eng=Clar
  • Deplus, Guy (gee duh PLEW) ( - )Fr=Clarinet
  • Dernesch, H. (12 FEB - )Ger=sop
  • Dervaux, Pierre (dair VOH')( - )Fr=C
  • Desarzens, Victor (DEH' sahr ZAHn')(27 OCT 1908 - Lausanne, 13 FEB
    1986)Sw=con
  • Deshorties, Alexandra (Montreal, CA - ) Soprano. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Desormiere, Roger (ROH jhay day zor mee yair)
  • Dessay, Natalie ( - )Fr-Sop
  • Dessi, Daniela (Genoa - )It=Sop, MET 1995

  • Dessay,
    Natalie     ( - )Fr=Sop
  • Destinn, Emma (Destinnova aka Kittl)(26 FEB 1878 - 28 JAN 1930)Czech=Sop
  • DEUTSCHE WELLE (DOY cha VEL ah) German Broadcasting 'The Air Waves'
  • Devlin, Michael (Chicago - )Am=Bass-Bar, MET 1978
  • Devoyan, Pascal (6 APR - )Fr-P
  • Deyanova, Marta (MAR tah day YAH noh vah) ( - )Rus=P

  • Deyhim, Sussan     ( - )Fr=Vocalist
  • Diadkova, Larissa (Zelenodolsk - )Rus=Mez-Sop, MET 1996
  • Diaghilev, Serge (sehr GAY DYAH gih lef)(31 MAR - )Rus=Impressario
  • Diaz, James ( - )Am=Organist, Dallas Sym
  • Dibonaventura, Anthony (dee boh nah ven TOO rah)( - )It=P
  • Dichter, Cipa (SEE pah DIK tyer)(Rio de Janero, 20 MAY 1944 - )P (wife)
  • Dichter, Mischa (MEE shah DIK ter)(Shanghai, 27 SEP 1945- )Am=P

  • Dick, James     (
    - )Am=P
  • Dickinson, M (8 APR - )Eng=MezSop
  • Dickson, Harry Ellis ( Cambridge, MA 1908 - Boston, 29 MAR 2003 )(Former Boston Symphony Violinist and Boston Pops Conductor)


    For years he was icon at the Boston Symphony Orchestra and The Boston "Pops". He was father of Kitty Dukakis, wife of former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. ~ died at age 94.


  • Dieskau (See Fischer-Dieskau)

  • Dicterow, Glenn ( - )Am-V, concertmaster NY Phil.



  • Di Stefano,
    Giuseppe     "Pippo" (joo ZEP pay dee STEH fah noh)( 24 JUL
    1921 - )It
  • Divall, Nicole, ( - )Am=violist
  • Dix, Marjorie Elinor (Pittsburgh, PA - )Soprano. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Dixon, Dean (1915 - 1976) AF-AM=Cond
  • Doucet, Suzanne (soo ZAHN doo SAY)
    (27 AUG - )
  • Dohnanyi, Christoph (DOHKH nah nyee) (Berlin, 8 SEP 1929 - )Ger= Cond. (grandson of comp Ernst)
  • Dohnanyi, Ernst Von (Pressburg, 27 JUL 1877 - NYC, 9 FEB 1960)Hung.=P-Comp-Teacher (grandfather of cond. Christoph)
  • Dolezal, Vladimir (VLAH dee meer DOH leh zahl) ( - )Cz=tenor
  • Dolmetch, F (23 AUG - )Fr=Recorder
  • Dolukhanova, Zara (doh loo KAH noh vah) (5 MAR 1918 - )Rus=MezSop
  • Domarkas, Juozas (yoo OH zahs doh MAR kahs ( - )Lith=Con

  • Domingo, Placido     (PLAH see doh doh
    MEEN goh) (21 JAN 1941 - )Sp=ten, MET 1966

  • DOMRAS-MANDOLINS
    & PIANO TRIO of Russia
  • Donath, Helen (DOH nat) ( - )Am=
  • Donohoe, Peter (18 JUN - )ENG=P
  • Donose, Ruxandra (Bucarest, Romania - )Mezzo-soprano. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Dorati, Antal (AHN' tahl door AH' tee)Hung=C
  • Dorrestein, Johan (joh han DOOR ah styn) ( - )
  • Doss, Mark S. (-)Bass-baritone
  • Dutton, Jane (Indianapolis - )Am=Mez-Sop, MET 1997
  • Douatte, Roland (row LAHN doo WHAT)( - )Fr=Con
  • Doucet, Suzanne (soo ZAHN doo SAY') (27 AUG -
    )Pianist/Comp
  • Douglas, Barry(23 APR - )Ir=P
  • Downes, E (17 JUN - )Eng=Con
  • Downes, R (16 AUG - )Eng=Organist


  • Dragon, Carmen     ( - )Am=Harp
    (daughter)
  • Dragon, Carmen ( - )Am=Con (father)
  • Dragon, Darrel ( - )Am=P (Captain and Tennielle) (son of Carmen, Sr)
  • Drahos, Bela (BAY lah DRAH hosh) ( - )Hung=flute
  • Drake, J (5 APR - )Eng=P
  • Drake, Susan ( - )
  • Dreyfus, Huguette (you GET DRAY fis) ( - )Fr
  • DROTTINGHOLM BAROQUE ENSEMBLE (DRAH ting home)
  • Drucker, Stanley (DRUH ker) ( - )AM=Clarinet
  • Druian, Rafael ( - Phila. 6 SEP 2002) (Violinist and conductor). Was the concertmaster for the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra and other ensembles, died in Philadelphia. ~ age 80.
    N Y Times Obit.


  • DUCALE, LA CAPELLA
    ENSEMBLE
  • Dudley, Jennifer (Portland, ME - )Mezzo-soprano. MET debut 1999-2000
  • Duesing, D (26 SEP - )Am=baritone
  • Dugger, Adrienne (Atlanta,GA - )Soprano. MET debut 1999-2000

  • Duke, Cherry     ( - )=Sop
  • Dumay, Augustine ( oh goo STAHN doo MAY)


  • DUN, Tan     ( - )Cond-Comp
  • HREF="http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/kurtwood/501/index.html">
    Duncan,
    Laurie ( - )Can=P
  • Duncan, Todd ( 1926 - 1 MAR 1998)Am=Baritone...
    1st Porgy.

  • DUNFORD,
    Jonathan     ( - )
      HREF="http://perso.cybercable.fr/violes/html/viola_da_gamba.html">
      Viola da
      gamba



      Violes

  • DUO 46 MATT GOULD, guitar and BETH ILANA
    SCHNEIDER, violin
  • Duphil, Monique
    (moh NEEK du FEEL) ( - )Fr


  • Du Pre,
    Jacqueline     (doo PRAY') (Oxford, 26 JAN 1945 - London, 19 OCT
    1987 )ENG=CEL, m. D. Barenboim
  • Du Pre, Marcel (mahr sell du PRAY') (3 MAY - )Fr=Organist-Com

  • Duran, Elena     (eh LAY nah DOOR un) (CA, - )AM=flute
  • Durufle, Maurice (11 JAN 1902 - 1986 )Fr=Organist-Com
  • Dushkin, S (13 DEC - )Rus-Am=V

  • Dussek,
    Michael     (DOO sehk) ( - )Am=P
  • Dutoit, Charles (sharl doo TWAH')(7 OCT- )Swiss=con
  • Dvorak, Jaroslav (DVOR zhak YAH roh slaf ( - )
  • Dvorakova, Ludmilla (LOOD me lah DVOR zhak oh vah)( - )
  • Dwyer, Doriot Anthony (MS.) (DOOR ee oh ANN tho nee DWY' er)AM=F