Deborah Sasson
Deborah Sasson, whose real name is Deborah Ann O'Brien, is an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress mostly active in Germany.
Life and career[edit]
Sasson was born in Boston.[1] As a teenager she sang in a high school band. After high school she studied classical singing at Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio; she graduated with a Master of Music from the New England Conservatory of Music.[1] She had her first engagement at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She made her debut on Broadway in Show Boat. Leonard Bernstein saw her performance in 1982 and cast her in the role of Maria in a production of his West Side Story at the Hamburg State Opera which started her career in Germany.[1]
Sasson was first married to the conductor Michel Sasson.[2] She was married to the tenor Peter Hofmann from 1983 to 1990; A duet version of Scarborough Fair with Hofmann is part of her album Rock Classics.
In 1988 Sasson developed a pop music concept with the producers Achim Völker and Horst Vay. Since then she has released numerous pop CDs. With (Carmen) Danger in Her Eyes and Passion and Pain, Sasson achieved two top 40 hits in Germany in 1989.[3]
Sasson gives solo concerts with her own ensemble; she performed in a duo programme with the opera singer Gunther Emmerlich.[1]
Recordings[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Deboah Sasson". phantomderoper.com (in Deutsch). 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ↑ Report in Boston Globe on the death of Michel Sasson on 26 March 2013, retrieved 13 April 2019
- ↑ List of successes
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Deborah Sasson discography at Discogs
- Deborah Sasson on IMDb
- Der kleine Prinz, Kreativ Team (in German) derkleineprinz.eu
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