This article considers mezzo-soprano Cathy Berberian's (1925–1983) contributions to the
historical performance movement. Berberian, an Armenian-American active in Italy, was�…

This chapter investigates the genesis and theoretical implications of the term'The New
Vocality', as evidenced by Cathy Berberian's beliefs on the matter, in tandem with her artistic�…

During her relatively brief career, Cathy Berberian (1925-83) became arguably the best-
known singer of avant-garde vocal music in Europe and the United States. After 1950, when�…

Cathy Berberian (1925–1983) perhaps put it best herself:'“I hold back in private life [...]. I
have to because I'm bigger than life—my nature is bigger than life. I'm exaggerated in�…

Carol Plantamura was still a student when she had her professional debut in 1963,
performing Pierre Boulez's Improvisations sur Mallarm� I and II with Boulez conducting�…

This richly illustrated anthology (containing more than 120 photographs and images)
heralds the 25th anniversary of the demise of Cathy Berberian. The celebrated mezzo�…

Cathy Berberian, the late great singer-whom no female performer has been able to equal
since-always regretted that she was not able to convince opera house directors to let her�…

In the early 1970s Cathy Berberian extended her vocal art towards what may well be
understood and appreciated as" camp". The author purpose is two-fold. On the one hand�…

Cathy Berberian: pioneer of contemporary vocality/by Pamela Karantonis, francesca
Placanica, anne sivuoja-Kauppala and Pieter Verstraete. pages cm includes bibliographical�…

Berberian had discovered The Beatles in late 1965, thanks to her daughter Cristina's
enthusiasm for the group. Founded in Liverpool, England, in 1960, The Beatles gained�…