Jean Kraft
Biography
Jean Kraft (January 9, 1927 – July 15, 2021) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano. She began her career singing with the New York City Opera (NYCO) during the early 1960s, after which she embarked on a partnership with The Santa Fe Opera from 1965 through 1987. In 1970 she joined the roster of singers at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City where she remained a fixture until 1989. She also performed as a guest of many other opera companies throughout the United States. In 2005 Opera News called her "a gifted mezzo and observant, imaginative actress who lent distinction to a wide range of character roles. By the end of her Met tenure, she had sung nearly 800 performances and become a solid audience favorite."
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
1,219 releases · 319 albums · active 1957–2025
- Performance · 1,652
- Other credits · 254
- Production · 83
Studios: B.M.I. Studios · EMI Studios, Heemstede · Telstar Studio, Weert · Hastings Music Hamburg Studio
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Zangeres Zonder Naam
- De Zangeres Zonder Naam
- Eddy Wally
- Johnny Hoes
- Henk Wijngaard
- De Electronica's
- Zwarte Lola