Performance

Adele Addison

Adele Addison is credited on 198 releases across 37 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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198

Pressings credited

37

Albums

8

Decades active

2

In collections

Biography

Adele Addison (born July 24, 1925) is an American lyric soprano who was a figure in the classical music world during the 1950s and 1960s. Although she did appear in several operas, Addison spent most of her career performing in recital and concert. Her performances spanned a wide array of literature from the Baroque period to contemporary compositions. She is best remembered today as the singing voice for Bess (played by Dorothy Dandridge) in the 1959 movie, Porgy and Bess. Known for her polished and fluent tone, Addison made a desirable Baroque vocal artist. She can be heard on numerous recordings, of which her Baroque performances are perhaps her best work. Many of her recordings were made with the New York Philharmonic under the baton of Leonard Bernstein.

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Credited work

198 releases · 37 albums · active 1954–2024

  • Performance · 208

Studios: Severance Hall · Columbia 30th Street Studio · Manhattan Center · Symphony Hall, Boston

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Handel
  • Beethoven
  • Various
  • Bach
  • Aaron Copland
  • Vaughan Williams
  • Lester Trimble
  • Debussy

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