Teresa Stratas Biography, Wiki, Age, Height, Family, Husband, Career and Net Worth.

Teresa Stratas Biography

Teresa Stratas (born Anastasia Stratakis) is a retired Canadian operatic soprano of Greek descent. She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg’s Lulu.

10 Quick Facts About Teresa Stratas

1. Name: Teresa Stratas
2. Age:67 years old as of 2022
3. Birthday: Not Known
4. Zodiac Sign: Not Known
5. Height: Average
6. Nationality: American
7. Occupation: Operatic soprano
8. Marital Status: Married.
9. Salary: Under Review
10. Net worth:$1 million – $5 million

Teresa Stratas Age

Stratas is 84 years old as of 2022, she was born on 26 March 1938 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She celebrates her birthday on 26 March every year and her birth sign is Aries.

Teresa Stratas Height and Weight

Stratas stands at a height of 5 feet (152 lbs) and has moderate weight. However, details regarding her actual weight and other body measurements are currently not publicly available. We will update this section when the information is available.

Teresa Stratas Education

She graduated from The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. At age 20, Stratas made her professional opera debut as Mimì in La bohème at the Toronto Opera Festival.

One year later in 1959, she co-won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, appearing later that year with the Metropolitan Opera as Poussette in Manon.

Teresa Stratas Family, Parents and Sibling

Stratas was born and raised by her parents to a struggling immigrant Cretan family in Oshawa near Toronto, Ontario. Our efforts to find out more about her family came to no avail as no such information is publicly available.

Thus, the identity of Stratas’s parents is still unclear. It is also not known if she has any siblings. We will update this section once this information is available.

Teresa Stratas Husband and Children

Stratas is a married woman. She has been married to Tony Harrison since the year 1984. Information on the couple having children is not out in the public however, we are keeping tabs and will update as soon as more information is available.

Teresa Stratas Salary

Details about Stratas’s salary are not yet disclosed. However, information about how much she makes will be updated as soon as it is available.

Teresa Stratas Net Worth

Stratas’ net worth is estimated to be between $1 million and $10 million. This includes her assets, money, and income. Her primary source of income, Stratas has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Teresa Stratas Measurements and Facts

Here are some interesting facts and body measurements you should know about Teresa Stratas.

Teresa Stratas Wiki

• Full Names: Teresa Stratas
• Popular As: Stratas
• Gender: Female
• Occupation / Profession: Retired operatic soprano
• Nationality: Canadian
• Race / Ethnicity: White
• Religion: Christianity
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Teresa Stratas Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 82 (2020)
• Zodiac Sign: Aries
• Date of Birth: 26 March 1938
• Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Birthday: March 26th

Teresa Stratas Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 5 feet (152 lbs)
• Weight: Not Known
• Eye Color: Brown
• Hair Color: White
• Shoe Size: Not Available
• Dress Size: Not Available
• Breast Size: Not Available
• Waist Size: Not Available
• Hip Size: Not Available

Teresa Stratas Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad): Not Known
• Mother: Anastasia Stratakis
• Siblings (Brothers and Sisters): Not Known
• Marital Status: Married
• Husband/Spouse: Married to Tony Harrison
• Children: Not Available

Teresa Stratas Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $1 million and $10 million
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: Retired operatic soprano

Teresa Stratas House and Cars

• Place of living: To be Updated
• Cars: Car Brand to be Updated

Teresa Stratas Career

Stratas created the title role in Peggy Glanville-Hicks’ Nausicaa at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens in 1961, made her Covent Garden debut as Mimì that same year, and in 1962, she made her La Scala debut as Isabella in Manuel de Falla’s L’Atlántida.

She continued her career with the Metropolitan Opera, moved into leading roles, and performed with leading opera houses around the world, including the Bolshoi, Vienna State, Berlin, Bavarian State (Munich), Paris, and San Francisco Operas as well as the Salzburg Festival.

In the year 1974, she made a film (directed by Götz Friedrich) of Strauss’ Salome with the Vienna Philharmonic under Karl Böhm. Pierre Boulez chose her to sing the title role in the first performance of Friedrich Cerha’s completed version of Alban Berg’s Lulu (Paris, 1979).

In 1981 she performed the role of Mimi in La bohème at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. On 26 September 1989, she sang all three soprano roles in Puccini’s Trittico, Giorgetta in Il tabarro, Angelica in Suor Angelica, and Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi (Met).

She created the role of Marie Antoinette in the premiere of John Corigliano’s The Ghosts of Versailles (Met, 1991). At the opening night of the Met’s 1994 season, she sang Nedda in Pagliacci opposite Luciano Pavarotti and Giorgetta in Il tabarro opposite Plácido Domingo.

During her 36 year career at the Metropolitan Opera, she appeared in 385 performances of 41 different roles.

Her most frequently performed roles at the house include Liu in Turandot which included 27 performances between 1961 and 1995,  Nedda in Pagliacci (27 performances between 1963 and 1994), and Mimì in La bohème (26 performances between 1962 and 1982).

Her final performance with the company was on December 9, 1995, as Jenny in The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny.

She was engaged to sing Marenka in a revival of The Bartered Bride during the 1996-97 season but withdrew from all of the performances prior to opening night, and subsequently never returned to the house again.

While rehearsing for Mahagonny in 1979, Stratas met the originator of her role, Lotte Lenya, who was also Kurt Weill’s widow.

Lenya gave her the scores of previously unpublished Weill songs which she had hoarded until that time, some of which Stratas later recorded on two albums, The Unknown Kurt Weill and Stratas Sings Weill.

She also starred in several film adaptations of operas, including Salome (1974), Amahl and the Night Visitors (1978), The Bartered Bride (1975), Pagliacci (1982), and La traviata (1983).

In the year 1988, she recorded the role of Julie La Verne in EMI’s 3-CD set of the complete score of Kern and Hammerstein’s classic musical Show Boat, conducted by John McGlinn.

Also starring with her were Frederica Von Stade as Magnolia, Jerry Hadley as Gaylord Ravenal, and Bruce Hubbard as Joe.

This was the first-ever complete recording of the score, using Robert Russell Bennett’s original 1927 orchestrations, Will Vodery’s vocal arrangements, and all of Oscar Hammerstein II’s uncensored lyrics.

Critics acclaimed it as the finest recording of Show Boat ever made. In the 1980s Stratas traveled to Calcutta and worked with Blessed Mother Teresa in an orphanage and at the Kalighat Home for the Dying.

In the 1990s she again took time from her career to move into a Romanian hospital to clean cots and wash and care for the sick and dying orphans.

On September 25, 2008, Teresa Stratas returned to New York for an interview with the Metropolitan Opera Guild, her first public appearance in over a decade. She lives in Florida.

Teresa Stratas Awards and recognition

1. Stratas’ star on Canada’s Walk of Fame
2. Grammy Awards & Grammy nominations
3. Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording and Grammy Award for Best Classical Album for Alban Berg’s Lulu (1981)
4. Grammy Award for Best Opera Recording for Verdi’s La traviata (1984)
5. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Actress – Musical for Rags (1987)
6. Nominee for Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Rags (1987)
7. Officer of the Order of Canada (1972)
8. Artist of the Year Canadian Music Council (1980)
9. Honorary LL D (McMaster University) (1986)
10. Honorary LL D (University of Toronto) (1994)
11. Honorary LL D (Eastman School of Music) (1998)
12. Honorary D LITT (York University) (2000)
13. Governor General’s Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement (2000)
14. Star in Canada’s Walk of Fame (2001)
15. MasterWorks recipient for Alban Berg’s Lulu (2005)

Teresa Stratas Filmography

1. Giuditta (1970) – Stratas, Schock – operetta F. Lehar (movie made in Germany)
2. Der Zarewitsch (1973) – Stratas, Ochman – operetta F. Lehar (movie made in Germany) directed by Arthur Maria Rabenalt
3. Salome (1974) – title role, conducted by Karl Böhm, directed by Götz Friedrich
4. The Bartered Bride (1978) – with Nicolai Gedda, and Jon Vickers, directed by John Dexter
5. Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1979) – with Astrid Varnay and Richard Cassilly, directed by Dexter
6. La bohème (1981) – as Mimì, with José Carreras and Renata Scotto, directed by Franco Zeffirelli
7. Pagliacci (1982) – as Nedda, with Domingo, directed by Zeffirelli
8. La Traviata (1983) – as Violetta, with Domingo and Cornell MacNeil, directed by Zeffirelli
9. Stratasphere: Portrait of Teresa Stratas (1989) – documentary
10. Così fan tutte . Stratas, Edita Gruberová, Luis Lima, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Delores Ziegler, Vienna Philharmonic, cond. Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. Deutsche Grammophon
11. The Blasphemers’ Banquet (1989)
12. The Ghosts of Versailles (1991) – Stratas, Fleming, Horne, Hagegård, G. Quilico, Berberian, Met Opera, cond.James Levine. Directed by Colin Graham
13. Under the Piano (1996) – Teresa Stratas, Amanda Plummer, Megan Follows.

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