# Janet Perry

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{{short description|American soprano}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Janet Perry
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1944|12|27}}
| birth_place        = [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis), Minnesota
| education          = [Bachelor of Music](/source/Bachelor_of_Music)
| alma_mater         = [Curtis Institute of Music](/source/Curtis_Institute_of_Music)
| occupation         = Operatic soprano
}}
'''Janet Perry''' (born December 27, 1947, [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis)) is an American [opera](/source/opera)tic [soprano](/source/soprano). In 1959, aged 11, she was seen in a stage-version of ''[The Wizard of Oz](/source/The_Wizard_of_Oz_(1902_musical))'' at the [St Paul](/source/Saint_Paul%2C_Minnesota) Civic Opera. Following high school, she [matriculated](/source/Matriculation) at the [Curtis Institute of Music](/source/Curtis_Institute_of_Music), under the tutelage of Mme Eufemia Giannini-Gregory.

Having earned her [Bachelor of Music](/source/Bachelor_of_Music), she left for [Europe](/source/Europe) where she [debuted](/source/Debut) at the [Linz Opera](/source/Linz_State_Theatre) as Zerlina in ''[Don Giovanni](/source/Don_Giovanni)'' in 1969. In subsequent seasons, Perry was featured in most of the continent's major opera houses (including [La Scala](/source/La_Scala), 1978), as well as most of its famed [festivals](/source/Festival), including those of [Salzburg](/source/Salzburg_Festival), [Glyndebourne](/source/Glyndebourne_Festival_Opera), [Aix-en-Provence](/source/Aix-en-Provence_Festival), and [Bregenz](/source/Bregenz_Festival).<ref>"A Star Debuts at Home," by Joseph McLellan, ''The Washington Post'', November 5, 1983.</ref>

A particular favorite of [Herbert von Karajan](/source/Herbert_von_Karajan), she also sang under [Carlos Kleiber](/source/Carlos_Kleiber), [Karl Böhm](/source/Karl_B%C3%B6hm), [Riccardo Muti](/source/Riccardo_Muti), [Daniel Barenboim](/source/Daniel_Barenboim), [Nikolaus Harnoncourt](/source/Nikolaus_Harnoncourt), [Mstislav Rostropovich](/source/Mstislav_Rostropovich), [Rafael Kubelík](/source/Rafael_Kubel%C3%ADk), [James Levine](/source/James_Levine), [Stefano Vignati](/source/Stefano_Vignati) and [Wolfgang Sawallisch](/source/Wolfgang_Sawallisch), as well as the stage directors [Jean-Pierre Ponnelle](/source/Jean-Pierre_Ponnelle) and [Giorgio Strehler](/source/Giorgio_Strehler).<ref>[http://www.janetperry.com Janet Perry official website], janetperry.com; accessed September 6, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-04 |title=Janet Perry Archives |url=https://karajan.org/tags/janet-perry/ |access-date=2026-05-21 |website=Karajan |language=en-US}}</ref>

She sang a famous performance of ''Der Rosenkavalier'' with Karajan in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Karajan |url=https://www.deutschegrammophon.com/en/catalogue/products/r-strauss-der-rosenkavalier-karajan-8311 |access-date=2026-05-21 |website=Deutsche Grammophon |language=en}}</ref>

==Abridged discography==
* Smetana: ''[The Bartered Bride](/source/The_Bartered_Bride)'' [as Esmeralda] {in German} ([Stratas](/source/Teresa_Stratas), [Kollo](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Kollo); [Krombholc](/source/Jaroslav_Krombholc), 1975) [Eurodisc](/source/Eurodisc)
* Verdi: ''[Falstaff](/source/Falstaff_(opera))'' [as Nannetta] (Kabaivanska, Ludwig, Araiza, Taddei; Karajan, 1980) [Philips](/source/Philips)
* Mozart: ''[Die Zauberflöte](/source/Die_Zauberfl%C3%B6te)'' [as Papagena] (Mathis, Ott, Araiza, van Dam; Karajan, 1980) [Deutsche Grammophon](/source/Deutsche_Grammophon)
* Mozart: ''[Thamos, König in Ägypten](/source/Thamos%2C_K%C3%B6nig_in_%C3%84gypten)'' (Harnoncourt, 1980) [Teldec](/source/Teldec)
* Mozart: ''[Great Mass in C minor](/source/Great_Mass_in_C_minor%2C_K._427)'' (Hendricks, Schreier, Luxon; Karajan, 1982) Deutsche Grammophon
* R. Strauss: ''[Der Rosenkavalier](/source/Der_Rosenkavalier)'' [as Sophie] (Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Moll; Karajan, 1982) Deutsche Grammophon
* Beethoven: [Ninth Symphony](/source/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)) (Baltsa, Cole, van Dam; Karajan, 1983) Deutsche Grammophon
* Bruckner: "[Te Deum](/source/Te_Deum_(Bruckner))" (Karajan, 1984) Deutsche Grammophon
* Mercadante: ''[Il bravo](/source/Il_bravo)'' (Aprea, 1990) [live] Nuova Era

==Abridged videography==
* Mozart: ''[Le nozze di Figaro](/source/Le_nozze_di_Figaro)'' [as Barbarina] (Freni, Te Kanawa, Ewing, Prey, Fischer-Dieskau; Böhm, Ponnelle, 1976) Deutsche Grammophon
* [Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi): ''[Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria](/source/Il_ritorno_d'Ulisse_in_patria)'' [as Melanto] (Hollweg, Schmidt, Araiza, Estes; Harnoncourt, Ponnelle, 1979) Deutsche Grammophon
* [Monteverdi](/source/Claudio_Monteverdi): ''[L'incoronazione di Poppea](/source/L'incoronazione_di_Poppea)'' [as Drusilla] (Yakar, Schmidt, Esswood, Tappy, Araiza, Salminen; Harnoncourt, Ponnelle, 1980) Deutsche Grammophon
* Verdi: ''Falstaff'' (Kabaivanska, Ludwig, Araiza, Taddei; Karajan, Karajan, 1982) [live] [Sony](/source/Sony)
* J. S. Bach: ''[Kaffeekantate](/source/Kaffeekantate)'' (Schreier, Holl; Harnoncourt, 1984) [live] Deutsche Grammophon
* R. Strauss: ''Der Rosenkavalier'' (Tomowa-Sintow, Baltsa, Moll; Karajan, Karajan, 1984) [live] Sony
* J. Strauss II: ''[Die Fledermaus](/source/Die_Fledermaus)'' [as Adele] ([Coburn](/source/Pamela_Coburn), [Faßbaender](/source/Brigitte_Fassbaender), [Hopferwieser](/source/Josef_Hopferwieser), [Wächter](/source/Eberhard_Waechter_(baritone)); [Kleiber](/source/Carlos_Kleiber), [Schenk](/source/Otto_Schenk), 1987) [live] [Deutsche Grammophon](/source/Deutsche_Grammophon)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{YouTube|bmvQAtZSzXA|Janet Perry in an excerpt from ''Der Rosenkavalier'' (1984)}}.

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