Editing Adele Addison (section)

==Career==
Addison made her professional recital debut in Boston, in 1948 while still a student at Princeton. Following graduation she moved to New York City to pursue a career as a classical soprano. Of her 1952 New York City recital debut ''[[The New York Times]]'' wrote, "The recital season reached a high point last night when Adele Addison, soprano from Springfield, Massachusetts, made her debut in [[The Town Hall (New York City)|Town Hall]]."<ref name=NYT>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1952/01/18/archives/addison-soprano-excels-in-debussy-pleases-town-hall-audience-at.html|title=ADDISON, SOPRANO, EXCELS IN DEBUSSY; Pleases Town Hall Audience at Local Debut — Also Sings Classics and Spirituals|date=January 18, 1952|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=22|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Following her New York debut, she continued to study voice at the [[Juilliard School]] with [[Beverley Peck Johnson]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/press/pr012901.html|title=Memorial Tribute for Beverley Peck Johnson|date=January 29, 2001|first=Janet|last=Kessin|format=Press release|publisher=[[Juilliard School]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010731060450/http://www.juilliard.edu/press/pr012901.html|archive-date=July 31, 2001}}</ref> and with [[Povla Frijsh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bach-cantatas.com/Bio/Addison-Adele.htm|title=Adele Addison (Soprano)|website=Bach Cantatas Website|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> In 1955 she made her [[New York City Opera]] debut as Mimi in [[Puccini]]'s ''[[La bohème]]''. The ''[[New York Post]]'' said the following of her debut, "Adele Addison is about the most appealing interpreter of the little Parisian seamstress yet to appear on the [[City Center]] stage. Small, frail looking, and pretty, Miss Addison enhanced these assets by acting and singing with moving poignancy and sincerity."<ref name=PBP>{{cite web|url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/133572757/|title=Adele Addison|work=[[The Palm Beach Post]]|date=March 28, 1955|page=10|url-access=subscription}}</ref> That same year, Addison was invited by [[Aaron Copland]] to perform the world premiere of his ''Dirge In Woods'' at a concert sponsored by the [[League of Composers]].

Although Addison was offered more opera roles with several companies, she did not appear in many more opera productions as she preferred to sing in recital and on the concert stage. She did appear in a few more productions with the New York City Opera, the [[Philadelphia Lyric Opera Company]], and the [[New England Opera Theatre]]. Her other opera roles included the title role in [[Handel]]'s ''[[Acis and Galatea (Handel)|Acis and Galatea]]'',<ref name="Opera News1">{{cite web|url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/896/Rorem.896.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20070808020322/http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/896/Rorem.896.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-08-08|title=Special Issue: State of the Art Song|date=August 1996|magazine=[[Opera News]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Opera Guild]]|volume=61|issue=2|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> Liù in Puccini's ''[[Turandot]]'', Gilda in [[Verdi]]'s ''[[Rigoletto]]'', Micaela in [[Bizet]]'s ''[[Carmen]]'', Fiordiligi in [[Mozart]]'s ''[[Così fan tutte]]'', and Nannetta in [[Verdi]]'s ''[[Falstaff (opera)|Falstaff]]'' among others.<ref name="Opera News2">{{cite web|url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/13093/bgoldovsky.13093.html|title=Opera News 01/93|date=January 1993|magazine=[[Opera News]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Opera Guild]]|access-date=July 31, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref> In 1959, Addison sang the role of Bess in the film version of Gershwin's ''[[Porgy and Bess (film)|Porgy and Bess]]''. The role was initially supposed to be sung by [[Urylee Leonardos]], but apparently Leonardos' voice sounded too shrill when recorded so they replaced her with Addison at the last minute.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metoperafamily.org/operanews/_archive/1094/double.1094.html|title=Opera News 1994|year=1994|magazine=[[Opera News]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Opera Guild]]|access-date=July 31, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019}}</ref> In a 1996 ''[[Opera News]]'' interview she said, "Today, young singers are almost forced to make a choice, because they are counseled that becoming established in opera is the way to make a career in music. I never had to make a choice. I loved the song repertoire from the start, and as I began to sing, for even the smallest ladies' clubs, etc., those inviting me expected and accepted that.... Even as the years passed, and I sang all the rest of the repertoire – opera, oratorio, chamber music, etc. – the first love remained.... My curiosity, joy and love for song never changed. It still has not."<ref name="Opera News1"/>

Addison made numerous appearances with major orchestras, such as the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]], the [[Hollywood Bowl Orchestra]], and the [[Cleveland Orchestra]]. In 1961 she was chosen by Charles Münch as the soprano soloist in the World premiere of [[Francis Poulenc]]'s ''Gloria'' with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. She became a favorite of Bernstein and the two collaborated frequently, including on a number of recordings. In 1961 he invited her to sing the soprano solos in the world premiere of [[Lukas Foss]]' ''Time Cycle''' with the [[New York Philharmonic]]. She performed the work again later that year with [[Izler Solomon]] and the [[Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra]]. She also sang under Bernstein for the opening of [[Lincoln Center]]'s Philharmonica Hall (now [[Avery Fisher Hall]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/cvvpw/gallery/addison.html|title=Extravagant Crowd: Adele Addison|publisher=[[Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library]]|access-date=July 31, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100615101834/http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/cvvpw/gallery/addison.html|archive-date=June 15, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Other noted performances by Addison include the world premiere of [[Lester Trimble]]'s ''Canterbury Tales'' and her interpretation of [[Debussy]]'s ''[[L'enfant prodigue (Debussy)|L'Enfant prodigue]]''.<ref name="Opera News1"/>
 
Towards the late 1960s, Addison's performing career began to slow down as she focused more on teaching. Although retired now, she taught voice on the collegiate level for more than thirtyfive years. She has been a voice teacher for [[SUNY at Stony Brook]], [[Eastman School of Music]] and [[Aspen Music Festival and School]]. For many years, she was also on the faculty, serving for a time as Chair, of the Voice Department at the [[Manhattan School of Music]], which awarded her an honorary doctorate in 2001. Many of her students, such as [[Dawn Upshaw]], have gone on to have successful careers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/18/arts/footlights.html|title=Footlights|first=Lawrence|last=Van Gelder|author-link=Lawrence Van Gelder|date=February 18, 1998|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 31, 2011}}</ref> Addison once said, "What I try to pass on to my own students at the Manhattan School of Music is to make them aware of their own abilities, to know how much they need to know in order to be a singing musician."<ref name="Opera News2"/>