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Regina Resnik

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Vocalist

The Resume

    (August 30, 1922-August 8, 2013)
    Born in Bronx, New York
    Soprano turned mezzo-soprano
    Notable roles include Marina in 'Boris Godunov,' Mistress Quickly in 'Falstaff,' Klytamnestra in 'Elektra,' Amneris in 'Aida' and Carmen in 'Carmen'
    Appeared on Broadway in 'Cabaret' (1987)
    Performed in 'A Little Night Music' at Lincoln Center (1991)

Why she might be annoying:

    She was unsure about her prospects as an opera singer, so she turned down a scholarship to Juilliard in order to major in music education and have a teaching career to fall back on.
    Her unusually fast rise to leading roles (within a year of graduating college) was partly due to WWII reducing the number of European singers performing in America.
    She resigned from the Metropolitan Opera in protest when she was not cast as the lead in their production of 'Carmen.' (1967)

Why she might not be annoying:

    She was successful as both a soprano and mezzo-soprano, despite her voice teacher's warning, 'You're going to give up the money parts and do all those villainous characters. You'll never be paid for those.'
    Critic Paul Jackson wrote, 'When Regina Resnik treads the boards, any character she inhabits comes alive.'
    She taught master classes at the Metropolitan Opera.
    Over 200 paintings owned by her and her husband, sculptor Arbit Blatas, were stolen from a Manhattan storage unit (1994); most were never recovered.

Credit: C. Fishel


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 112 Votes: 50.89% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 47.37% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 94 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 118 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 194 Votes: 50.0% Annoying