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Akadêmia
Akadêmia
French early music ensemble
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Gerlinde Sämann
Gerlinde Sämann
German soprano
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Mutsumi Hatano
Mutsumi Hatano
Japanese mezzo-soprano
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Pamela Dellal
Pamela Dellal
American mezzo-soprano
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Taverner Consort and Players
Taverner Consort and Players
British early music ensemble
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Rotraud Hansmann
Rotraud Hansmann
Austrian soprano in opera and concert
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Yvonne Ciannella
Yvonne Ciannella
American coloratura soprano in opera and concert
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Konrad Junghänel
Konrad Junghänel
German conductor and lutenist
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René Jacobs
René Jacobs
Belgian (Flemish) countertenor and conductor
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Jakob Lindberg
Jakob Lindberg
Swedish musician and luth player
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Patricia Johnson
Patricia Johnson
British operatic mezzo-soprano
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Max Ciolek
Max Ciolek
German tenor and conductor
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Concentus Musicus Wien
Concentus Musicus Wien
Austrian music ensemble
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Katharine Fuge
Katharine Fuge
British soprano
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Gabriella Di Laccio
Gabriella Di Laccio
Brazilian operatic soprano
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Klaus Mertens
Klaus Mertens
German singer
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Judith Nelson
Judith Nelson
opera singer
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Orlanda Velez Isidro
Orlanda Velez Isidro
Portuguese singer
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John Eliot Gardiner
John Eliot Gardiner
English conductor
Emily Van Evera
American singer

Emily Van Evera

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American singer

Emily Van Evera is an American soprano who specializes in early music and Baroque music in historically informed performance.

Born in Minnesota, she has collaborated in Europe and the US with ensembles such as the Hilliard Ensemble, the London Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestra of the 18th Century, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. She has recorded music by Johann Sebastian Bach with several conductors.

Van Evera recorded music by Hildegard von Bingen with the ensemble Gothic Voices, conducted by Christopher Page. Their pioneering 1981 album A Feather on the Breath of God, where she sang solo alongside Emma Kirkby, won several prizes including a Gramophone Award in the category Early-Medieval in 1982–83. She has performed frequently with the singers and players of the Taverner Consort, conducted by Andrew Parrott. They recorded Bach cantatas such as Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4 and Bach motets. She performed the second soprano part in a 1984 recording of Bach's Mass in B minor, alongside Kirkby, and the first soprano part in a 1989 recording of Bach's Magnificat, together with his Easter Oratorio. She performed in 1990 in a recording of his St John Passion in the last version of 1748. They appeared at The Proms, on 3 August 1985, performing in the Royal Albert Hall Bach's St Matthew Passion, with Kurt Equiluz as the Evangelist and Benjamin Luxon as the vox Christi (voice of Christ). and on 22 July 1991 with Monteverdi's Vespro della Beata Vergine. In 1994 she appeared with the ensemble as Dido in Purcell's Dido and Aeneas, with Ben Parry as Aeneas. A reviewer of the recording noted her expressivity: "vocal acting conveys a feeling of physical presence".