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Wilhelmenia Fernandez, sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, is an American soprano. She was born in Philadelphia in 1949. She appeared in the 1981 film Diva by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix. Fernandez's early training was at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, followed by a scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Her operatic debut was as Bess in Porgy and Bess, for Houston Grand Opera, a production which toured both the U.S. and Europe. She has made recordings of George Gershwin songs and of Negro spirituals.

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  • Wilhelmenia Fernandez (de)
  • Wilhelmenia Fernandez (es)
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  • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez (fr)
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  • Wilhelmenia Fernandez (gelegentlich auch Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, * 1949 in Philadelphia) ist eine US-amerikanische Opernsängerin (Sopran). (de)
  • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, née le 5 janvier 1949 à Philadelphie (Pennsylvanie - États-Unis), est une chanteuse lyrique américaine. (fr)
  • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez es una soprano norteamericana nacida en Filadelfia en 1949. Estudió en la Academy of Vocal Arts de Filadelfia y en Juilliard School de Nueva York debutando como Bess en Porgy and Bess de Gershwin en la Houston Grand Opera. Ganó popularidad por el rol de la diva Cynthia Hawkins (personaje inspirado en las divas afroamericanas Jessye Norman y Shirley Verrett) en la película Diva de 1981, del director Jean-Jacques Beineix, donde interpretaba el aria Ebben? Ne andró lontana de La Wally y Aida. (es)
  • Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez (Filadelfia, gennaio 1949) è un'attrice e soprano statunitense. Ha studiato canto lirico alla Academy of Vocal Arts e alla Juilliard School, prima di debuttare nel ruolo della protagonista di Porgy and Bess alla Houston Grand Opera, una produzione che è andata in tournée sia negli Stati Uniti che in Europa. Nel 1977 è Bess diretta da John DeMain con al San Francisco Opera. (it)
  • Wilhelmenia Fernandez, sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez, is an American soprano. She was born in Philadelphia in 1949. She appeared in the 1981 film Diva by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix. Fernandez's early training was at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts, followed by a scholarship at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Her operatic debut was as Bess in Porgy and Bess, for Houston Grand Opera, a production which toured both the U.S. and Europe. She has made recordings of George Gershwin songs and of Negro spirituals. (en)
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