Mira Zakai
Zakai in Leipzig, 2008
Mira Zakai (Hebrew: מירה זכאי; 21 September 1942 – 20 May 2019) was an Israeli opera singer. She was a contralto. She was born in Jerusalem. She worked with Yehudi Menuhin. She appeared with Menuhin at a concert in Castel Gandolfo for Pope John Paul II. Before this, she appeared in Menuhin's festival as a soloist in Bach's Mass in B minor. Her recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Georg Solti won the Grammy Award for Best Overall Classical Recording in 1982. She studied at the University of Tel Aviv, where she later served as a professor.
On 20 May 2019, Zakai died of problems caused by a stroke she had a year before. She was 76.[1]
References
- ↑ Lebrecht, Norman (20 May 2019). "Sad death of Solti's star contralto, 76". Slipped Disc. Retrieved 27 May 2019.