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Tatiana Troyanos -LRB- September 12 , 1938 -- August 21 , 1993 -RRB- was an American mezzo-soprano of Greek and German descent , remembered as `` one of the defining singers of her generation '' -LRB- Boston Globe -RRB- .. mezzo-soprano. mezzo-soprano. Boston Globe. Boston Globe. Her voice , `` a paradoxical voice -- larger than life yet intensely human , brilliant yet warm , lyric yet dramatic '' -- `` was the kind you recognize after one bar , and never forget , '' wrote Cori Ellison in Opera News .. Opera News. Opera News. Troyanos ' performances `` covered the full range of operatic history '' -LRB- New York Times -RRB- in an international career of three decades which also produced a variety of memorable operatic recordings , among them Carmen -LRB- co-starring Placido Domingo and conducted by Georg Solti -RRB- , cited by Classicalite almost four decades later as `` the finest of all Carmens . ''. New York Times. New York Times. Carmen. Carmen. Placido Domingo. Placido Domingo. Georg Solti. Georg Solti. After ten years based at the Hamburg State Opera , Troyanos became widely known for her work with the Metropolitan Opera beginning in 1976 , with over 270 performances -LRB- several dozen of them broadcast or televised -RRB- spanning twenty-two major roles .. Hamburg State Opera. Hamburg State Opera. Metropolitan Opera. Metropolitan Opera. `` She was extraordinarily intense , beautiful , and stylish in roles as diverse as Eboli , Santuzza , Geschwitz , Venus , Kundry , Jocasta , Carmen , and Giulietta , in addition to her great ` trouser ' roles , '' said the Met 's longtime Music Director , James Levine .. Carmen. Carmen. James Levine. James Levine. The Met 's live telecasts of her `` signature '' trouser roles , Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier and the Composer in Ariadne auf Naxos , have been preserved on DVD , along with her portrayals of Eboli -LRB- in Don Carlo -RRB- , Santuzza -LRB- in Cavalleria rusticana -RRB- , Venus -LRB- in Tannhauser -RRB- , and Didon -LRB- in Les Troyens -RRB- .. trouser roles. breeches role. Der Rosenkavalier. Der Rosenkavalier. Ariadne auf Naxos. Ariadne auf Naxos. Cavalleria rusticana. Cavalleria rusticana. Les Troyens. Les Troyens