Carole Farley is an American soprano and a principal singer at the Metropolitan Opera.[1]
Farley was born in Le Mars, Iowa. She graduated from Indiana University with a bachelor's degree in music. She spent the following academic year on a Fulbright scholarship at the Hochschule für Musik in Munich. She is married to conductor José Serebrier.[2]
In 1975 Farley made her debut with the Metropolitan Opera in a matinee performance as Mimi in La bohème.[3] In 1977 she sang the title role in the Metropolitan Opera's premiere of Lulu.[4] In the late 1970s and 1980s she was known for singing demanding roles such as Lulu and the solo role in Poulenc's La voix humaine.[5]
Farley has been collaborating in recent years with contemporary American classical composers including Ned Rorem, William Bolcom, and Lowell Liebermann on multiple concert and recording projects.[5]