Mira Zakai

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.

Zakai in Leipzig, 2008

On 20 May 2019, Zakai died of problems caused by a stroke she had a year before. She was 76.[1]

References
  1. Lebrecht, Norman (20 May 2019). "Sad death of Solti's star contralto, 76". Slipped Disc. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
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