biography
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| female
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| lived:
| (1922– )
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| biography:
| Mezzo-soprano, born in New York City, New York, USA. She made her concert debut as a soprano in Brooklyn (1942) and her operatic debut that year in New York. Her first Metropolitan Opera appearance came in 1944. After a successful decade of singing internationally, she began (1955) performing mezzo-soprano roles with comparable success. While performing into the 1970s, she also began directing opera in 1971. Her 1982 documentary film, The Historic Ghetto of Venice, won a prize in Italy. |
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