Women in Music Posters “Ca...-Ce...-”
for social studies and music education classrooms, home schoolers, and inspirational decor.

Sarah Caldwell
b. 3-6-1924; Maryville, MO
d. 3-23-2006; Maine

Sarah Caldwell, impresario and opera conductor, was a child prodigy, giving violin performances at 10 and graduating from high school at 14.

• Uncommon Women - Sarah Caldwell

Maria Callas
b. 12-27-1923; NYC, NY
d. 9-16-1977; Paris

Soprano Maria Callas was one of the most renowned opera singers of the 20th century. She was a favorite of the press as they exploited her temperamental behavior, rivalry with other singers, and affair with Aristotle Onassis.

Maria Callas quote ~
• “If you take the trouble to really listen with your soul and with you ears — and I say soul and ears because the mind must work, but not too much also — you will find every gesture there.”

• Greece posters
• La Traviata

Kitty Carlisle
née Catherine Conn
b. 9-3-1910; New Orleans, LA
d. 4-17-2007; NYC

Opera singer and actress Kitty Carlisle is best remembered as a panelist on the To Tell the Truth television show and as a spokesperson for the arts. She was married to playwright and director Moss Hart.

Leslie Caron, 1955, Photographic Print

Leslie Caron
b. 7-1-1931; France

Leslie Caron, whose mother was a dancer, was first trained in ballet. She is best known for her musical films such as “An American in Paris” and for an Academy Award nomination for “Lili”.

She said of herself, “I am not a ballerina. I am a hoofer.”

Irene and Vernon Castle, in Dancing Position, 1916, Giclee Print

Vernon & Irene Castle
fl. early 20th century

The husband and wife dance team of Vernon (1887-1918) and Irene Castle (1893-1969) are credited with popularizing ballroom dancing.

Vernon Castle died of injuries suffered in a plane crash while serving as a flight instructor during WWI. Irene Castle went on star in silent movies, model, and to be called “the best dressed woman in America”.

Angelica Catalani
b. 1780; Italy
d. 6-12-1849; Paris (cholera)

Angelica Catalani, the daughter of a tradesman, was a soprano of nearly three octaves in range. Her voice had power and flexibility that made her “one of the greatest bravura singers of all times”.

Catalani was also a teacher - after she retired from the stage she opened a free singing school for girls in Florence.

Lina Cavalieri
b. 12-25-1874; Italy
d. 2-7-1944, in Allied bombing raid, outside Florence, Italy

Lina Cavalieri was a soprano opera star noted for her great beauty and acting ability.

Fanny Cerrito Giclee Print

Fanny Cerrito
b. 5-11-1817; Naples, Italy
d. 5-6-1909

Ballet dancer and choreographer Fanny Cerrito's most notable roles included Ondine and a part in “Pas de Quatre”. She studied under Carlo Blasis and the French choreographers Jules Perrot and Arthur Saint-Léon; the latter was her husband from 1845 – 1851.

• Fanny Cerrito: The Life of a Romantic