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

Emma Abbott
b. 12-9-1850; Chicago, IL
d. 1-5-1891; Salt Lake City, UT

Soprano Emma Abbot formed her own “Grand Opera Company” and toured the U.S.

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Paula Abdul, Photograph

Paula Abdul
b. 6-19-1962; San Fernando, CA

Dancer and choreographer Paula Abdul is also a pop singer, record producer, actress and television personality. She was “discovered” while a cheerleader with the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team by members of the Jackson Five and hired to choreograph one of their videos.

Aino Ackté
b. 7-23-1876; Helsinki, Finland
d. 8-8-1944; Vhti, Finland (pancreatic cancer)

Aino Ackté, Finnish opera soprano, sang with the NY Metropolitan Opera between 1904-1906

Ackté created the title role of Richard Strauss's Salome at its local premieres in Leipzig (1907) and London (1910), and he considered her the “one and only Salome”. Also Jean Sibelius dedicated his tone poem Luonnotar to Ackté.

FYI ~ la Cloche du Rhin is The Bell of the Rhine.

Anna Maria Alberghetti
b. 5-15-1936; Pesaro, Italy

Anna Maria Alberghetti was a child prodigy, born into a family of musicians, making her debut at Carnegie Hall at the age of 13. She won a Tony Award as Best Musical Actress for Carnival! (1962), and appeared in many movies and many times on The Ed Sullivan Show.

Debbie Allen
b. 1-16-1950; Houston, TX

Debbie Allen, actress, dancer, choreographer, television director and producer, and a member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities, introduced the character of the dance teacher Lydia Grant in the movie and television program Fame. She also appeared in Broadway musicals Purlie, West Side Story (1980), Sweet Charity; television shows Good Times, A Different World, and Roots: The Next Generations, and is a judge on So You Think You Can Dance.

Allen is the younger sister of actress Phylicia Rashad, mother of dancer Vivian Nixon, and teacher of choreography to Paula Abdul.

• “You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying ... in sweat.” - as Lydia Grant in Fame.

June Allyson, Photographic Print

June Allyson
b. 10-7-1917; The Bronx
d. 7-8-2006; California

June Allyson, best known as an actress, started out as a dancer. She had been injured in a bike accident as a child and became inspired to dance by watching Astaire and Rogers movies while recovering.