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Jeanette MacDonald
b. 6-18-1903; Philadephia, PA
d. 1-14-1965; Houston (heart disease)
Jeanette MacDonald was one of the most influential sopranos of the 20th century introducing opera to movie audiences.
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Maria Malibran
née María Felicitas García Sitches
b. 3-24-1808; Paris, France
d. 9-23-1836; England
Maria Malibran, known for her wide range, power, and flexibility of voice, stormy personality, and dramatic intensity, became a legendary figure after her death at age 28 from a fall from a horse.
La Malibran, best remembered for her roles in the operas of Rossini, also sang Meyerbeer and Bellini operas.
• Othello posters
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Dame Nellie Melba
née Helen Porter Mitchell
b. 5-19-1861; Melbourne, Australia
d. 2-23-1931
Opera singer Nellie Melba was one of the most famous singer during the Late Victorian Era through the early 20th century. Melba had a reputation as a difficult “diva”.
FYI - several dishes were developed for Melba by French chef Auguste Escoffier - among them Peach Melba and Melba toast.
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Lauritz Melchior
b. 3-20-1890; Copenhagen, Denmark
b. 3-18-1973; Santa Monica, CA
Lauritz Melchior was the “pre-eminent Wagnerian tenor of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and has since come to be considered the quintessence of his voice type”.
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Carmen Melis
b. 1885; Cagliari, Italy
d. 12-19-1967
Soprano Carmen Melis was instructed by Puccini himself for the role of Minnie in La Fanciulla del West. Melis was also a noted teacher: Renata Tebaldi once said of Melis, “Everything I needed to learn for the stage, I learnt from her.”
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Anna Moffo
b. 6-27-1932; Wayne, PA
d. 3-9-2006
Anna Moffo was ne of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of her generation and possessed great physical beauty.
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Grace Moore
b. 12-5-1898; Slabtown (Del Rio), Tennessee
d. 1-26-1947; plane crash near Copenhagen, Denmark
Soprano Grace Moore, nicknamed the “Tennessee Nightingale” appeared on Broadway, in movies, and the Metropolitan Opera stage.
• You're Only Human Once, Grace Moore biography
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Patrice Munsel
b. 5-14-1925; Spokane, Washington
Coloratura soprano Patrice Munsel, was the youngest singer who ever starred at the Metropolitan Opera.
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