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AMONG THE WORLD'S GREAT OPERA STARS
Oscar Hammerstein I was dedicated to popularizing grand opera in
America. A member of a family of musical entrepreneurs, he built ten great
opera houses and theaters in which he mounted world class productions
after the turn of the century. Hammerstein had laid the foundations for a
national institution to which many singers of Jewish descent were drawn.
Among them were Robert Merrill (1919-), a resonant baritone
long associated with the Metropolitan Opera, and Roberta Peters (1930-),
a coloratura with a record-breaking three decades at the Met in leading
roles. Other performers included mezzo-soprano Regina Resnik (1922-),
renowned for her passionate musical presence, and Rise Stevens (1913-),
a splendid actress with a pure lyric soprano voice. Equally appreciated by
opera buffs were Leonard Warren, Jennie Tourel, Alexander Kipnis and
Alma Gluck. As well as these other operatic superstars:
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(1929-) b. Brooklyn, NY Retiring as a per-
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Before succeeding in administration, she was the
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ted diva with the New York City Opera for over a generation she also made
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nicknamed by fond fans and friends, was gifted with a brilliant, spellbinding
vocal technique that brought her international stardom. Sills had left the
stage in 1961 after the births of a deaf daughter and mentally retarded son.
But revived in spirit, she returned to the footlights three years later to
resume singing the wide repertoire she had made her own.
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RICHARD TUCKER
(1913-75) b. Brooklyn, NY The melodic and
sonorous lyric tenor was regarded by many music
critics as "The American Caruso" of his time. A
fur salesman in his early twenties, Tucker found
his voice as a part-time cantor who graduated to
radio. By age 32, he won coast-to-coast fame on
the Chicago Theater of the Air. A triumphant
debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1944 launched
a career most praised for interpretations of Italian and French opera. While
Tucker's appearances centered in the U.S., he struck a chord with inter-
national audiences in 1947 with a first European engagement opposite
Maria Callas. He long remained a sought-after guest on radio and TV, and
sang with America's leading orchestras and opera companies. It has been
reported that his many acclaimed cantorial recordings influenced none other
than Elvis Presley, who was also of matrilinear Jewish parentage.
JAN PEERCE (1904-84) b. New York City
A ballad, "The Bluebird of Happiness," became
the vocal centerpiece of the limpid voice heard in
the 1930s over the nationally beamed Radio City
Music Hall of the Air. The compelling voice was
that of a tenor soloist who also appeared in films,
on TV and most prominently on the great stage of
the Met where he became a fixture. An acolyte of
Arturo Toscanini, with whom he collaborated for
over fifteen years, Peerce toured the world of opera and also sang popular
songs and show tunes. Never to be stereotyped, he would shift between an
expressive Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen, an emotional Tevye in Broadway's
Fiddler on the Roof, and the voice on the soundtracks of Hollywood's Of
Men and Music and Tonight We Sing. But perhaps he will best be
remembered for his dedication to cantorial and Yiddish music for whose
recitals he was in high demand.
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