Rita Shane

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Rita Shane (August 15, 1936 – October 9, 2014) was an American coloratura soprano.

Biography

Born in

Beverly Peck Johnson and Herbert Bliss. In 1964, she made her operatic debut as Olympia in Les contes d'Hoffmann with Chattanooga Opera.[1][2] She appeared the next year with the New York City Opera, as Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni
.

Shane's performance in the 1971 live recording of

Die Zauberflöte (Queen of the Night). She debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in 1973 as the Queen of the Night. Her repertoire at the Met, over eight seasons, included La bohème (as Musetta), Un ballo in maschera (as Oscar), Le siège de Corinthe, La traviata, Lucia di Lammermoor, Le prophète (as Berthe, in John Dexter's production), and Rigoletto.[citation needed
]

Shane returned to the New York City Opera in 1979, creating the title character in

New Orleans Opera Association, she appeared in La Juive and Les Huguenots. Shane performed in Milan (La Scala), Vienna and Munich. At Salzburg, in 1972, she was applauded for her performance in Schönberg's Erwartung, with Michael Gielen conducting. In 1973 she recorded excerpts from Handel's Athalia and Rinaldo for RCA Red Seal Records.[5] From 1989 to 2014, Shane was on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music
.

Personal life

Rita Shane was married to Daniel Tritter from 1958 to 2005. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had a son, Michael Shane Tritter, who survives his mother. Rita Shane died in 2014, of pancreatic and liver cancer, aged 78.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Vivien Schweitzer (October 12, 2014). "Rita Shane, a Met Soprano Known for Range and Intensity, Dies at 78". The New York Times.
  2. ^ "Rita Shane". Operissimo (in German). Retrieved October 14, 2014.
  3. ISBN 9780879306380
  4. ^ Duffy, Martha (April 2, 1979). "The Immolation of an Opera". Time. Vol. 113, no. 14. p. 183.
  5. OCLC 011379330

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