1879 - 1962
Vera Curtis
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1878
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| Birthplace |
Stratford, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Died |
6th February, 1962
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| Place of Death |
Fairfield, Connecticut, U.S.
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| Occupation Text |
Soprano, Voice teacher
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Vera C. Curtis (1879 or 1880 – February 6, 1962) was an American soprano and voice teacher. Educated at the New England Conservatory and the Institute of Musical Art (now the Juilliard School), she was the first singer who was trained exclusively in the United States to become a principal singer at the Metropolitan Opera (Met); performing with that company from 1912 through 1920. She created roles in two world premieres staged at the Metropolitan Opera House: Lise in Damrosch's Cyrano in 1913 and Queen Carolina in Giordano's Madame Sans-Gêne in 1915. She remained active as an opera and concert singer in the 1920s, notably portraying the title role in Verdi's Aida for the inaugural performance of the Philadelphia Grand Opera Company in 1926. Her final appearance in an opera was as Venus in Wagner's Tannhäuser in a 1929 touring production of the opera staged by the Cincinnati Opera.
