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<html> <head> <title>New York Metropolitan Opera</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <map name=fool><area coords="102,0,240,14" href="/org/220/000123848/bibliography/" alt="bibliography"></map><tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 0px 15px 15px 15px;"><img src="/red-profile-2.gif" align="right" height=15 width=240 border=0 usemap=#fool> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> New York Metropolitan Opera OPERA Official Website: <a href="http://www.metoperafamily.org/">http://www.metoperafamily.org/</a> Founding Date: 1880<table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_actors"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/224/000173702/">Licia Albanese</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jul-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Aug-2014</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, La Boh鑝e</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/773/000206155/">Frances Alda</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1879</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-1952</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/774/000206156/">Paul Althouse</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Dec-1889</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Feb-1954</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/776/000206158/">Lucine Amara</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/777/000206159/">Pasquale Amato</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Mar-1878</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Aug-1942</tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/394/000032298/">Marian Anderson</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Feb-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Apr-1993</tt></td> <td>Operatic contralto</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/632/000202026/">Leonore Annenberg</a></td> <td><center>Socialite</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Feb-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-2009</tt></td> <td>Wife of Walter Annenberg</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/256/000173734/">Martina Arroyo</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1937</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/778/000206160/">Rose Bampton</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Nov-1907</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-2007</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/118/000133716/">Mercedes Bass</a></td> <td><center>Socialite</center></td> <td align=right><tt>?</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Wife of Sid Bass</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/117/000133715/">Sid Bass</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1942</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Fort Worth Billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/033/000178496/">Frank A. Bennack, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Feb-1933</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Hearst, 1979-2002</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/007/000172488/">Stanley M. Bergman</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1950</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Henry Schein</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/721/000206103/">Rudolf Bing</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Jan-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1997</tt></td> <td>Manager of the NY Metropolitan Opera, 1950-72</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/886/000206268/">Jussi Björling</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Feb-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-Sep-1960</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/887/000206269/">Judith Blegen</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>27-Apr-1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/888/000206270/">Artur Bodanzky</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Nov-1939</tt></td> <td>Opera Conductor at the NY Met, 1915-39</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/889/000206271/">Michael Bohnen</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1887</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Apr-1965</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass baritone</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/751/000206133/">Bruna Castagna</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Oct-1905</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jul-1983</tt></td> <td>Operatic contralto/mezzo-soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/701/000206083/">Feodor Chaliapin</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Apr-1938</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/796/000126418/">Leonard S. Coleman, Jr.</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Feb-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President of MLB National League, 1994-99</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/546/000129159/">Bruce Crawford</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Mar-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Omnicom Group, 1989-96</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/984/000128600/">Alberto Cribiore</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Brera Capital Partners</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/360/000205742/">Milton Cross</a></td> <td><center>Radio Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Apr-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1975</tt></td> <td>Announcer, voice of the Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/669/000206051/">Geraldine Farrar</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1882</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Mar-1967</tt></td> <td>Soprano, New York Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/675/000206057/">Eileen Farrell</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Feb-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Mar-2002</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/787/000206169/">Kirsten Flagstad</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Jul-1895</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Dec-1962</tt></td> <td>Wagnerian soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/174/000196583/">Valery Gergiev</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-May-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Principal Conductor, LSO</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000168631/">Ray J. Groves</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>CEO of Ernst & Young, 1977-94</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/959/000159482/">Victor Herbert</a></td> <td><center>Composer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Feb-1859</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>24-May-1924</tt></td> <td>Ah, Sweet Mystery of Life</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/803/000206185/">Jerome Hines</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Nov-1921</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-2003</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/221/000123849/">Klaus Kleinfeld</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Nov-1957</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>President and COO of Alcoa</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/454/000172935/">Bruce Kovner</a></td> <td><center>Activist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>Feb-1945</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Caxton Associates billionaire</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/004/000196413/">Rafael Kubelik</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jun-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Aug-1996</tt></td> <td>Conductor, Czech Philharmonic, 1942-48</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/872/000206254/">Lilli Lehmann</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Nov-1848</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1929</tt></td> <td>Operatic, Wagnerian soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/985/000196397/">Erich Leinsdorf</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Feb-1912</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Sep-1993</tt></td> <td>Music Director, Boston Symphony, 1962-69</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/111/000048964/">James Levine</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Jun-1943</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Music Director, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/767/000206149/">Cornell MacNeil</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Sep-1922</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jul-2011</tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/768/000206150/">Jean Madeira</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Nov-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jul-1972</tt></td> <td>Operatic contralto, Carmen</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/769/000206151/">Dorothy Maynor</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Sep-1910</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Feb-1996</tt></td> <td>Soprano, founder of Harlem School of the Arts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/770/000206152/">Richard Mayr</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Nov-1877</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Dec-1935</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/765/000206147/">John McCormack</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jun-1884</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Sep-1945</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor, Irish balladeer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/766/000206148/">James McCracken</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Dec-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Apr-1988</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor, Otello</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/104/000179564/">Lauritz Melchior</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-1890</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Mar-1973</tt></td> <td>Wagnerian operatic tenor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/772/000206154/">Robert Merrill</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Jun-1917</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>23-Oct-2004</tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/676/000206058/">Sherrill Milnes</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Jan-1935</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/958/000196370/">Dimitri Mitropoulos</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Mar-1896</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Nov-1960</tt></td> <td>Conductor, NY Philharmonic, 1949-58</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/138/000196547/">Pierre Monteux</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Apr-1875</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jul-1964</tt></td> <td>Music Director, SF Symphony, 1935-52</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/712/000206094/">Jan Peerce</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1904</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Dec-1984</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/681/000206063/">Roberta Peters</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-May-1930</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Coloratura soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/855/000206237/">Ezio Pinza</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-May-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>9-May-1957</tt></td> <td>Operatic bass, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/682/000206064/">Rosa Ponselle</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>22-Jan-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1981</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/000/000115652/">Leontyne Price</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Feb-1927</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/996/000196408/">Fritz Reiner</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>19-Dec-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Nov-1963</tt></td> <td>Music Director, Chicago Symphony, 1953-62</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/147/000196556/">Max Rudolf</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>15-Jun-1902</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Feb-1995</tt></td> <td>Director, Cincinnati Symphony, 1958-71</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/293/000256522/">Basil Ruysdael</a></td> <td><center>Actor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Jul-1888</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>10-Oct-1960</tt></td> <td>The Cocoanuts</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/730/000206112/">Renata Scotto</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>24-Feb-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Italian operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/861/000161378/">Gary L. Seevers</a></td> <td><center>Economist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Council of Economic Advisers, 1973-75</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/301/000023232/">Beverly Sills</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-May-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-2007</tt></td> <td>Soprano at the New York City Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/862/000206244/">Leo Slezak</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Aug-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Jun-1946</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/878/000206260/">Eleanor Steber</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jul-1914</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Oct-1990</tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/130/000205512/">Risë Stevens</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jun-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>20-Mar-2013</tt></td> <td>Mezzo-Soprano at the Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/956/000196368/">George Szell</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jun-1897</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>30-Jul-1970</tt></td> <td>Conductor, Cleveland Orchestra, 1946-70</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/946/000172430/">Robert I. Toll</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>c. 1941</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Co-Founder of Toll Brothers</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/175/000086914/">Arturo Toscanini</a></td> <td><center>Conductor</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Mar-1867</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jan-1957</tt></td> <td>20th Century virtuoso conductor</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/715/000206097/">Helen Traubel</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1899</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Jul-1972</tt></td> <td>Wagnerian soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/674/000207053/">Tatiana Troyanos</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1938</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Aug-1993</tt></td> <td>Operatic Mezzo-Soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/756/000206138/">Gabriella Tucci</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Aug-1929</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Operatic soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/752/000206134/">Richard Tucker</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1913</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1975</tt></td> <td>Operatic tenor, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/716/000206098/">Astrid Varnay</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Sep-2006</tt></td> <td>Wagnerian soprano</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/718/000206100/">Shirley Verrett</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1931</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Nov-2010</tt></td> <td>Mezzo-soprano at the Met</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/202/000164707/">Joseph Volpe</a></td> <td><center>Administrator</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1940</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>GM Metropolitan Opera, 1990-2006</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/754/000206136/">Leonard Warren</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1911</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>4-Mar-1960</tt></td> <td>Operatic baritone, NY Metropolitan Opera</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/386/000094104/">Thomas J. 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