Arlene Saunders
Arlene Saunders (Cleveland, October 5, 1930 – April 17, 2020) was an American spinto soprano opera singer. After making her operatic debut as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, in Die Fledermaus, with the National Opera Company in 1958, she made her first appearance with the New York City Opera in 1961, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro (conducted by Julius Rudel). In 1964, Saunders began a relationship with the Hamburg State Opera, with whom she made films of Le nozze di Figaro (as the Contessa, 1967), Der Freischütz (1968), and Die Meistersinger (with Giorgio Tozzi and Richard Cassilly, 1970).
Also recorded as Arlene Pearl Soszynski · Arlene Pearl Soszynski Saunders
Arlene Saunders
- Born
- 1930 · Cleveland.
- Died
- 2020 · Hebrew Home.
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- United States
- Occupation
- opera singer · musician
- Languages
- English
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Born at Cleveland in 1930, died at Hebrew Home in 2020.
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