Maria de Francesca-Cavazza [SEP] voice type
Maria de Francesca-Cavazza
Maria de Francesca-Cavazza is a German operatic soprano and voice teacher. Raised in the United States, she is a graduate of the Sherwood Conservatory of Music at the Columbia College Chicago where she was a pupil of Maria Hussa-Greve and Garvin Williamson. In 1961, she won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Germany to pursue further studies at the Hochschule für Musik Köln with Margarete Düren. She made her professional opera debut in 1962 at the Cologne Opera
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- Ann Scott (1959)
- Teresa Stratas (1959)
National winners 1960s.
- Mary Jennings (1960)
- Mary MacKenzie (1960)
- Spiro Malas (1960)
- Lavergne Monette (1960)
- Polyna Savridi (1960)
- Benita Valente (1960)
- Billie Lynn Daniel (1961)
- Maria de Francesca-Cavazza (1961)
- Edna Garabedian (1961)
- Francesca Roberto (1961)
- George Shirley (1961)