Virginia MacWatters [SEP] voice type
Virginia MacWatters
Virginia MacWatters (June 19, 1912 – November 5, 2005) was an American coloratura soprano.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, MacWatters studied at the Curtis Institute of Music, and sang 611 Broadway performances of Adele in "Rosalinda" (an adaptation of "Die Fledermaus"), conducted by Erich Korngold, from 1942 to 1944. She made her formal operatic debut at the San Francisco Opera, as Musetta in "La bohème", in 1944.
The soprano also appeared on Broadway in
Victoria de los Ángeles as Mimì. She returned to the Met in 1957, for Fiakermilli in "Arabella", with Lisa della Casa conducted by Erich Leinsdorf.
MacWatters became Artist in Residence at Indiana University in 1957, and remained on the voice faculty until her 1982 retirement. She died in Bloomington, Indiana, at the age of ninety-three.
References.
- "Obituaries," "Opera News", June 2006.
External links.
- Virginia MacWatters in excerpts from "Die Fledermaus