Natalie Bodanya [SEP] voice type
Natalie Bodanya
Natalie Bodanya (August 23, 1908 – March 4, 2007) was an American operatic soprano who had an active international career from the late 1920s through the 1940s. She notably sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City from 1937 through 1942 and was a performer with the New York City Opera during the company's 1943-1944 inaugural season.
Biography.
Born Natalia Bodanskaya in Manhattan, Bodanya grew up in an apartment building in the Upper East Side. One of her neighbors was an employee
" (1954) and "The Wayward Saint" (1955). In 1957 he conducted the national road company performances of Lerner and Loewe's "My Fair Lady".
After retiring from conducting, Levin joined the music faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music. He also taught as a voice teacher in Philadelphia throughout his career. Among his notable pupils was Natalie Bodanya. He died in 1996 at his home in Great Neck, New York at the age of 93.
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