Edith Mason [SEP] voice type
Edith Mason
Edith Mason (March 22, 1892 – November 26, 1973) was an American soprano.
Biography.
She was born Edith Barnes on March 22, 1892, in St. Louis, Missouri and studied in Boston, Philadelphia, and Paris. She made her singing début on January 27, 1912, as Nedda in "Pagliacci" with the Boston Opera Company. During the next three years, she sang in Europe at Nice, Marseilles, and Paris. In 1914 she was singing at the Opera
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He went on tour with the singer Lillian Russell as her pianist. He spent several years in Germany conducting at provincial opera houses. He later served as a voice coach and headed the voice department at the Kansas City Conservatory of Music. During his career, he served as director of the Tri-City Symphony, Milwaukee Philarmonic Orchestra, the National Broadcasting Company in New York, and the WPA Orchestra in Richmond, Virginia. Among the singers he coached were Charles Sears, Edith Mason, Rosa Raisa,