Rita Shane [SEP] voice type
Rita Shane
Rita Shane (August 15, 1936 – October 9, 2014) was an American coloratura soprano.
Born in the Bronx to Julius J. Shane and Rebekah (née Milner) Shane, Rita Shane studied at Barnard College and privately with voice teachers Beverly Peck Johnson and Herbert Bliss. In 1964, she made her operatic debut as Olympia in "Les contes d'Hoffmann" with Chattanooga Opera. She appeared the next year with the New York City Opera, as Donna Elvira in "Don Giovanni".
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Kline who began studying with her to prepare his voice for the music in the 1983 film version of "The Pirates of Penzance". Kline stated in an interview that Peck "was very, very strict about protecting the voice", and that he must choose between cigarettes and her if he was a smoker. Peck's other private students included Sarah Atereth, Ara Berberian, Blythe Danner, Mignon Dunn, Tammy Grimes, Madeline Kahn, Evelyn Lear, Rita Shane, Renata Tebaldi, Constance Towers, Giorgio Tozzi, and