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Anthony Masiello
Anthony M. Masiello (born April 28, 1947) was Mayor of Buffalo, New York from 1994 to 2005. Prior to being mayor, he served as a New York State Senator.
Personal and Educational Background.
A Buffalo native, who was educated in Buffalo Cardinal Dougherty Catholic high school, Anthony Masiello graduated from Canisius College in 1969 after a Hall of Fame career as a basketball standout for the Division I Golden Griffins. The Indiana Pacers subsequently drafted him in the American Basketball Association's third round
, Samuel Ramey and Christine Weidinger.
Masiello did not conduct opera performances, but worked with coaches and pianists at her master classes at the Juilliard School and running the opera department at Mannes. Among her coaching students are David Leighton, Ann Lewin, Ben Malensek, Anthony (Toni) Manoli, Nic Muni and Eytan Pessen.
Personality.
Masiello was known to be a chain-smoker of thin brown cigarettes. She kept this habit to the end of her life, sitting in a wheelchair giving master classes in