Nadine Conner [SEP] voice type
Nadine Conner
Nadine Conner (February 20, 1907 - March 1, 2003) was an American operatic soprano, radio singer and music teacher.
Early years.
She was born in Compton, California as Evelyn Nadine Henderson, and was the descendent of some of the earliest non-Hispanic settlers in California.
Conner had six siblings, and all seven children sang. The family lived on a farm outside of Los Angeles, California. Her parents built their own theater, staging a variety of shows.
. Under the headline "Dolores Wilson Scores as Lucia", critic Howard Taubman of "The New York Times" said "Her voice is fresh in quality, large in size and flexible in production" and credited her with having " sung "a Lucia of uncommon merit".
In a December 1954 performance of Susanna in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro", Wilson was a last minute replacement for the scheduled performer Nadine Conner, and despite the last minute notice was said to have "essayed a