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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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"Rinaldo" for RCA Red Seal Records. From 1989 to 2014, Shane was on the faculty of the Eastman School of Music.
Personal life.
Rita Shane was married to Daniel Tritter from 1958 to 2005. The marriage ended in divorce. The couple had a son, Michael Shane Tritter, who survives his mother. Rita Shane died in 2014, of pancreatic and liver cancer, aged 78.
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- "The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia", edited by David Hamilton,