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Blanche Thebom (September 19, 1915 – March 23, 2010) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano, voice teacher, and opera director. She was part of the first wave of American opera singers that had highly successful international careers. [2]
Mar 24, 2010 · A tribute to the late mezzo-soprano Blanche Thebom, who sang at the Met and the San Francisco Opera for 22 years. Learn about her life, career, roles, and legacy in this article by Jason Victor Serinus.
Mar 28, 2010 · Blanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who was discovered singing in a shipboard lounge as a teenager and went on to sing more than 350 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, died on Tuesday at her...
Mar 31, 2010 · Blanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who was a mainstay at the Metropolitan Opera in New York for decades, died March 23 at her home in San Francisco of heart failure, said Dr. Peter Greenberg, a...
Jan 25, 2014 · Blanche Thebom was one of the great mezzo-sopranos of the mid-20th century.She talks about her career with the Metropolitan Opera.
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Blanche Thebom died at her home in San Francisco on March 23 a week after contracting pneumonia. She was 94. Thebom performed more than 350 times at the Met from 1944 to 1967 and was especially known for her Wagner performances, including Brangäne and Fricka.
Blanche Thebom was born on 19 September 1915 in Monessen, Pennsylvania, USA. She was an actress, known for The Great Caruso (1951), Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1944) and Auf den Spuren von Richard Wagners Tristan und Isolde (1973).
