Anna Case was an American operatic lyric soprano.
10 Facts About Anna Case
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Anna Case recorded with Thomas Alva Edison, who used her voice extensively in "tone tests" of whether a live audience could tell the difference between the actual singer and a recording.
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Anna Case was born in Clinton, New Jersey, on October 29,1887, and educated by vocal trainer Augusta Ohrstrom-Renard in New York.
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Anna Case made her debut in 1909 at the New Theatre in New York as the Dutch Boy in Werther, and from 1909 to 1916 was a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
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Anna Case sang Olympia in Tales of Hoffmann, Mimi in La Boheme, and Micaela in Carmen.
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Anna Case wrote the music and lyrics to several songs during the 1910s and 20s.
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Anna Case made her film debut in the 1919 silent drama film The Hidden Truth, and sang one of her original songs in the 1926 Vitaphone short La Fiesta.
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On July 18,1931, Case married ITT Corporation executive Clarence H Mackay at St Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Roslyn, New York, and retired from the stage shortly afterwards.
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Anna Case began to write songs more prolifically in 1936, penning over 50 in two years, and sang occasionally at social events.
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Anna Case's husband died in November, 1938, and Case died in New York City on January 7,1984, aged 96.