1. Devora Nadworney was an American operatic contralto singer.
10 Facts About Devora Nadworney
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Devora Nadworney lived in Bayonne, New Jersey, and attended the Bayonne High School.
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Devora Nadworney later taught elementary school while studying music in New York at the Aborn School of Opera.
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Devora Nadworney was under the management of Annie Friedberg in 1918, and sang at Liberty Loan fundraisers and gave concerts for the troops stationed near New York City during World War I Devora Nadworney sometimes gave concerts of Russian folk songs while dressed in traditional embroidered costume.
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Devora Nadworney was popular as a church soloist, in oratorios.
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Devora Nadworney had the distinction of being the first singer heard over a radio network in the United States, in 1928.
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Devora Nadworney sang the lead in Carmen on air in 1925, and Aida in 1926, both with the WEAF Grand Opera Company, under conductor Cesare Sodero.
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Devora Nadworney was associated with the Chicago Civic Opera from 1925 until at least 1934.
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Devora Nadworney married lawyer Herman Spingarn in 1935; and they divorced in 1941.
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Devora Nadworney died in 1948, aged 52 years, in New York.