In 1946, Lucine Amara made her concert debut at the War Memorial Opera House.
10 Facts About Lucine Amara
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Lucine Amara continued as a student at the University of Southern California and as a soloist for the San Francisco Symphony for the following two years.
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Lucine Amara appeared in the title role of Ariadne auf Naxos and as Lady Billows in Britten's Albert Herring in 1949.
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Lucine Amara made her Metropolitan Opera debut as the "Voice from Heaven" in Verdi's Don Carlos, the opening night of Sir Rudolf Bing's inaugural season as general manager, on November 6,1950.
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Lucine Amara continued at the Met over the course of 41 seasons until 1991, singing 56 roles in 882 appearances, nearly 60 of which were broadcast on radio and television.
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Lucine Amara did not appear with the company at its Lincoln Center home between 1983 and 1987.
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Lucine Amara made a few recordings, notably as Musetta in La boheme, opposite Victoria de los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling and Robert Merrill under Thomas Beecham, and as Elsa in Lohengrin, opposite Sandor Konya, Rita Gorr, Jerome Hines under Erich Leinsdorf.
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Lucine Amara recorded the role of Nedda in Pagliacci twice, opposite Richard Tucker in 1951 and opposite Franco Corelli in 1960.
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Lucine Amara was recorded singing the soprano solo in Verdi's Messa da Requiem.
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Lucine Amara was a longtime resident of the Upper West Side of Manhattan.