Cyrena van Gordon
Singer details:
| Voice: | Contralto |
| Nationality: | American |
| Year of Birth: | Not entered yet. |
About Cyrena van Gordon:
Cyrena van Gordon was the stage name of an American operatic contralto born Cyrena Sue Pocock on September 4, 1892 in Camden, Ohio; she died on April 4, 1964 in New York City. In 1912 she married Dr. Shirley B. Munns, an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist in Chicago.
After studies with Louise Dotti, van Gordon made her operatic debut as Amneris in Verdi's Aida in 1913. A principal member of the opera companies active in Chicago during her career, she also performed in New York City, Philadelphia, and as far afield as San Francisco. She left recordings for the Edison and Columbia companies.
Notable events in her career would include the following:
Popular videos featuring Cyrena van Gordon:
Stride la vampa
(Il Trovatore)
Miserere d'un alma gia vicina
(Il Trovatore)
Other videos of the same singers performing Miserere d'un alma gia vicina:
More Arias, Duets and Ensembles performed by Cyrena van Gordon
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1Miserere d'un alma gia vicina Popularity: Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 4.03-1 Type: recitative,choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: ItalianRoles: Leonora
2Stride la vampa Popularity: Opera: Trovatore, IlComposer: VerdiAct: 2.02Type: ariaVoice: mezzoLanguage: ItalianRoles: Azucena
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