Education
Spelman College, Atlanta, and Columbia University. With Lotte Leonard 1946-1950. At Mannes Music School and Berkshire Music Center 1948, with Pierre Bemac, Paris 1950-1952.
Spelman College, Atlanta, and Columbia University. With Lotte Leonard 1946-1950. At Mannes Music School and Berkshire Music Center 1948, with Pierre Bemac, Paris 1950-1952.
Europe. United States of America, Mexico, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics; Order of the North Star (Sweden).Debut Louisiana Scala (Milan) in L"ltaliana in Algeri 1953. Sang at Glyndebourne 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden (London) 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, San Francisco Opera 1955, Metropolitan Opera (New York) since 1956. Stockholm Royal Opera since 1957.
Hamburg State Opera 1961-1963.
Concert appearances in Europe. United States of America, Mexico, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Married 1st Luis Rodriguez Garcia in 1953 (died in 1954). Married 2nd Bengt Janzon in 1957.