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Margery Mayer Chronology of Life Events
Date | Music | Composer | Role | Context | Location | Performers | Notable Facts | Type | # |
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03/29/18 | Birth to Adolescence | Chicago, IL | Born Marguerite Caroline Louise Mayer, her mother was a seamstress to upperclass clients and father a talented pianist and accordian player who played for silent movies and on entertainment boats on Lake Michigan. "Margie", her nick name, and older sister Ethel grew up on the north side of Chicago. Showing interest only in dancing at first, she was given piano lessons but showed little enthusiasm. Fortuitously, she summoned the courage one day to approach a Mrs. Metzger, the teacher who she overheard teaching voice classes at Senn public school. She straight out asked the music teacher: "Do you think you could teach ME to sing?" | F-Eve | 1 | ||||
08/01/34 | {"Still wie die Nacht"} | | Bohm | Vocal Training by Mme. Zerlina Muhlman Metzger | Chicago, IL | Mrs. Zerlina Muhlman Metzger, an accomplished Viennese trained musician, retorted "if you can speak, then you can sing". So at about age 15, Margie began group singing lessons with Mrs. Metzger. At age 16, the first recording of her voice is from summer 1934 showing some potential in a large but very tight voice as she sang the german lied "Still wie die Nacht" (Bohm) with her teacher accompanying. | P-Con | 2 | ||
06/09/35 | {"Mon Coeur" from Samson et Delila and "Card Scene' from Carmen} | | Saint-Seans & Bizet | Contest: Sponsored by Chicago High Schools | Chicago, IL | Winner; Substituting for another singer, Margie was sent to sing in a contest sponsored for high school age students but was admonished not to set her hopes too high! But she won 1st place in her first contest. At age 17, this provided a scholarship for her to take one year of individual voice lessons with Mrs. Metzger. | P-Con | 3 | ||
07/24/36 | {"Amour viens aider", from Samson and "Erda's Warnung" from Das Rheingold} | | Saint-Sean & Wagner | Contest: Chicago-land Music Festival - Northside | Chicago, IL | Winner; After one year of intensive individualized study, Margie won this north-side open contest over more than 500 contestants. | P-Con | 4 | ||
01/01/37 | {"Air de Lia" from L'Enfant Prodique and "Erda's Warnung" from Das Rheingold} | | Debussy | Audition: MGM Screen Test Contract | Chicago, IL | Winner; After another six months of study, word was travelling and she was summoned to sing for famed opera star "Mary Garden", acting as talent scout for MGM. Selected from 1000 contestants; Mary Garden had her audition for Louis B. Mayer in Chicago leading to screen test in Hollywood. | P-Con | 5 | ||
03/01/37 | Performs: Academy Awards Banquet | Hollywood, CA | Five months in Hollywood; coached with Mary Garden and Arthur Rosenstein who also coached Judy Garland and Jane Powell. Mayer performed for official functions with Judy Garland and others, including Academy Awards in Victor Hugo ballroom. Had screen test but only offered dubbing so retuned to Chicago to prepare for opera (5/1937) | P-Eve | 6 | ||||
09/01/37 | American Conservatory of Music | Chicago, IL | Mayer studies Ear Training, Sight Reading and Elementary and Advanced Music Theory with famed music theory teacher and composer Leo Sowerby. She also studies at the Chicago Conservatory of Music where Mary Garden had been in residence. During this time she took acting classes and starred in "The Merry Wives of Windsor" and performed her first of many "Carmens". | P-Eve | 7 | ||||
03/15/38 | Contract: with Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Contracted with Chicago Civic Opera Company just shy of 20th birthday, colleagues call her "the Baby" of the Opera Company but several went on record predicting a stellar career. | P-Eve | 8 | ||||
04/29/38 | {Art Song Recital: Gluck, Beethoven, Wolf, Schubert, Brahms, Faure, Coquard, Debussy, Ravel, Charpentier} | Début Song Recital | Chicago, IL | Recital Début; Mayer's Teacher, Zerlina Metzger, accompanies; Kimball Hall; "Margie Mayer" (soon to be changed to "Margery Mayer") received (six) rave reviews for her début recital at Kimball Hall. | P-Con | 9 | |||
05/01/38 | Samson et Delila | Saint-Saens | Delila | Fine Arts Opera Company | Chicago, IL | Fine Arts Opera Company; Mayer's first Professional Opera Performance | P-Opr | 10 | |
10/03/38 | Lohengrin | Wagner | Ortrude | WGN Pageant of Melody / Theater of the Air | Chicago, IL | Weber: cond.; Attilio Baggiore | Concert Début; WGN - National; Mayer's first opera on radio performance. Broadcast coast to coast. | P-Opr | 11 |
10/23/38 | {Erda's Warning from Das Rheingold and Von Ewige Liebe} | | Wagner and Brahms | Illinois Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | Illinois Symphony Orchestra; Great Northern Theater; Mayer's first concert appearance with audience. In addition to the Brahms and Wagner she sang one Hugo Wolf song, likely Verborgenheit. | P-Con | 12 | ||
10/29/38 | Death of her mother | Chicago, IL | Mayer's mother, who had given her the most support and encouragement, died suddenly, just one week prior to her Chicago Opera début. | F-Eve | 13 | ||||
11/07/38 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | Nicklausse | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Lawrence Tibbett | Opera Début; Margery Mayer's Chicago Opera début was well as the three characters interpreted by Lawrence Tibbett were well received by the critics. | P-Opr | 14 |
11/17/38 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | Nicklausse | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Lawrence Tibbett | P-Opr | 15 | |
11/28/38 | Die Walküre | Wagner | Schwertleite | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Weber: cond.; Alexander Kipnis; Dorothea Manski | Manske flown in at the last minute to replace Flagstad who was taken ill. Flagstad returned and performed Die Walküre in the next season. | P-Opr | 16 |
11/30/38 | Lakmé | Delibes | Mallika | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Lily Pons | Wonderful opportunity to sing a famous duet with famed Lily Pons. Received a complimentary and encouraging review from Claudia Cassidy. | P-Opr | 17 |
12/09/38 | Hänsel und Gretel | Humperdink | Sandman | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Kopp: cond. | P-Opr | 18 | |
12/10/38 | Roméo et Juliette | Gounod | Stephano | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond. | P-Opr | 19 | |
12/17/38 | L'Amore dei Tre Re | Montemezzi | Hand-maiden | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Moronzoni: cond. | P-Opr | 20 | |
01/30/39 | {Carmen Excerpts} | | Bizet | WGN Chicago Theater of the Air (Pageant of Melody) | Chicago, IL | Weber: cond. | WGN Studio Orchestra; WGN - National; WGN's "Pageant of Melody", soon renamed: Chicago "Theater of the Air" produced 1 hour live versions of operas or operettas in English, with full studio orchestra and 500 attendees. The majority of the professional singers and the conductor were from the Chicago Civic Opera. Radio actors were double cast on the singer's roles to quickly advance the plot to the next aria or duet. This performance of Carmen was likely Margery Mayer's first appearance and the enthusiastic reactions from the live audience and responses from the over air listeners led to Miss Mayer being booked for at least three other appearances over the next year. | P-Con | 21 | |
02/27/39 | Samson et Delila | Saint-Saens | Delila | WGN Chicago Theater of the Air (Pageant of Melody) | Chicago, IL | Weber: cond.; Attilio Baggiore | WGN Studio Orchestra; WGN - National; Miss Mayer performed the role of Delila with an experienced cast from Chicago opera plus the radio actors. This performance was also broadcast on W1XAL, Boston; Shortwave transmission to South America. | P-Opr | 22 |
04/01/39 | {Soloist for Jewish Prayer Service Music} | North Shore Congregation Israel | Glencoe, IL | Quartet Soloist - 2 Yrs; Performed her first High Holiday Services at North Shore Congregation Israel where a young Charles Schulman was Rabbi. | P-Con | 23 | |||
05/01/39 | Contract: Radio: General Mills "Hymns of all Churches" | Chicago, IL | Programs occurred once then twice daily (9:15 and 2:15), coast to coast. Mayer sang with the program from 1939 through 1942, then periodically through 1945 | P-Eve | 24 | ||||
08/01/39 | Marries 1st husband | Chicago, IL | F-Eve | 25 | |||||
08/05/39 | {"Air de Lia", "Mon Coeur", "None but the Lonely"} | | Debussy, Saint-Saens & Tchaikovsky | Chicago City Opera Orchestra | Chicago, IL | Raffaelli: cond. | Grant Park Band Shell; Fine review | P-Con | 26 | |
11/04/39 | Louise | Charpentier | Gertrude | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Grace Moore | P-Opr | 27 | |
11/04/39 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Ezio Pinza; Helen Jepson | P-Opr | 28 | |
11/13/39 | Louise | Charpentier | Gertrude | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Grace Moore | P-Opr | 29 | |
11/18/39 | Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni | Lola | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Canarutto: cond. | P-Opr | 30 | |
11/25/39 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Glades Swarthout | P-Opr | 31 | |
12/02/39 | Die Walküre | Wagner | Schwertleite | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | McArthur: cond.; Kirsten Flagstad | An outstanding opportunity for the 21 year old to be on stage as a Walküre with Kirsten Flagstad, who remained the singer she most revered for her glorious voice throughout her life. She made a point of attending her farewell concert in New York on March 20, 1955. | P-Opr | 32 |
12/08/39 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Kopp: cond. | P-Opr | 33 | |
12/09/39 | Roméo et Juliette | Gounod | Stephano | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond. | P-Opr | 34 | |
12/16/39 | Louise | Charpentier | Gertrude | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Hasselmans: cond.; Grace Moore | Made good friends with Grace Moore through several performances in Louise. | P-Opr | 35 |
05/01/40 | {Arias and Songs} | Concert Performance | Chicago, IL | Chicago Insurance Men; Civic Theater; Margery Mayer does not perform with the Chicago Opera during its season of October through December as she is pregnant with her first child. | P-Con | 36 | |||
01/01/41 | Birth of 1st son | Chicago, IL | F-Eve | 37 | |||||
05/01/41 | {Arias and Songs} | Performs: at many Women's Clubs around Chicago | Chicago, IL | Women's Club Concerts; Performs more than 30 local concerts (mostly womans clubs around Chicago area from 1939 - 1941. Sometime around mid 1941 her husband is diagnosed with Tuberculosis. Caring for her husband and infant child while also trying to earn money and further her career must have been very challenging in this period for her and her close family members. | P-Con | 38 | |||
08/01/41 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | Chicago Soldier's Field | Chicago, IL | Glades Swarthout | Soldier's Field; More than 30K Attendees | P-Opr | 39 |
11/10/41 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Glades Swarthout; Licia Albanese | P-Opr | 40 | |
11/21/41 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Dorothy Kirsten | 1st performance with Dorothy Kirsten who sang Micaela. They subsequently roomed together on San Carlo tour and became good friends. | P-Opr | 41 |
11/30/41 | {"Ah, mon fils", from Le Prophète, Meyerbeer; "Waltz Huegette", Friml} | | Meyerbeer and Friml | Audition: Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air-Chicago | Chicago, IL | 1st of two auditions for the Met. Have recordings and the singing is very good, but not as compelling as three years later (2nd audition). | P-Con | 42 | ||
12/01/41 | Tosca | Puccini | Shepherd Boy | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Grace Moore; Frederick Jagel | There is a recording of the 3rd Act of this performance which very likely opens with Margery Mayer's singing the lovely part of the Shephard Boy. [EJS GAO220]. | P-Opr | 43 |
12/05/41 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Cooper: cond.; Richard Bonelli | P-Opr | 44 | |
12/10/41 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Bojanowski: cond.; Richard Bonelli; Virgilio Lazzari | P-Opr | 45 | |
09/09/42 | Death of 1st husband | Chicago, IL | Margery's 1st husband died after prolonged illness and 3 years of marriage. Mayer became a single mother at age 24. Over the next several years aunt and other relatives assisted with care of her son, not yet two years old, when she needed to be away performing or travelling. | F-Eve | 46 | ||||
11/14/42 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Glades Swarthout; Licia Albanese | Fourth season in five years at Chicago opera, having with recently deceased husband, a baby, yet still being assigned smaller roles as the lead roles were filled by singers from the Met. Chicago Opera doesn't have a season in 1943 so Miss Mayer was probably eager for the opportunity to tour with Fortune Gallo and the San Carlo Opera. | P-Opr | 47 |
11/14/42 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Cleva: cond.; Nicola Moscona; Licia Albanese | P-Opr | 48 | |
11/23/42 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Cleva: cond.; Alexander Kipnis; Grace Moore | P-Opr | 49 | |
11/28/42 | Otello | Verdi | Emilia | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Giovanni Martinelli; Lawrence Tibbett | P-Opr | 50 | |
12/05/42 | Tosca | Puccini | Shepherd Boy | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Grace Moore; Giovanni Martinelli | P-Opr | 51 | |
12/11/42 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | Nicklausse | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Peroni: cond.; Eugene Conley | P-Opr | 52 | |
12/12/42 | Rigoletto | Flotow | Siébel | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Bamboschek: cond.; Lawrence Tibbett; Virgilio Lazzari | P-Opr | 53 | |
02/27/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | Peroni: cond. | Debut in Aida (Amneris). Margery Mayer sings seven different roles in eight days! Two of these are debut in classic major roles for a contralto. She receives consistently good reviews throughout this first week in Boston. The reviewer is quite amazed at her stamina and voice. | P-Opr | 54 |
03/01/43 | Tosca | Puccini | Shepherd Boy | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 55 | ||
03/02/43 | Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni | Lola | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 56 | ||
03/03/43 | Carmen | Bizet | Mércèdes | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | This is the first and last Mércèdes that Miss Mayer sings. The next time Gallo puts on Carmen it is the following fall, in New York, with Mayer singing the title role. | P-Opr | 57 | |
03/04/43 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | Dorothy Kirsten | P-Opr | 58 | |
03/05/43 | Martha | Flotow | Nancy | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 59 | ||
03/06/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | Peroni: cond. | Debut in Il Travatore (Azucena) | P-Opr | 60 |
03/22/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | Schick: cond. | P-Opr | 61 | |
03/24/43 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | P-Opr | 62 | ||
03/25/43 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | P-Opr | 63 | ||
03/27/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | P-Opr | 64 | ||
04/15/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 65 | ||
05/07/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | P-Opr | 66 | ||
05/08/43 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | San Carlo Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | P-Opr | 67 | ||
05/09/43 | Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni | Lola | San Carlo Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | P-Opr | 68 | ||
05/17/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Toronto, Can | P-Opr | 69 | ||
05/17/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Toronto, Can | P-Opr | 70 | ||
05/15/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Hamilton, Can | P-Opr | 71 | ||
05/26/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Schick: cond. | Center Theater | P-Opr | 72 |
05/29/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Buckley: cond. | Center Theater | P-Opr | 73 |
05/30/43 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Eugene Conley | Center Theater | P-Opr | 74 |
06/04/43 | Faust | Gounod | Siébel | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Schick: cond.; Dorothy Kirsten; Eugene Conley | Center Theater | P-Opr | 75 |
06/06/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Buckley: cond. | Center Theater | P-Opr | 76 |
06/01/43 | {Hymns} | Concert: Hymns of All Churches | Marshalltown, IA | P-Con | 77 | ||||
10/15/43 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Broadway Theater; 1st Carmen in the title role; This is a successful debut, enough so that on the following eight month coast to coast tour, Fortune Gallo entrusts the then 26 year old Miss Mayer with 37 more performances of Carmen, 12 more Amneris (after 8 this tour) and 11 Azuchena added to 6 on this tour. | P-Opr | 78 | |
10/16/43 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Buckley: cond. | Broadway Theater | P-Opr | 79 |
10/20/43 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Broadway Theater | P-Opr | 80 | |
10/22/43 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | Buckley: cond. | Broadway Theater | P-Opr | 81 |
11/12/43 | {"Stride la vampa" from Il Trovatore, Verdi; "Wanting you","Lover come back to me" from New Moon, Romberg} | | Verdi | Audition: Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air-Chicago | Chicago, IL | Mis Mayer is one of four regional winners in Chicago who are pared up for live semi-final auditions in New York City. | P-Con | 82 | ||
01/10/44 | {"Stride la vampa" from Il Trovatore, Verdi; "Wanting you","Lover come back to me" from New Moon, Romberg} | | Verdi | Audition: Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air-NY Semifinals | Chicago, IL | The recording of Stride la vampa (under the Opera Tab) represents Mayer's voice nearing top form for the next decade. | P-Con | 83 | ||
02/01/44 | {Opera Arias and Songs} | Performs: for Troups Great Lakes & Ft. Sheridan | Great Lakes, IL | P-Con | 84 | ||||
03/01/44 | {St. Matthew Passion} | | J S Bach | Concert: St. Matthew Passion | Chicago, IL | Pelletier: cond. | Montreal Symphony; Maestro Pelletier confided sometime later that he could not understand why she had not won the Met Auditions. It is possible that Maestro Pelletier asked her to perform the St. Matthew Passion that spring as a gesture of his confidence in her ability and potential. | P-Con | 85 | |
05/08/44 | {Hymns} | Hymns of All Churches - NBC | Great Lakes, IL | "Hymns of All Churches" special 10th Anniversary broadcast from Great Lakes Naval Training Center.; Miss Mayer meets future husband, Lt. Cmdr. Steen, who conducts the Navy Blue Jackets Choir in Beautiful Savior followed by Miss Mayer (soloist) and the "Hymns of All Churches" choir singing "Veni, Jesu, Amor Mi". They see each other a few times before Steen ships over to Australia until the end of the war. | P-Con | 86 | |||
07/06/44 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Chicago, IL | Soldier's Field (40K attendees) | P-Opr | 87 | |
10/17/44 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | Here begins a grand eight month coast-to-coast tour. There are interactive maps illustrating the paths of this tour (as well as the 1943 tour) located under the Biography tab in subtab: "Coast to Coast Carmen". | P-Opr | 88 | |
11/06/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Portland, ME | P-Opr | 89 | ||
11/09/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Quebec, Can | P-Opr | 90 | ||
11/13/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Montreal, Can | P-Opr | 91 | ||
11/21/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Ottawa, Can | P-Opr | 92 | ||
11/25/44 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Toronto, Can | P-Opr | 93 | ||
11/29/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Hamilton, Can | P-Opr | 94 | ||
11/30/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Erie, NY | P-Opr | 95 | ||
12/01/44 | {The Messiah} | | Handel | Concert: The Messiah | Chicago, IL | Orchestra Hall | P-Con | 96 | ||
12/01/44 | {The Messiah} | | Handel | Concert: The Messiah | Chicago, IL | Orchestra Hall | P-Con | 97 | ||
12/01/44 | Hymns of All Churches - NBC | Chicago, IL | Sings on "Hymns of All Churches" program and performs at the North Shore Congregation Israel over the holidays. | P-Job | 98 | ||||
12/04/44 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Albany, NY | P-Opr | 99 | ||
12/05/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Springfield, MA | P-Opr | 100 | ||
12/06/44 | {Opera Arias} | Performs: Gala Benefit for Chicago Opera Company | Chicago, IL | Chicago Opera Orchestra; Civic Opera House | P-Con | 101 | |||
12/09/44 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Atlanta, GA | P-Opr | 102 | ||
12/11/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Nashville, TN | P-Opr | 103 | ||
12/12/44 | {Alto Rhapsody, plus Lieder} | Brahms | Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra & Male Chorus | Kalamazoo, MI | Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and Male Chorus | P-Con | 104 | ||
12/14/44 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Nashville, TN | P-Opr | 105 | ||
12/17/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Oklahoma City, KS | P-Opr | 106 | ||
12/31/44 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Dallas, TX | P-Opr | 107 | ||
01/08/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | San Francisco, CA | War Memorial Opera House | P-Opr | 108 | |
01/09/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Oakland, CA | P-Opr | 109 | ||
01/10/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | San Francisco, CA | P-Opr | 110 | ||
01/21/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | San Francisco, CA | P-Opr | 111 | ||
01/24/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Bakersfield, CA | P-Opr | 112 | ||
01/26/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Los Angeles, CA | P-Opr | 113 | ||
02/02/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Los Angeles, CA | P-Opr | 114 | ||
02/03/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Portland, OR | P-Opr | 115 | ||
02/09/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Portland, OR | P-Opr | 116 | ||
02/12/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Seattle, WA | P-Opr | 117 | ||
02/17/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Seattle, WA | P-Opr | 118 | ||
02/19/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Vancouver, Can | P-Opr | 119 | ||
02/23/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Victoria, Can | P-Opr | 120 | ||
02/27/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Calgary, Can | P-Opr | 121 | ||
03/01/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Edmonton, Can | P-Opr | 122 | ||
03/05/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Winnipeg, Can | P-Opr | 123 | ||
03/07/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Winnipeg, Can | P-Opr | 124 | ||
03/13/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | St. Paul, MN | P-Opr | 125 | ||
03/15/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Minneapolis, MN | P-Opr | 126 | ||
03/19/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Aberdeen, SD | P-Opr | 127 | ||
03/22/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Sioux City, IA | P-Opr | 128 | ||
03/24/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Omaha, NE | P-Opr | 129 | ||
04/01/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Des Moines, IA | P-Opr | 130 | ||
04/06/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Kansas City, MO | P-Opr | 131 | ||
04/10/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Springield, MO | P-Opr | 132 | ||
04/12/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | St. Louis, MO | P-Opr | 133 | ||
04/15/45 | Hymns of All Churches - NBC | Chicago, IL | Sings 4/15 - 4/18 from which period some studio master recordings survived and can be heard in the Radio section. | P-Job | 134 | ||||
04/18/45 | {Symphony 9} | | Beethoven | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | Chicago Symphony Orch; Orchestra Hall | P-Con | 135 | ||
04/19/45 | {Symphony 9} | | Beethoven | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Chicago, IL | Chicago Symphony Orch; Orchestra Hall | P-Con | 136 | ||
04/22/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Flint, MI | P-Opr | 137 | ||
04/24/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Mt. Pleasant, MI | P-Opr | 138 | ||
04/27/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Columbus, OH | P-Opr | 139 | ||
05/16/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | P-Opr | 140 | ||
05/24/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | P-Opr | 141 | ||
05/26/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | New York, NY | P-Opr | 142 | ||
05/28/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | P-Opr | 143 | ||
10/12/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Rescigno: cond.; Leonard Warren | Substituded for Bruna Castagna | P-Opr | 144 |
10/20/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Rescigno: cond.; Leonard Warren | P-Opr | 145 | |
10/24/45 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Cleva: cond.; Giovanni Martinelli; Richard Bonelli | Substituted for Swarthout (learned cuts on 24 hours notice) | P-Opr | 146 |
11/12/45 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Rescigno: cond.; Leonard Warren | Substituted for Bruna Castagnia. | P-Opr | 147 |
11/17/45 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | Chicago Civic Opera | Chicago, IL | Cleva: cond.; Nicola Moscona | P-Opr | 148 | |
12/15/45 | {"Die Junge Magd"} | |Hindemith | Chicago Symphony Ensemble | Chicago, IL | Hindemith: cond. | Orchestra Hall | P-Con | 149 | |
01/27/46 | Marries 2nd Husband | Chicago, IL | Mayer marries Sigvart Steen, the musician she had met at Great Lakes nearly 2 years earlier. Mayer takes 6 months off from career. | F-Eve | 150 | ||||
05/15/46 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams; Eugene Conley | Début; First Performance by NYCO. | P-Opr | 151 |
05/19/46 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams; Eugene Conley | P-Opr | 152 | |
05/26/46 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Eugene Conley | P-Opr | 153 | |
08/01/46 | {"In the still of the night"} | |Cole Porter | Serenade to America - NBC | San Francisco, CA | NBC Symphony Members; Initial Weekly Contract | P-Con | 154 | ||
09/19/46 | {"Waltz Huegette" from The Vagabond King} | |Friml | Let's Go To the Opera - ABC | New York, NY | P-Con | 155 | |||
09/19/46 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams | P-Opr | 156 | |
09/29/46 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams | P-Opr | 157 | |
10/05/46 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Morel: cond.; James Pease | P-Opr | 158 | |
10/12/46 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Morel: cond.; James Pease | P-Opr | 159 | |
11/14/46 | Eugene Onegin | Tchaikovsky | Olga | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Ivan Petroff; Brenda Miller; William Horne | P-Opr | 160 | |
11/17/46 | Eugene Onegin | Tchaikovsky | Olga | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Ivan Petroff; Brenda Miller; William Horne | P-Opr | 161 | |
Luther College Voice Instructor | Decorah, IA | August 1947 to August1948 | P-Tch | 162 | |||||
09/01/47 | National Association of Teachers of Singing - Charter Member | Decorah, IA | Started her focus on understanding vocal physiology and the process of teaching others to sing. Genesis of a sixty year career as a vocal teacher. | P-Tch | 163 | ||||
03/26/48 | Birth of 2nd son | Decorah, IA | August 1947 to August1948 | F-Eve | 164 | ||||
09/01/48 | Riverdale Temple - Professional Quartet | Riverdale, NY | Mayer joins the elite Riverdale Temple Quartet continuing an association with Rabbi Schulman with whom she had previously performed at the temple in Illinois. In addition, the organist / quartet director was William Sumner who had previously been organist on the "Hymns of All Churches" in Chicago. | P-Job | 165 | ||||
12/19/48 | The Medium | Menotti | Madame Flora (Baba) | Broadway Production of "The Medium" | New York, NY | Barrymore Theater; 10 performances starting 1 Wk after Premiere of this Broadway revival of the production. | P-Opr | 166 | |
03/24/49 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | P-Opr | 167 | ||
04/06/49 | {"La Dance des Morts", Honegger} | Fort Wayne Symphony | Fort Wayne, IN | Buketoff: cond. | Fort Wayne Symphony | P-Con | 168 | ||
04/10/49 | {Symphony 9, Beethoven} | Houston Symphony & Chorus | Houston, TX | Kurtz: cond. | Houston Symphony | P-Con | 169 | ||
06/01/49 | Arias and Songs | Concert: Duluth, Minnesota | Duluth, MN | P-Con | 170 | ||||
07/01/49 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Chicago Grant Park Opera Orchestra | Chicago, IL | Leinsdorf: cond.; Camilla Williams | 130K attendees! | P-Opr | 171 |
08/01/49 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | P-Opr | 172 | ||
09/01/49 | Wagner College Instructor of Music - Voice | New York, NY | Taught college age voice students (36 then 24 a semester) Sept 1949 to 1977 (29 years); attained tenure in 1963 as Asst. Prof.; developed graduate level Opera Appreciation Course with live opera in NYC. | P-Tch | 173 | ||||
10/02/49 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Gene Greenwell | P-Opr | 174 | |
11/01/49 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Gene Greenwell; Ellen Faull | First Performance by NYCO | P-Opr | 175 |
11/02/49 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Gene Greenwell; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 176 | |
03/24/50 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Gene Greenwell | P-Opr | 177 | |
04/01/50 | {"Komenoi Ostrow", Artur Rubenstein} | Radio City Music Hall | New York, NY | Glory of Easter Pageant (4/1 - 4/18); 4 wks rehearsal plus >100 shows over 2 wks for 1/2 million attendees. | P-Con | 178 | |||
06/19/50 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | Rescigno: cond. | P-Opr | 179 | |
06/20/50 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Washington, DC | Rescigno: cond. | P-Opr | 180 | |
10/13/50 | Die Meistersinger | Wagner | Magdalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; James Pease; Frances Yeend | 1st performance by NYCO | P-Opr | 181 |
10/25/50 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 182 | |
10/29/50 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Martin: cond. | P-Opr | 183 | |
11/12/50 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Morel: cond. | P-Opr | 184 | |
01/10/51 | {"Carmen" excerpts, Bizet} | Radio City Music Hall | New York, NY | 10 days, 5 shows a day. | P-Con | 185 | |||
02/24/51 | Il Tabarro | Puccini | La Frugola | NBC Television Opera Theatre | New York, NY | P-Opr | 186 | ||
03/14/51 | Die Meistersinger | Wagner | Magdalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; James Pease; Frances Yeend | P-Opr | 187 | |
04/01/51 | {"Komenoi Ostrow", Artur Rubenstein} | Radio City Music Hall | New York, NY | Glory of Easter Pageant (4/1 - 4/18); 4 wks rehearsal plus >100 shows over 2 wks for 1/2 million attendees. | P-Con | 188 | |||
09/28/51 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Marchelina | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Walter Cassel; Frances Yeend; James Pease | P-Opr | 189 | |
09/29/51 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams; Richard Bonelli | P-Opr | 190 | |
10/05/51 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | The Mother | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 191 | |
10/06/51 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Gene Greenwell | P-Opr | 192 | |
10/07/51 | Die Meistersinger | Wagner | Magdalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; James Pease; Frances Yeend | P-Opr | 193 | |
10/13/51 | Die Meistersinger | Wagner | Magdalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 194 | |
10/18/51 | The Four Ruffians | Wolf-Ferrari | Margarita | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; Gene Greenwell | United States Premiere | P-Opr | 195 |
10/21/51 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; James Pease; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 196 | |
10/23/51 | Die Meistersinger | Wagner | Magdalena | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Mack Harrell | P-Opr | 197 | |
10/27/51 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Morel: cond. | P-Opr | 198 | |
10/28/51 | The Dybbuk | Tamkin | Elderly Woman | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 199 | |
10/30/51 | The Four Ruffians | Wolf-Ferrari | Margarita | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 200 | |
10/31/51 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 201 | |
11/03/51 | The Dybbuk | Tamkin | Elderly Woman | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Patricia Neway; Mack Harrell | P-Opr | 202 | |
11/05/51 | The Dybbuk | Tamkin | Elderly Woman | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Patricia Neway; Mack Harrell | P-Opr | 203 | |
11/09/51 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Halasz: cond. | P-Opr | 204 | |
11/14/51 | The Marriage of Figaro | Mozart | Marchelina | New York City Opera | Detroit, MI | Rosenstock: cond.; Frances Yeend; James Pease | Masonic Auditorium; Detroit Grand Opera Association | P-Opr | 205 |
11/15/51 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | Detroit, MI | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams; Richard Bonelli | Masonic Auditorium; Detroit Grand Opera Association | P-Opr | 206 |
11/18/51 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | The Mother | New York City Opera | Detroit, MI | Morel: cond.; Frances Bible; Lawrence Winters | Masonic Auditorium; Detroit Grand Opera Association | P-Opr | 207 |
11/24/51 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Rudel: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 208 |
11/24/51 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Halasz: cond.; Camilla Williams; Richard Bonelli | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 209 |
11/28/51 | The Tales of Hoffman | Offenbach | The Mother | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Morel: cond.; Walter Cassel | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 210 |
12/04/51 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Shaynen: cond.; Camilla Williams | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 211 |
12/05/51 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Rudel: cond.; James Pease; Ellen Faull | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 212 |
12/08/51 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Rosenstock: cond.; Walter Cassel | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 213 |
12/09/51 | Rigoletto | Verdi | Maddalena | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Shaynen: cond.; Lawrence Winters | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 214 |
01/30/52 | {Gloria} | | Vivaldi | Reading Choral Society | Reading, PA | P-Con | 215 | |||
02/24/52 | {"Ah nostri Monti" - Il Trovatore; "The Rose Bearing Scene} | | Verdi & Strauss | WOR Mutual Opera Theatre | New York, NY | Ellen Faull | Longacre Theater | P-Con | 216 | |
03/23/52 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Martin: cond.; Camilla Williams | P-Opr | 217 | |
03/27/52 | The Dybbuk | Tamkin | Elderly Woman | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Lawrence Winters; Mack Harrell; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 218 | |
03/30/52 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Gene Greenwell; Lawrence Winters; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 219 | |
04/10/52 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Gene Greenwell; Lawrence Winters; Frances Bible | P-Opr | 220 | |
04/16/52 | Andrea Chenier | Giordano | Contessa di Coigny | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Walter Cassel | P-Opr | 221 | |
04/23/52 | The Dybbuk | Tamkin | Elderly Woman | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond. | Also sang the part of Madelon | P-Opr | 222 |
04/24/52 | Andrea Chenier | Giordano | Contessa di Coigny | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Walter Cassel | P-Opr | 223 | |
06/01/52 | Accompany's Husband Abroad with Wagner College Choir | Multiple Cities, Germany | F-Eve | 224 | |||||
06/01/52 | Audition: Bayreauth Festspeile (for Wieland Wagner) | Bayreauth, Germany | P-Eve | 225 | |||||
06/01/52 | Audition: Vienna Staatoper | Vienna, Austria | P-Eve | 226 | |||||
09/25/52 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Serafin: cond. | P-Opr | 227 | |
09/27/52 | Amahl & the Night Visitors | Menotti | Mother | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Schippers: cond. | P-Opr | 228 | |
10/25/52 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond. | P-Opr | 229 | |
11/17/52 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | Chicago, IL | Serafin: cond.; Lawrence Winters | Civic Opera House; Committee for Opera in Chicago | P-Opr | 230 |
03/13/53 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Francisco Cosmopolitan Opera | San Francisco, CA | P-Opr | 231 | ||
03/22/53 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Martin: cond. | P-Opr | 232 | |
03/26/53 | {Requiem} | Verdi | Buffalo Symphony Orchestra | Buffalo, NY | Kleinhans Music Hall | P-Con | 233 | ||
03/27/53 | {"Habanera", "Sequidilla" from Carmen, "Thine Alone" from Eileen} | | Bizet & Herbert | Buffalo Pops Orchestra | Buffalo, NY | Kleinhans Music Hall | P-Con | 234 | ||
04/03/53 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Norman Treigle | P-Opr | 235 | |
04/12/53 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Norman Treigle | P-Opr | 236 | |
12/18/53 | Amahl & the Night Visitors | Menotti | Mother | Buffalo Symphony Opera Production | Buffalo, NY | Schippers: cond.; Michael Pollock; Lawrence Winters; Richard Wentworth | Kleinhans Music Hall | P-Opr | 237 |
02/25/54 | Lohengrin | Wagner | Ortrude | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond.; Elenor Steber | P-Opr | 238 | |
02/27/54 | Lohengrin | Wagner | Ortrude | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond.; Elenor Steber | P-Opr | 239 | |
03/13/54 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | Philadelphia La Scala Opera | Philadelphia, PA | Moresco: cond. | Academy of Music | P-Opr | 240 |
04/15/54 | Falstaff | Verdi | Dame Quickly | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Richard Wentworth; Rosemary Kuhlmann; Phillis Curtin | First Performance by NYCO | P-Opr | 241 |
10/07/54 | Falstaff | Verdi | Dame Quickly | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Walter Cassel; Rosemary Kuhlmann; Phillis Curtin | First Performance by NYCO | P-Opr | 242 |
10/13/54 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Ellen Faull | P-Opr | 243 | |
12/17/54 | Amahl & the Night Visitors | Menotti | Mother | Buffalo Symphony Opera Production | Buffalo, NY | Kleinhans Music Hall | P-Opr | 244 | |
02/01/55 | Aïda | Verdi | Amneris | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 245 | ||
02/05/55 | Carmen | Bizet | Carmen | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 246 | ||
02/06/55 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | San Carlo Opera | Boston, MA | P-Opr | 247 | ||
03/08/55 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Chattanooga Opera | Chattanooga, TN | Wolff: cond. | P-Opr | 248 | |
06/21/55 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Philadephia Robin Hood Dell | Philadelphia, PA | P-Opr | 249 | ||
06/22/55 | Otello | Verdi | Emilia | Philadephia Robin Hood Dell | Philadelphia, PA | P-Opr | 250 | ||
10/13/55 | The Golden Slippers | Tchaikovsky | Solocha | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Richard Cassilly; Richard Wentworth; Donald Gramm | First Performance by NYCO | P-Opr | 251 |
10/20/55 | The Love for Three Oranges | Prokofiev | Clarissa | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rudel: cond.; Gene Greenwell; John Reardon | P-Opr | 252 | |
10/27/55 | The Golden Slippers | Tchaikovsky | Solocha | New York City Opera | New York, NY | Rosenstock: cond.; Richard Cassilly; John Reardon; Rosemary Kuhlmann | P-Opr | 253 | |
11/04/55 | The Masked Ball | Verdi | Ulrica | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond. | P-Opr | 254 | |
11/06/55 | The Masked Ball | Verdi | Ulrica | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond. | P-Opr | 255 | |
04/04/56 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond. | P-Opr | 256 | |
04/06/56 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond. | P-Opr | 257 | |
01/14/57 | War and Peace | Tchaikovsky | Matriosha | NBC Television Opera Theatre | New York, NY | P-Opr | 258 | ||
01/17/57 | Falstaff | Verdi | Dame Quickly | Opera Guild of Montreal | Montreal, Can | Cooper: cond. | Performed at Her Majesty's Theatre | P-Opr | 259 |
02/07/57 | Ballad of Baby Doe | Douglas | Mrs. McCourt | ABC Television Omnibus Series | New York, NY | Omnibus | P-Opr | 260 | |
03/05/58 | Elektra | Strauss | 1st Magd | New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | Mitropoulos: cond.; Inge Borkh; Blanche Thebom | P-Opr | 261 | |
03/06/58 | Elektra | Strauss | 1st Magd | New York Philharmonic | New York, NY | Mitropoulos: cond.; Inge Borkh; Blanche Thebom | P-Opr | 262 | |
03/20/58 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond.; Louis Quilico | P-Opr | 263 | |
03/22/58 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Pittsburgh Opera | Pittsburgh, PA | Karp: cond.; Louis Quilico | P-Opr | 264 | |
06/01/58 | Student wins Fulbright Scholorship for Study Abroad | Staten Island, NY | Helps a promising Wagner College voice student apply for and win a Fulbright Scholarship in voice for study abroad in Italy. Student remained in Europe then returning to the US; had a major international career singing in Europe and at the Metropolitan Opera (Olivia Stapp). | P-Tch | 265 | ||||
09/08/58 | Ballad of Baby Doe | Douglas | Augusta | Musicarnival | Cleveland, OH | Kogan: cond.; Beverly Sills; Walter Cassel; Beatrice Krebs | 7 performances from Sept. 8 to 14. Reel to reel made of each performance. Integrated master to be avaliable at Cleveland Public Library and Goodspeed Opera Library in Chatham, CT beginning late 2014. | P-Opr | 266 |
09/17/58 | Murder in the Cathedral | Pizzetti | 2nd Corifea | Carnegie Hall - Symphony of the Air | New York, NY | Halasz: cond. | P-Opr | 267 | |
11/07/59 | Il Trovatore | Verdi | Azucena | Richmond Opera Company | Staten Island, NY | Moresco: cond.; Eileen Farrell | P-Opr | 268 | |
05/21/60 | {Requiem} | Verdi | Pennsylvania State College | College Park, PA | P-Con | 269 | |||
07/31/60 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Ellenville Music Festival | Ellenville, NY | P-Opr | 270 | ||
06/01/61 | Student wins Fulbright Scholorship for Study Abroad | Staten Island, NY | Helps another promising Wagner College voice student apply for and win a Fulbright Scholarship in voice for study abroad in Germany. Student remained in Germany, singing and then marrying and raising a family abroad. | P-Tch | 271 | ||||
07/01/63 | Wagner College Assistant Professor of Music, (tenured) | Staten Island, NY | Granted tenure based on her professional singing experience credentials, and upon 15 years of service to the college in a full-time capacity. During her instructor years, her teaching load averaged more than 30 1/2 hour private voice lessons per semester. | P-Tch | 272 | ||||
10/01/64 | Performs frequently at College and Church Functions | Staten Island NY, NY | Performed as a community service at dozens of college related and church related functions during the 1950s, 60s and 70s. | P-Tch | 273 | ||||
04/23/67 | {"Die Junge Magd"} | | Hindemith | Wagner College Chamber Ensemble | Staten Island, NY | P-Con | 274 | |||
12/20/68 | Death of 2nd Husband | Staten Island, NY | Margery Mayer's 2nd husband, Sigvart Steen, dies after prolonged illness culminating nearly 23 years of marriage; widowed at age 50 Margery accompanies her husband's choir on a coast to coast tour (winter of 1969), representing the college faculty and providing musical guidance for the talented junior-year student conductor who had studied with Margery and Dr. Steen. | F-Eve | 275 | ||||
12/07/69 | Madama Butterfly | Puccini | Suzuki | Staten Island Opera Co. | San Francisco, CA | P-Opr | 276 | ||
01/16/71 | {Requiem} | | Verdi | New Jersey Atlantic Choral Society | Monmouth, NJ | P-Con | 277 | |||
11/16/72 | {Alto Rhapsody} | |Brahms | Richmond Choral Society and Orchestra | Staten Island, NY | P-Con | 278 | |||
01/01/73 | Develops/Teaches Grad. Level Opera Course | Staten Island, NY | Develops Graduate Level course in Opera Appreciation with planned trips to 8 to 10 opera performances at the Metropolitan and New York City Operas and guest lectures by conductors and singers who were professional colleagues of Mayer at NYCO. Popular course given 5 consecutive years from 1973 to 1977. | P-Tch | 279 | ||||
09/01/73 | Marries 3rd Husband | New York, NY | Margery Mayer marries George Voutsas, audio director of at NBC, who she had first known in Chicago when they were respectively performing on and producing radio shows. They each brought to the relationship a rich heritage in classical music and the performing arts. | F-Eve | 280 | ||||
05/01/75 | Retires from Riverdale Temple | Riverdale, NY | Mayer retires from position as Contralto Soloist at Riverdale Temple after 27 years of continuous service. Travel by car circumnavigating New York City from Staten Island to Riverdale estimated at 2,000 round trips or 100,000 miles. | P-Job | 281 | ||||
05/01/77 | Retires from Wagner College | Staten Island, NY | Mayer retires from Wagner College after 28 years of service and as teacher to more than 500 voice students, and an estimated 25,000 individual lessons. | P-Tch | 282 | ||||
11/01/77 | Moves to Carmel Highlands, CA | Carmel, CA | Margery and George move from Staten Island to Carmel Highlands, CA to be near her sister and her husband. | F-Exe | 283 | ||||
07/01/78 | Establishes Home-based Voice Studio | Carmel Highlands, CA | Not long after arriving, Margery cultivates interest from students wishing to take voice lessons and begins teaching out of her private home studio. | P-Tch | 284 | ||||
01/02/03 | Death of 3rd Husband | Carmel Highlands, CA | Miss Mayer's third husband, George Voutsas, died just shy of age 92, after 29 years of marriage and 25 years in retirement in Carmel, CA. | F-Eve | 285 | ||||
05/01/03 | Honored by Wagner College Alumni, The Sagamore | Lake George, NY | Margery Mayer is an honored guest of a gathering of 50th anniversary alums of Wagner College held at The Sagamore resort on Lake George, NY. | P-Tch | 286 | ||||
05/01/06 | Attends NYCO 60th anniversary, Tavern on the Green | Chicago, IL | Mayer attends the sixtieth anniversary of the New York City Opera and meets many of her former colleagues. | P-Opr | 287 | ||||
03/29/08 | 90th birthday celebration | Carmel Highlands, CA | Margery Mayer reprises the Habenera at a surprise 90th birthday gathering attended by 75 good friends, held at the Highlands Inn overlooking the Pacific Ocean. | F-Eve | 288 | ||||
05/12/14 | Death: Margery Mayer Voutsas Passes Away at Age 96 | Cupertino, CA | Shortly after her 96th birthday, celebrated with her family, Margery Mayer passed away peacefully in her sleep in her fourth year at Sunny View Retirement Community in Cupertino, CA. Margery is remembered by the staff for her resilliance, for her perfect memory of her arias and songs, and for grace even in adversity. A memorial service was held in her memory on September 13, 2014 at St. Philips Lutheran Church, in Carmel, CA. | F-Eve | 289 | ||||
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