Florence Kopleff

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Florence Kopleff (born May 2, 1924) is an American contralto.

She was born in New York City.

She began her career in 1941 when she was in her senior year of high school. She has been very active as a concert and oratorio singer, appearing and recording with many of the great conductors of her era, particularly as a soloist with the Robert Shaw Chorale. She was also a frequent soloist with the Atlanta Symphony, of which Robert Shaw was the conductor. Time magazine once called her the "greatest living alto."

She taught at Georgia State University starting in 1968, when she became a professor and the school's first artist-in-residence. The school's recital hall is named for her.

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