Suzy Frelinghuysen

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Suzy Frelinghuysen (née Estelle; 1911–1988) was an American abstract painter and erstwhile soprano.

Born in New Jersey, she was descended from various politicians, including her grandfather, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen (Secretary of State under Chester A. Arthur), and Theodore Frelinghuysen (Senator from New Jersey). She was educated at Miss Fine's in Princeton, and studied art and music privately.

In 1935, she married the artist George L.K. Morris, who encouraged her painting, and in 1938 she was the first woman to have a painting placed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Living Art. She and Morris were founding members of the American Abstract Artists. She took part, in Paris, at the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles, and exhibited also in Rome and Amsterdam.

As Suzy Morris, the dramatic soprano appeared with the New York City Opera from 1947 to 1950, in Ariadne auf Naxos (in the title role, opposite Virginia MacWatters as Zerbinetta), Cavalleria rusticana (as Santuzza, conducted by Julius Rudel), Tosca (as Floria Tosca), Aïda (as Amneris, with Camilla Williams, Ramón Vinay, and Lawrence Winters, directed by Theodore Komisarjevsky), and Les contes d'Hoffmann (as Giulietta).

Following that last appearance with the City Opera, she debuted in 1950 with the New Orleans Opera Association, as Amelia in Un ballo in maschera. That performance, which was broadcast, also featured Jussi Björling, Marko Rothmüller, Martha Larrimore, the young Norman Treigle (as Samuele), as well as Audrey Schuh (as Oscar, her first major role). In 1998, VAI released this performance on Compact Discs.

After a 1951 bout of bronchitis, the soprano retired from the stage, and once more became a full-time painter.

Suzy Frelinghuysen died in Lenox, Massachusetts. Her work can be viewed in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Carnegie Art Institute.

References

The New York City Opera: An American Adventure, by Martin L. Sokol, Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc, 1981. ISBN 0-02-612280-4

External links

Official web-site: frelinghuysen.org.

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Name	Frelinghuysen, Suzy
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Short description	Singer and painter
Date of birth	1911
Place of birth
Date of death	1988
Place of death

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