Marcia Van Dresser

Marcia Van Dresser

Van Dresser, circa 1901
Born 1877
Memphis, Tennessee
Died July 11, 1937 (aged 5960)
London, England
Occupation Actress, singer

Marcia Van Dresser (1877 – July 11, 1937) was an American operatic soprano, recitalist and actress. She was sometimes referred to as a mezzo-soprano.[1] She spent her early life in Memphis and later studied for opera with Hermine Bosetti and Jean de Reszke. She appeared as an actress in 1902 with Otis Skinner in a revival of Francesca di Rimini.[2] Apparently Van Dresser never recorded for the gramophone industry. In April 1918 she appeared at Aeolian Hall singing Haydn in Italian, Debussy and Fauré in French. The Haydn work had been arranged by the late Pauline Viardot.[3]

She died in London after a long illness.[4]

References

  1. Music; Miss Van Dresser's Recital, (The New York Times, March 30, 1920)
  2. Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860-1985, by Daniel Blum, orig. published 1950, this version updated to 1985
  3. Marcia Van Dresser Sings, The New York Times, April 17, 1918
  4. Marcia Van Dresser Is Dead in London; American Soprano Had Sung With the Bostonians and Metropolitan Opera, The New York Times, July 12, 1937

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