Women in Music Posters “Bo...-Bu...-”
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Jessie Bond
b. 1-10-1853; Camden Town, London, England
d. 6-17-1942

Jessie Bond, English singer and actress, is best remembered for her mezzo-soprano soubrette roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.

Faustina Bordoni
b. 3-30-1697; Venice, Italy
d. 11-4-1781

Faustina Bordoni, a mezzo-soprano, sang five Handel operas to great success. She is also remembered for an on-stage brawl with Madame Cussoni, her rival, in front of Caroline, Princess of Wales, before she became Queen Consort of George II.

Agnes Borgo
b. 4-17-1879; Ajaccio, Corisa
d. 1-7-1958

Agnes Borgo as Brunnhilde, Die Walkure, at the Paris Opera.

Lucrezia Bori
b. 12-24-1887; Valencia, Spain
d. 5-14-1960; New York City

Her most noted roles are Manon in Massenet's opera; Mimì in La bohème; Fiora in L' amore dei trè rè; Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande; and Violetta in La traviata.

Nadia Boulanger
b. 9-16-1887; Paris, France
d. 10-22-1979

Composer, conductor, and music professor Nadia Boulanger was an outstanding educator at the highest level, teaching many of the most important composers and conductors of the 20th century.

• Nadia Boulanger: A Life in Music

Fanny Brice
b. 10-29-1891; NYC
d. 5-29-1951

Fanny Brice was a singer, comedienne, actress, and radio star associated with Florez Ziegfeld. Her signature songs are “My Man” and “Second Hand Rose”. The musical Funny Girl was inspired by Brice.

Grace Bumbry In Concert [DVD Video]

Grace Bumbry
b. 1-4-1937; St. Louis, MO

Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry, noted for her “fiery temperament and dramatic intensity on stage”, was the first black singer to perform at Bayreuth in 1961.

Cheryl Burke Photo, signed

Cheryl Burke
b. 5-3-1984; San Francisco, CA

Cheryl Burke, a professional dancer specializing in ballroom and latin dancing, has been a two time winner on the tv program Dancing with the Stars.

Clara Butt
b. 2-1-1872; Southwick, Sussex, England
d. 1-23-1936; North Stoke, Oxfordshire

Contralto Dame Clara Butt was notable for her height, 6'2", and voice which was considered"imposing”, sometimes mistaken for a man. She recorded Arthur Sullivan's The Lost Chord several times, Sir Edward Elgar composed Sea Pictures with her in mind. She was married to baritone Kennerly Rumford.