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U S Singers Find Fame Traveling For West German Opera
The article notes a wave of American singers touring Germany and Austria in the 1960s era. Lee Venora makes her Berlin debut in Madame Butterfly alongside Loren Driscoll and others. Veterans like Maria Gray and William Dooley discuss careers, training, and the pull of German stages over U S houses. Charles ONeil from Darien built a star path with the Frankfurt Opera after moving Europe years earlier.
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Berlin
Lee Venora
State Opera
Trumbull
Madame Butt
Loren Dris Conn
Scoll
Scottsbuff
Driscoll
West Berlin
Lt. Pinkerton
United States
Germany
Maria Gray
Berkeley
Calif
William Dooley
Modesto
Dooley
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West Berlin Opera
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