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Mary Rawcliffe

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Mary Rawcliffe (née Heller, October 29, 1942 – January 12, 2023) was an American soprano.

Mary Rawcliffe
Born
Mary Heller

(1942-10-29)October 29, 1942
DiedJanuary 12, 2023(2023-01-12) (aged 80)
OccupationSoprano

Biography

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Mary Heller was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 29, 1942.[1] In 1987 she appeared with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at the Beethoven Festival, alongside Michael Zearott and Thomas Wilcox.[2] The following year, in February 1988 she performed with instrumentalist Stuart Fox at the Fine Arts Recital Hall in Orange Coast College, California,[3] and in November 1988 supported fortepianist Steven Lubin in a Beethoven recital at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.[4] In 1994 she performed Handel's opera arias with the Los Angeles Musica Viva at Sunny Hills Arts Center.[5] More recently she has performed with the Singing Strings Trio, with cellist Virginia Kron, and harpist Jennifer Sayre.[6] She was affiliated with the California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo.

Rawcliffe died on January 12, 2023, at the age of 80.[1][7]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Mary Rawcliffe Fairbanks". Legacy. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
  2. ^ Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications. March 1987. p. 151. ISSN 0279-0483.
  3. ^ Orange Coast Magazine. Emmis Communications. February 1988. p. 23. ISSN 0279-0483.
  4. ^ New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. 7 November 1988. p. 134. ISSN 0028-7369.
  5. ^ Quarterly. The Society. 1994. p. 61.
  6. ^ "Music of the Spheres at Mt. Hamilton". Sanjose.com. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Summer 2023". SAG-AFTRA magazine. p. 50. Retrieved 3 September 2023.