Adelaide Bishop, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Adelaide Bishop

singer and actress

Date of Birth: 23-Jun-1928

Date of Death: 20-Jun-2008

Profession: actor, singer, opera singer, theater director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Adelaide Bishop (23 June 1928 – 20 June 2008) was an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera director, stage director, and voice teacher.
She began her career appearing in Broadway musicals as a teenager during the early 1940s.
She became a principal soprano with the New York City Opera (NYCO) in 1948, where she performed through 1960 in a broad repertoire encompassing German, French, Italian, and English operas from a variety of musical periods.
In the late 1950s, she started working actively as a stage director and as a voice teacher, working with many opera companies throughout the United States and serving on the music faculties of several different American universities.
She also served as the artistic director of the Wolf Trap Opera for many years.