Kathleen Cassello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Kathleen Cassello

American operatic soprano

Date of Birth: 13-Aug-1958

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Date of Death: 12-Apr-2017

Profession: singer, opera singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Kathleen Ann Cassello (August 13, 1958, Wilmington, Delaware – April 12, 2017, Munich, Germany) was an American opera singer. Cassello originally trained to be a nurse, and earned her Bachelor of Science degree in nursing from the University of Delaware in 1980.
She practiced nursing from 1980 to 1984.
Separately, she privately studied music with vocal teachers Dan Pressley and Nancy Gamble Pressley, from 1980 to 1984.
She later studied in Salzburg with Wilma Lipp and Sesto Bruscantini. Over the period of 1984-1985, Cassello won several singing competitions, in Porto, Vercelli and Barcelona.
Cassello won first prize in the Salzburg Mozart competition in 1985.
She subsequently sang regularly with the Salzburg Landestheater, over the period 1986-1987.
From 1987 to 1990, Cassello was a regular featured artist with the Badisches Staatstheater in Karlsruhe.Cassello made her American role debut in 1996 as Donna Anna with the Dallas Opera.
In the late 1990s, Cassello toured with Kallen Esperian and Cynthia Lawrence as 'The Three Sopranos'.
Cassello is featured on a commercial video recording of 'The Three Sopranos', and also in the documentary 'La Traviata - Love & Sacrifice'. Cassello was married to the Italian baritone Renato Girolami.
She died in Munich, Germany on April 12, 2017, aged 58, from undisclosed causes.