Arlene

Arlene Saunders ‑ an American spinto soprano opera singer ‑ died in New York City on April 17, 2020 at the age of 89 from COVID-19. After making her operatic debut as Rosalinde von Eisenstein, in Die Fledermaus, with the National Opera Company in 1958, she made her first appearance with the New York City Opera in 1961, as Giorgetta in Il tabarro (conducted by Julius Rudel). With that company, she soon sang in Carmen (as Micaëla), La bohème (as Mimì), Louise (opposite Norman Treigle as the Père), Die lustige Witwe and Don Giovanni (as Donna Elvira). In 1964, Saunders began a relationship with the Hamburg State Opera, with whom she made films of Le nozze di Figaro (as the Contessa, 1967), Der Freischütz (1968), and Die Meistersinger (with ...

Arlene Stringer-Cuevas ‑ an American politician, educator, and civil servant – died from coronavirus on April 3, 2020. She was a schoolteacher before serving on the New York City Council from 1976 to 1977. Stringer-Cuevas later worked for the New York City Human Resources Administration for 16 years until her retirement in 1994. She died due to complications brought on by COVID-19. Stringer-Cuevas was born Arlene Gluss in the Bronx in New York City, New York, and was a school teacher. She lived in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. She was Jewish. Stringer-Cuevas served as her neighborhood's Democratic Party district leader from 1969 to 1976. She was elected to the New York City Council in 1976 after winning a four-person primary for the Democratic n...

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Arlene Saunders, operatic soprano

Arlene Stringer-Cuevas, politician