Virginia Mauret (died January 16, 1983), sometimes seen as Virginie Mauret, was an American musician and dancer. In 1962 she became the founder and director of the Young Artists Opera of New York City.
Virginia Mauret (died January 16, 1983), sometimes seen as Virginie Mauret, was an American musician and dancer. In 1962 she became the founder and director of the Young Artists Opera of New York City.
Although she was sometimes addressed as "Mademoiselle", [1] Mauret was not French. Mauret studied dance with Michel Fokine. [2] She also learned to play violin and piano, and studied voice and music theory. [3]
Mauret interpreted music in dance, sometimes with a musical trio accompanying her, [4] sometimes with a symphony orchestra, as when she performed at Carnegie Hall in 1920 and 1922. [5] [6] Mauret's vaudeville act involved singing, dancing, and playing violin, sometimes simultaneously. She also designed her own costumes. [3] One of Mauret's performances involved dancing to compositions by Bach. [7]
Mauret choreographed dances for a Broadway and touring revival of Babes in Toyland in 1930. [8] In 1933 she was singing for radio programs, [9] and was involved with the Montreal Opera. [10]
From the beginning of her career, Mauret gave performances at public schools and for children. [11] [1] [12] In 1962, following her long interest in arts education, Mauret founded the Young Artists Opera program in New York City. [13] In 1975 she helped to translate Lortzing's Die Opernprobe into English for possible use by the Young Artists Opera. [14]
Virginia Mauret died in 1983 in New York City. [13]
Victor August Herbert was an American composer, cellist and conductor of English and Irish ancestry and German training. Although Herbert enjoyed important careers as a cello soloist and conductor, he is best known for composing many successful operettas that premiered on Broadway from the 1890s to World War I. He was also prominent among the Tin Pan Alley composers and was later a founder of the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP). A prolific composer, Herbert produced two operas, a cantata, 43 operettas, incidental music to 10 plays, 31 compositions for orchestra, nine band compositions, nine cello compositions, five violin compositions with piano or orchestra, 22 piano compositions and numerous songs, choral compositions and orchestrations of works by other composers, among other music.
Vera-Ellen was an American dancer and actress. She is remembered for her solo performances as well as her work with partners Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Danny Kaye, and Donald O'Connor. She is best known for her starring roles in On the Town (1949) with Kelly and White Christmas (1954) with Kaye.
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Babes in Toyland is a 1961 American Christmas musical film directed by Jack Donohue and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It stars Ray Bolger as Barnaby, Tommy Sands as Tom Piper, Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary, and Ed Wynn as the Toymaker.
Virginia Gibson was an American dancer, singer and actress of film, television and musical theater.
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William Felix Knight, was an American tenor, actor, and vocal teacher, best known for his role as Tom-Tom in the 1934 Laurel and Hardy holiday musical film Babes in Toyland.
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Muriel Pollock was an American songwriter, composer, pianist, and organist. She wrote and performed music for Broadway shows, radio programs, children's plays, and piano rolls.
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Merle Alcock, born Merle Tillotson, was an American contralto who sang with the Metropolitan Opera in 236 performances from 1919 to 1929, officially signing in with them in 1924.
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