Teresa stratus biography
Teresa Stratas Biography, Age, Height, Family, Husband ....
Teresa stratas biography
Teresa Stratas
Canadian-American operatic soprano
Teresa StratasOC FRCMT(hon) (born May 26, 1938) is a Canadian operatic soprano and actress of Greek descent.
She is especially well known for her award-winning recording of Alban Berg's Lulu.[1] She is formally retired.
Early life and career
Stratas was born Anastasia Stratakis to a struggling immigrantCretan family in Oshawa, near Toronto, Ontario.
At age 13, she performed Greek pop songs on the radio. She graduated from The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto where she studied singing with Irene Jessner.
Teresa stratus biography
At age 20, Stratas made her professional opera debut as Mimì in La bohème at the Toronto Opera Festival. One year later in 1959, she co-won the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, appearing later that year with the Metropolitan Opera as Poussette in Manon.
She created the title role in Peggy Glanville-Hicks' Nausicaa at the Herod Atticus Theatre in Athens in 1961,[2] ma