Blanche Thebom

BLANCHE THEBOM d2010. American operatic mezzo-soprano and opera director. She was part of the first wave of American opera singers that had highly successful international careers. In her own country she had a long association with the Metropolitan in NY which lasted 22 years. Opera News stated, "An ambitious beauty with a velvety, even-grained dramatic mezzo, Thebom was a natural for opera: she commanded the stage with the elegantly disciplined hauteur of an old-school diva, relishing the opportunity to play femmes du monde". She died in San Francisco aged 94 on March 23rd 2010