RIP Arlene Saunders

American Soprano Arlene Saunders, Victim of COVID-19, Dies

Platea Magazine

April 18, 2020

Opera Magazine has mentioned, the American soprano Arlene Saunders has died a victim of the Covid19 coronavirus. Unclear her age, since her date of birth varies from 1930 to 1935 according to sources, the Cleveland-born singer made a career in her country, as well as in the most important European opera houses, debuting at the National Opera Company of United States with the operetta by Johann Strauss, Die Fledermaus.

After singing various roles at the New York City Opera: Micaëla in Carmen , Mimì in La Bohème , Louise de Charpentier, or Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, she began a long and fruitful relationship with the Hamburg Opera, recording some operas on video such as Weber's Der Freischütz, Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, or Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. She was named Kammersängerin of the company in 1965 and twenty years later she said goodbye to the stage with Der Rosenkavalier at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

SAUNDERS, Arlene

Born: 10/5/1935, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.

Died: 4/17/2020, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Arlene Saunders’ western – actress:

The Longest Hunt – 1968 (Mrs. Londonderry)

La Fanciulla del West – 1983 (Minnie)