Mary Rawcliffe Explained

Mary Rawcliffe (née Heller, October 29, 1942 – January 12, 2023) was an American soprano.

Mary Rawcliffe
Birth Name:Mary Heller
Birth Date:29 October 1942
Birth Place:Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation:Soprano

Biography

Mary Heller was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 29, 1942.[1] In 1987 she appeared with the Los Angeles Master Chorale at the Beethoven Festival, alongside Michael Zearott and Thomas Wilcox.[2] The following year, in February 1988 she performed with instrumentalist Stuart Fox at the Fine Arts Recital Hall in Orange Coast College, California,[3] and in November 1988 supported fortepianist Steven Lubin in a Beethoven recital at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City.[4] In 1994 she performed Handel's opera arias with the Los Angeles Musica Viva at Sunny Hills Arts Center.[5] More recently she has performed with the Singing Strings Trio, with cellist Virginia Kron, and harpist Jennifer Sayre.[6] She was affiliated with the California Polytechnic University in San Luis Obispo.

Rawcliffe died on January 12, 2023, at the age of 80.[1] [7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mary Rawcliffe Fairbanks . Legacy . 3 September 2023.
  2. Book: Orange Coast Magazine. March 1987. Emmis Communications. 151. 0279-0483.
  3. Book: Orange Coast Magazine. February 1988. Emmis Communications. 23. 0279-0483.
  4. Book: New York Magazine. 7 November 1988. New York Media, LLC. 134. 0028-7369.
  5. Book: Quarterly. 1994. The Society. 61.
  6. Web site: Music of the Spheres at Mt. Hamilton. Sanjose.com. 2 August 2014.
  7. Web site: Summer 2023 . SAG-AFTRA magazine . 3 September 2023 . 50.