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Brenda Lewis
Brenda Lewis (born 2 March 1921, Harrisburg) is an American operatic soprano, musical theatre actress, opera director, and music educator. She enjoyed a 20-year-long collaboration with the New York City Opera (NYCO) with whom she notably created roles in several world premieres by American composers; including the title role in Jack Beeson's ''Lizzie Borden'' in 1965. She also performed with frequency at the Metropolitan Opera from 1952-1965, and was active as a guest artist with notable opera companies both nationally and internationally. Although she is mainly remembered as an exponent of American operas and musicals, she performed a broad repertoire of works and was particularly celebrated for her portrayals of Marie in ''Wozzeck'', Rosalinde in ''Die Fledermaus'', and the title roles of ''Carmen'' and ''Salome''; the latter of which she performed for the inauguration of Houston Grand Opera in 1956.
Lewis was also a familiar face to Broadway audiences in operettas, operas, and musicals; appearing in eight productions between 1944 and 1964. Her most successful appearance on Broadway was in the role of Birdie Hubbard in the world premiere of Marc Blitzstein's ''Regina'' in 1949. She later became closely associated with the title role in that work which she performed and recorded on disc with the NYCO in 1958. After retiring from the stage, she worked as a voice teacher and opera director at the Hartt School of Music. She also directed and produced operas for the New Haven Opera Theater from 1963-1973
==Education and early career==
Born Birdie Solomon into a Jewish family in Harrisburg, Lewis was raised in Sunbury, Pennsylvania where her father worked in the metal business. Her family provided her with music lessons throughout her childhood, including sending her to an arts camp in Maryland called Camp Louise during the summers while she was a teenager. She initially studied pre-medicine for a brief period at Pennsylvania State University where she was also a member of the glee club.〔 She then won a scholarship to the Curtis Institute of Music where she was a pupil of Emilio de Gogorza and Marion Freschl.
While a student at Curtis, Lewis made her professional opera debut in December 1939 at the age of 18 as the 'Prima giovinetta' in Mozart's ''The Marriage of Figaro'' with Sylvan Levin's Philadelphia Opera Company (POC). She appeared in several more roles with the POC over the next three years, including Esmeralda in ''The Bartered Bride'' (1940), Minni in ''Die Fledermaus'' (1940), Giulietta in ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (1941), the Marschallin in ''Der Rosenkavalier'' (1941〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ROSENKAVALIER' IS HEARD; First American Performance in English at Philadelphia )〕), A young girl in ''Spiel oder Ernst'' (1941), and Dorabella in ''Così fan tutte'' (1942).〔Free Library of Philadelphia: ''Folder: Philadelphia Opera Company 1938-1944''〕
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