American soprano and actress

Frederica von Stade

Frederica von Stade is an American former classical singer. Best known for her work in opera, she was also a recitalist and concert artist, and she recorded more than a hundred albums and videos. She is especially associated with operas by Mozart and Rossini, and also with music by French and American composers, particularly Jake Heggie. A Chevalier of France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, twice the winner of a Grand Prix du Disque and nominated nine times for a Grammy award, she is widely regarded as the pre-eminent lyric mezzo-soprano of her generation.

Born

1945

June 1

Died

Living

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1940s

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1945 Born

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1252 Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
1298 Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
1412 Treaty of Lubowla: The royal gathering continues in Buda. It is one of the largest and most magnificent royal meetings ever held in medieval Buda with Sigismund of Hungary as host and Wladyslaw II Jagiello as guest of honor. A large feast and grand tournament is held with over 40.000 nobles and 2000 knights.
1495 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.

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The world in 1945

When Frederica arrived

april 1 World War II: The Tenth United States Army attacks the Thirty-Second Japanese Army on Okinawa.
april 11 World War II: American forces liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp.
april 12 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office; Vice President Harry S. Truman succeeds him.
april 12 World War II: The U.S. Ninth Army under General William H. Simpson crosses the Elbe River astride Magdeburg, and reaches Tangermünde—only 80 kilometres from Berlin.

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Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Christopher Lasch 1932–1994 American historian and critic (born 1932) Colin Blakemore 1944– British neurobiologist (died 2022) Danielle Harris 1977– American actress Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015) Elena Mukhina 1960–2006 Russian gymnast (born 1960) Lorraine Moller 1955– New Zealand runner Nambaryn Enkhbayar 1958– Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia Norman Foster 1935– Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners

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Adly Mansour 1945– Egyptian lawyer, judge, and politician, President of Egypt André Lacroix 1945– Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach August Wilson 1945–2005 American author and playwright (died 2005) Bernard Goldberg 1945– American journalist and author Bill Bergey 1945–2024 American football player (born 1945) Bob Seger 1945– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Brenda Fricker 1945– Irish actress Brian Doyle-Murray 1945– American actor and comedian Colin Blunstone 1945– English singer-songwriter

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