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In its first decade, Wolf Trap Opera imported international stars to perform opposite such newcomers as baritone Robert Orth, who sang with Beverly Sills in La Traviata (1976) and Anna Moffo in The Taming of the Shrew (1979).

Susan Dormady Eisenberg: As Wolf Trap Opera Marks 40th Year, 14 Star Alumni to Return for Benefit Concert Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

This inspired Karen Akers, the cabaret star who was at a table a few feet away, to recall how, at age 15 in Venice, she heard the legendary Anna Moffo sing that score with such intensity that she literally passed out.

In Midtown, an Opera House Party Will Friedwald 2011

In the following video clip, soprano Anna Moffo sings a popular aria from Franz Lehar's 1934 operetta, Giudita.

George Heymont: The Fabulous Invalid Clings to Life George Heymont 2011

In the following video clip, soprano Anna Moffo sings a popular aria from Franz Lehar's 1934 operetta, Giudita.

George Heymont: The Fabulous Invalid Clings to Life George Heymont 2011

"Notice I use the term 'deprived of' as opposed to 'liberated from,'" Moffo adds, arguing that OFA's first year was sometimes unavoidably cold, but temperatures can improve:

Did The White House Turn OFA Into Microsoft? 2010

"Notice I use the term 'deprived of' as opposed to 'liberated from,'" Moffo adds, arguing that OFA's first year was sometimes unavoidably cold, but temperatures can improve:

Did The White House Turn OFA Into Microsoft? Melber, Ari 2010

Jascha Heifetz and Arthur Rubinstein, opera singers like Robert Merrill and Anna Moffo, and jazz greats like Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong captivate an audience of millions with their art.

Remarks by Dana Gioia on Arts Education | Living the Liminal 2007

Yes, I have Turandot (Caballe, Freni, Carreras) and La Rondine (Anna Moffo)on CD now but I am still deprived of La Boheme... and my beloved Tosca (Pavarotti and Freni)!

La Bohème elena maria vidal 2009

La Traviata (1976) and Anna Moffo in The Taming of the Shrew (1979).

The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Susan Dormady Eisenberg 2011

Any true opera buff will have some of the classic recordings Ms. Elias made in the late 1950s and '60s, among them her plush-voiced Suzuki in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly," recorded twice, first with Anna Moffo and then with Leontyne Price in the title role; or her pulsating, never overwrought account of the old Gypsy Azucena in Verdi's "Trovatore," with Ms. Price, Richard Tucker and Leonard Warren.

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