Mercer, Ruby
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- Her The Quilicos, c1991:t.p. (Ruby Mercer) Can. CIP (Mercer, Ruby, 1916- ) jkt. (born in Athens, Ohio; founder and editor emeritus of Opera Canada)
- LC data base, 12-9-91(hdg.: Mercer, Ruby)
- Enc. of mus. in Canada, 2nd ed.(Mercer, Ruby; b. July 26, 1906, Athens, O[hio]; writer, broadcaster, soprano)
- Notes, June 2000:p. 919 (Mercer, Ruby; d. Jan. 26, 1999, at 92, Toronto; American-Canadian opera and musical theater singer, reviewer, radio personality, children's opera chorus founder, and founder-editor of Opera Canada magazine)
Wikipedia description:
Ruby Mercer CM (26 July 1906 – 26 January 1999) was an American-born Canadian author, radio host, and soprano. Mercer was born in Athens, Ohio. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1927 from Ohio University and a Bachelor of Music degree from Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in 1930. In 1936, she made her debut as a member of the Metropolitan Opera, portraying Nedda in Pagliacci. She married Hungarian-Canadian businessman Geza Por and moved to Toronto in 1958. She founded Opera Canada, a periodical for which she served as editor from 1960 to 1990. She also founded the Canadian Children's Opera Chorus and served as its first president. She was host of CBC Radio's weekly show Opera Time from 1962 to 1979, as well as its successor Opera in Stereo from 1979 to 1984. She became a member of the Order of Canada in 1995.
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