Sarah Jane Caldwell (1924 - 2006)

Born 6 Mar 1924 in Maryville, Nodaway, Missouri, United States

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Died 23 Mar 2006 at age 82 in Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States

Biography

Sarah Caldwell is Notable.

Sarah Caldwell was the first female conductor of the New York Metropolitan Opera and the longtime conductor of the Opera Company of Boston. She is considered the First Lady of opera in Boston.

Sarah Caldwell was born in Maryville, Missouri on 6 March 1924 to Edwin Fletcher Caldwell and Carrie Margaret Baker. She was a child prodigy who publicly gave violin solos at age ten, Sarah Caldwell was an American opera conductor, impresario, and stage director of opera. She had an interest in cultivating big stars and emerging performers alike. Caldwell died of heart failure in 2006.

Sources

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Caldwell
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QZ-DHY : accessed 12 November 2017), Sarah Caldwell in household of George B Baker, Mission, Johnson, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 8, sheet 5A, line 44, family 93, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 706; FHL microfilm 2,340,441.