Cyrena van Gordon

Cyrena van Gordon was the stage name of an American operatic contralto born Cyrena Sue Pocock on September 4, 1892, in Camden, Ohio; she died on April 4, 1964, in New York City. In 1912 she married Shirley B. Munns, an eye, ear, nose, and throat specialist in Chicago.

Cyrena van Gordon, from a 1922 publication

After studies with Louise Dotti, van Gordon made her operatic debut as Amneris in Verdi's Aida in 1913. A principal member of the opera companies active in Chicago during her career, she also performed in New York City, Philadelphia, and as far afield as San Francisco. She left recordings for the Edison and Columbia companies.

Notable events in her career would include the following:

References

  • Cyrena Sue Pocock @ FamilySearch.org
  • ClassicAlmanac
  • "A Pageant of Color", Chicago Daily News, May 27, 1933
  • "Gives First Song Recital", The New York Times, October 6, 1919
  • "Gluck in Philadelphia", Time, March 4, 1935
  • "Hadley's 'Azora' Given", The New York Times, January 28, 1918
  • Hover, John C. et al., eds., Memoirs of the Miami Valley (Chicago, Robert O. Law Company, 1919)
  • The Official Site of the Chicago Cubs: Chicago Cubs News, September 3, 2005
  • "Opera in San Francisco", Time, November 13, 1933
  • "Tannhäuser Sung", The New York Times, February 9, 1922
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