Frederica von Stade
Frederica von Stade ( born June 1, 1945 in Somerville, New Jersey) is an American opera singer (mezzo- soprano).
Biography
Frederica von Stade, known within the family Flicka, studied at the Mannes College of Music in New York. In 1970 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera and a year later she sang Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro at the Santa Fe Opera. Together with Kiri Te Kanawa she wowed the audience. Over the next few years, Frederica von Stade sang at all the great opera stages of the world. At the opening ceremony of the Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City (2002), she sang with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.
She was married to Peter K. Elkus, who also trained and therefore demanded appropriate compensation for the Hintan by putting his own career fair value gain his wife after the divorce. The case " against Elkus Elkus " is often taught as a case study in the first year of study at American law schools.