Audrey Schuh

Who is Audrey Schuh?

Audrey Schuh was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on June 11, 1931, and studied both music and medical technology at Loyola University of the South, where she studied with Dorothy Hulse, who was also the pedagogue of Harry Theyard and Charles Anthony. Her first leading role with the New Orleans Opera Association was the page-boy Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, opposite Jussi Björling, in 1950. The petite soprano was to become a great local favorite, and starred there in Don Giovanni, Carmen, Amelia al ballo, Falstaff, Die Fledermaus, Hänsel und Gretel, La bohème, La traviata, La bohème, Markheim, Turandot, Elektra, Pagliacci, and Il tabarro.