Patricia Neway
Opera Singer, Theater Actor
1919 – 2012
Who was Patricia Neway?
Patricia Neway was an American operatic soprano and musical theatre actress who had an active international career during the mid-1940s through the 1970s. One of the few performers of her day to enjoy equal success on both the opera and musical theatre stages, she was a regular performer on both Broadway and at the New York City Opera during the 1950s and 1960s. Critic Emily Langer of The Washington Post wrote that, "Neway was a rare type of singer — one with the classical training and raw vocal strength to meet the demands of opera as well as the acting talent and appeal required to succeed in musical theater." She is particularly remembered for creating roles in the world premieres of several contemporary American operas, most notably Magda Sorel in Gian Carlo Menotti's The Consul. On Broadway she won a Tony Award for her portrayal of the Mother Abbess in the original production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's The Sound of Music.
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- Born
- Sep 30, 1919
Kensington - Also known as
- Patricia Mary Neway
- Spouses
- John Francis Byrne
(1968 - 2008) - Morris Gesell
- John Francis Byrne
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Mannes College of Music
- Notre Dame College
- Died
- Jan 24, 2012
Corinth
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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