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GTSO History - Soloists

	Renowned Soloists Who Have Appeared in Concert With The GTSO (partial list - 1921-1971) 1921-1922 Mrs. Raymond Phillips, soprano Mrs. Raymond Hutchinson, contralto Frederick Sperling, tenor Albert Schultz, bass 1922-1923 Jeanette Wells Urban, soprano Harold Barker, violinist Richard Crooks, tenor Henri Scott, bass 1923-1924 Irene Lee, soprano Mildred Bryards, contralto Clarence Adler, pianist Dixie Howell, soprano Chamber of Commerce Male Chorus 1925-1931 [programs missing] 1932-1933 George Antheil, pianist 1933-1934 Max Rosen, violinist Catherine Reiner, soprano 1934-1935 Jacques Renard, cellist Samuel Carmell, violinist Myra Reed, pianist Arthur Hartmann, violinist Betty Paret, harpist 1935-1936 Andrew Welsh Imbrie, pianist Joseph Wilberschied, violinist Juliette Lippi, soprano 1936-1937 Giomar Novaes, pianist Richard Crooks, tenor Princeton Chapel Choir 1937-1938 Harold Bauer, pianist Lotte Lehman, soprano 1938-1939 Bruna Castagna, mezzo-soprano Charles Gilbert Spross, pianist Lauritz Melchior, tenor 1939-1940 Ezio Pinza, bass Florence Kirk, soprano Moritz Rosenthal, pianist 1940-1941 Josef & Rosina Lhevinne, pianists Ossy Renardy, violinist Elizabeth Rethberg, soprano 1941-1942 Hilda Burke, soprano Jose Iturbi, pianist Igor Gorin, baritone 1942-1943 Frederick Jagel, tenor Arthur Wriggins, flutist Karin Branzell, soprano Egon Petri, pianist Astrid Varnay, soprano Splendora Leone, pianist 1943-1944 William Sabatini, hornist Catherine Latta, contralto Jess Tyron, tenor 1946-1947 Emanueline Pizzuto, pianist Norman Carol, violinist William Primrose, violist 1947-1948 Ignazio Perricone, pianist Alvin Rudnitsky, violinist Sherman Frank, pianist Marjorie Lawrence, soprano 1948-1949 Lucille Browning, contralto Louis Kaufman, violinist Alexander Sved, bass 1949-1950 Anthony Schunk, clarinet Andor Foldes, pianist Marjorie Lawrence, soprano Frank Guerrera, baritone Gloria Lane, mezzo-soprano 1950-1951 Alexander Borowsky, pianist Pia Tassiniari, soprano Marion Zarzeczna, pianist Lucine Amara, soprano 1951-1952 John Corigliano, violinist Frank Guerrera, baritone Menahem Pressler, pianist Eugene Conley, tenor Godfrey Schroth, pianist 1953-1954 Norman Carol, violinist Marian Farina, mezzo-soprano Byron Janis, pianist Lucine Amara, soprano Frank Guerrera, baritone Leonard Rose, cellist 1954-1955 Jacques Abram, pianist Herva Nelli, soprano Irene Jordan, soprano Walter Fredericks, tenor 1955-1956 Joerg Demus, pianist Lynne Hartman, violinist Candida Pilla, soprano Irene Jordan, soprano Villa Victoria Choir 1956-1957 Richard Elisasser, organist John Corigliano, violinist Maria Madrisotti, soprano Shirlee Emmons, soprano Marshall Glatzer, baritone Amedo Falgiatore, bass Edward Vito, harpist Eileen Fissler, pianist 1957-1958 Anton Kuerti, pianist Toshio Eto, violinist Maria Madrisotti, soprano Anshel Brusilow, violinist Marshall Glatzer, baritone 1958-1959 Nelson Case, narrator William McGrath, tenor Anton Kuerti, pianist Robert Gregori, bass 1959-1960 Licia Albanese, soprano Michael Tree, violinist George London, baritone 1960-1961 Eleanor Steber, soprano (twice) Alexander Brailowsky, pianist Agustin Anievas, pianist Joseph Kovacs, violinist 1961-1962 Dorothy Kirsten, soprano Agustin Aneivas, pianist Eleanor Steber, soprano Arthur Balsam, pianist 1962-1963 Moura Lympany, pianist Eleanor Steber, soprano Brian Sullivan, tenor Marion Zarzeczna, pianist John LaMontaine, pianist 1963-1964 Heide Krall, soprano Barry Morrell, tenor Cab Calloway, bandleader Roger McKinney, clarinetist Mercer County Chorus 1964-1965 Irene Jordan, soprano Agnes Moorehead, narrator Shirley Verrett, mezzo-soprano Columbus Boychoir 1965-1966 Louis Lailer, soprano William Walker, baritone Giorgio Tozzi, bass Marion Zarzeczna, pianist 1966-1967 Zinka Milanov, soprano Ruggiero Ricci, violinist Grant Johannesen, pianist John Pintavalle, violinist Claire Alexander, soprano 1967-1968 Mirella Freni, soprano Aaron Rosand, violinist Mercer County Chorus 1968-1969 Kyung Wha Chung, violinist Columbus Boychoir Patricia Michaelian, pianist Rod MacWherter, tenor 1969-1970 Mary Costa, soprano Westminster Choir Christopher Sanborn, pianist Daniel Heifetz, violinist Earl Wild, pianist 1970-1971 Placido Domingo, tenor David Madison, violinist Robert Plimpton, organist U. of Penna. Glee Club Sandra Milstein, pianist Deborah Carter, flutist Deborah Cook, soprano GTSO Woodwind Quartet Susan Starr, pianist