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Archive Home > 2010 > March > 29 > Blanche Thebom, star at the Met and beyond

Blanche Thebom, star at the Met and beyond

By Margalit Fox / The Bulletin
March 29, 2010

Blanche Thebom, a mezzo-soprano who was discovered singing in a shipboard lounge as a teenager and went on to sing more than 350 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, died Tuesday at her home in San Francisco. She was 94.

Her death was confirmed by Roger Greenberg, a longtime friend.

In a....

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