Maureen Forrester

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

Montréal, Québec, Canada

Maureen Kathleen Stewart Forrester (July 25, 1930 – June 16, 2010) was a Canadian operatic contralto. Maureen Forrester was born and grew up in Montreal, Quebec, one of four children of Thomas Forrester, a Scottish cabinetmaker, and his Irish-born wife, the former May Arnold. She sang in church and radio choirs. At age 13, she dropped out of school to help support the family, working as a…

Known for

• Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame1991
• All That Bach1985
• Iolanthe: Gilbert & Sullivan — Queen of the Fairies1984
• Mahler and the Millionaire — Self1983
• Menotti: The Medium: Maureen Forrester — Madame Flora1977
• Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
• Festival in Puerto Rico — Herself1961

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

CA

Active from

1930-07-25

Active to

2010-06-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

687

Total plays

4,491

Maureen (Katherine Stewart) Forrester. Contralto, teacher, administrator, b Montreal 25 Jul 1930; Forrester was awarded nearly 30 honorary doctorates, among them: honorary LL D (Sir George Williams) 1967, honorary D LITT (York) 1972, honorary D LITT (St Mary's) 1972, honorary D MUS (Western) 1974, honorary D MUS (Mt Allison) 1974, honorary LL D (Wilfrid Laurier) 1975, honorary D MUS (Toronto) 1977, honorary LL D (McMaster) 1978, honorary LL D (Victoria) 1978 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ma

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Maureen

Gender

female

Citizenship

Canada

Place of birth

Montreal

Place of death

Toronto

Child

Linda Kash

Occupation

film director

Religion

Judaism

Genre

opera

Instrument

voice

Image

Maureen Forrester.jpg

Work location

Canada

Residence

Toronto

Voice type

contralto

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