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Carmen Arlene Balthrop (May 14, 1948 – September 5, 2021) was an American opera (soprano) from Washington, D.C.

Career

She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte and performed on Broadway in the title role of Scott Joplin's opera Treemonisha. She served as professor of voice at the University of Maryland.

National Public Radio included her National Gallery of Art Christmas performance as part of their 2000 Millennium Celebration. She performed in the 2000 production of Handel's Agrippina and in the 2010 premiere of Frank Proto's Shadowboxer.

Other major roles

Death

She died in September 2021, and her funeral was held at Immaculate Conception Church in Washington DC.

Discography

  • Scott Joplin's Treemonisha
  • Claudio Monteverdi's L'incoronazione di Poppea
  • John Knowles Paine's Mass
  • Leslie Burrs' Vanqui
  • The Art of Christmas, Volume I
  • The Art of Christmas, The Original
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