Barbara Ann Conlogue Collection of Eleanor Steber Photographs and Clippings, circa 1935-1990.

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Barbara Ann Conlogue Collection of Eleanor Steber Photographs and Clippings, circa 1935-1990.

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The Barbara Ann Conlogue Collection of Eleanor Steber Photographs amnd Clippings, circa 1935-1990 contains 383 images of soprano Eleanor Steber. The collection includes stock publicity photographs, but is special for the many informal snapshots of Steber at various functions throughout her career. The snapshots include photographs of a television screen during broadcasts of Steber performances. There are eight clippings in the collection, including three obituaries.

2 containers (176 prints, 197 slides, 8 clippings)

SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo

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SNAC Resource ID: 7627347

SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo

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Conlogue, Barbara Ann, 1928-1995

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Eleanor Steber was born 17 July 1916 in Wheeling, West Virginia. She made her premiere with the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and remained with the company until 1963. She is noted for her work as the first Vanessa in Samuel Barber's opera of that name and she also commissioned the composer for his work, Knoxville: Summer of 1915. She performed the title role of Arabella in Richard Strauss's opera in the American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera in 1955 and sang the part of Marie in Alban Berg's ...

Steber, Eleanor, 1914-1990

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Eleanor Steber was born in Wheeling, West Virginia on July 17, 1914. She was the daughter of William Charles Steber, Sr. (1888–1966) and Ida Amelia (née Nolte) Steber (1885–1985). She had two younger siblings – William Charles Steber, Jr. (1917–2002) and Lucile Steber Leslie (1918–1999). She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and was one of its leading artists through 1961. She was known for her large, flexible silvery voice, particularly in the high-lying soprano roles of Richard ...