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Irra Petina

ActorBorn 1908, died 2000On stage 1944 to 19655 productions on this page

Irra Petina (April 18, 1908 – January 19, 2000) was an actress and singer as well as a leading contralto with the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. She was called the "floperetta queen" by critic Ken Mandelbaum. Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Petina was the daughter of General Stephen Petin, Czar Nicholas II's personal escort, and a goddaughter of the Dowager Empress Marie Feodorovna. She studied singing in New York City with Estelle Liebling, the teacher of Beverly Sills. Her debut role with the Met was as Schwertleite in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre (the second part of the acclaimed Ring Cycle) on December 29, 1933. She appeared as Maddalena in Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto with Jan Peerc…

On stage

5 productions, 21 years

1944

Song of NorwayBroadway Imperial Theatre. Original. Directed by Edwin Lester, Charles K. Freeman

860 performances

1948

MagdalenaBroadway Ziegfeld Theatre. Original. Directed by Jules Dassin

88 performances

1954

Hit the TrailBroadway Mark Hellinger Theatre. Original. Directed by Charles W. Christenberry Jr., and Byrle Cass

4 performances

1956

CandideBroadway Martin Beck Theatre. Revival. Directed by Tyrone Guthrie

73 performances

1965

AnyaBroadway Ziegfeld Theatre. Original. Directed by George Abbott

16 performances

Worked with more than once

4 names

Melva Niles 2 productions
Lawrence Brooks 2 productions
Boris Aplon 2 productions
Audrey Guard 2 productions

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