Dorothy Kirsten

DOROTHY KIRSTEN - SINGS SONGS OF JEROME KERN (1951)

With Percy Faith & His Orchestra.

1. I've told ev'ry little star
2. All the things you are
3. Dearly beloved
4. Don't ever leave me
5. I'm old fashioned
6. Long ago and far away
7. Yesterdays
8. Look for the silver lining

Dorothy Kirsten, an American lyric soprano who sang leading roles at the Metropolitan Opera for 30 years and was particularly renowned for her performances of Puccini heroines, died yesterday morning at the U.C.L.A. Medical Center in Los Angeles. She was 82 years old and lived in Los Angeles.She died of complications from a stroke she suffered on Nov. 5, said Peter Gravina, her longtime press representative. At the height of her career, in the 1950's and 60's, Miss Kirsten appealed not only to opera fans, who knew her as an attractive, intelligent, thoroughly musical singer and a fine actress, but also to a broader public that knew her from her frequent radio and television appearances or from her performances in the films 'The Great Caruso,' with Mario Lanza, and 'Mr. Music,' with Bing Crosby. In 1950 she recorded two Decca sides with Bing: "Accidents Will Happen" and "Milady."
On the opera stage, her repertory ran from staples like Mimi in Puccini's 'Boheme' to comparative rarities like the title role in Charpentier's 'Louise.' In her concert and television appearances, she sang not only opera arias but theater and popular songs as well, and she co-starred with Frank Sinatra on the radio show 'Your Hit Parade.'