Anita Darian (April , â€" February , ) was an American singer and
actress who had an extensive career from the s to the s.A soprano,
Darian performed roles with the New York City Opera and was a featured
soloist with the New York Philharmonic. She also performed and
recorded several roles from musicals, including Julie in a studio
recording version of Show Boat for Columbia Masterworks in with John
Raitt, Barbara Cook, and William Warfield. She portrayed Lady Thiang
in the revival of The King and I at New York City Center with Barbara
Cook as Anna and Farley Granger as the King. She made a number of
classical recordings with various contemporary composers as well as
solo albums for Fidelio Records and Kapp Records.She was born Anita
Margaret Esgandarian in Detroit, Michigan, of Armenian descent. She
was a graduate of Cooley High School. She later studied opera at the
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in
New York, but first came to popular attention as a featured singer
with the short-lived Sauter-Finegan jazz band of the mid-s, with whom
she recorded for RCA Victor.She settled in New York City and worked in
everything from opera and classical recitals to television jingles and
cartoon voice-overs. She appeared in several television productions of
musicals and operas from the s to the s.
actress who had an extensive career from the s to the s.A soprano,
Darian performed roles with the New York City Opera and was a featured
soloist with the New York Philharmonic. She also performed and
recorded several roles from musicals, including Julie in a studio
recording version of Show Boat for Columbia Masterworks in with John
Raitt, Barbara Cook, and William Warfield. She portrayed Lady Thiang
in the revival of The King and I at New York City Center with Barbara
Cook as Anna and Farley Granger as the King. She made a number of
classical recordings with various contemporary composers as well as
solo albums for Fidelio Records and Kapp Records.She was born Anita
Margaret Esgandarian in Detroit, Michigan, of Armenian descent. She
was a graduate of Cooley High School. She later studied opera at the
Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and the Juilliard School in
New York, but first came to popular attention as a featured singer
with the short-lived Sauter-Finegan jazz band of the mid-s, with whom
she recorded for RCA Victor.She settled in New York City and worked in
everything from opera and classical recitals to television jingles and
cartoon voice-overs. She appeared in several television productions of
musicals and operas from the s to the s.
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