Deborah Sasson real name Deborah Ann O'Brien, is an American operatic
soprano and musical theatre actress mostly active in Germany.Sasson
was born in Boston. As a teenager she sang in a high school band.
After high school she studied classical singing at Oberlin College in
Oberlin, Ohio and graduated with a "Master of Music". She had her
first engagement at the Metropolitan Opera of New York. She made her
debut on Broadway in Show Boat, whereupon in 1982 Leonard Bernstein
cast her in the role of Maria in the Hamburg production of West Side
Story.Sasson was married to the opera singer Peter Hofmann from 1983
to 1990; her first husband was the conductor Michel Sasson. A duet
version of Scarborough Fair with Hofmann can be found on her double
platinum album Rock Classics (1982).In 1988 Sasson developed a pop
music concept with the producers Achim Völker and Horst Vay. Since
then she has released numerous pop CDs. With (Carmen) Danger in Her
Eyes and Passion and Pain, Sasson achieved two top 40 hits in Germany
in 1989.
soprano and musical theatre actress mostly active in Germany.Sasson
was born in Boston. As a teenager she sang in a high school band.
After high school she studied classical singing at Oberlin College in
Oberlin, Ohio and graduated with a "Master of Music". She had her
first engagement at the Metropolitan Opera of New York. She made her
debut on Broadway in Show Boat, whereupon in 1982 Leonard Bernstein
cast her in the role of Maria in the Hamburg production of West Side
Story.Sasson was married to the opera singer Peter Hofmann from 1983
to 1990; her first husband was the conductor Michel Sasson. A duet
version of Scarborough Fair with Hofmann can be found on her double
platinum album Rock Classics (1982).In 1988 Sasson developed a pop
music concept with the producers Achim Völker and Horst Vay. Since
then she has released numerous pop CDs. With (Carmen) Danger in Her
Eyes and Passion and Pain, Sasson achieved two top 40 hits in Germany
in 1989.
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