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Florence Mary MacBeth (January 12, 1889 – May 5, 1966) was an American operatic soprano.


Biography

MacBeth was born in
Mankato, Minnesota Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth County, Minnesota, Blue Earth, Nicollet County, Minnesota, Nicollet, and Le Sueur County, Minnesota, Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is the county seat of Blue Earth County, Minnesota. The ...
. She sang in opera abroad and with the
Chicago Opera Association The Civic Opera Company (1922–1931) was a Chicago company that produced seven seasons of grand opera in the Auditorium Theatre from 1922 to 1928, and three seasons at its own Civic Opera House from 1929 to 1931 before falling victim to financial ...
, as well as in the Mozart operas given by the
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in New York in 1918. She was one of the organizers of the
Los Angeles Opera The Los Angeles Opera, originally called the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, is an American opera company in Los Angeles, California. It is the fourth-largest opera company in the United States. The company's home base is the Dorothy Chandler P ...
Guild. Macbeth was married to James M. Cain, American author and journalist. She shares a name with singer of English/Canadian band The Revolving Doors of London, Florence (Flossie) Macbeth.


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* 1889 births 1966 deaths American operatic sopranos 20th-century American women opera singers Singers from Chicago Singers from Los Angeles Classical musicians from California Classical musicians from Illinois People from Mankato, Minnesota Singers from Minnesota Classical musicians from Minnesota {{US-opera-singer-stub