S9.com / Biographies /
Caldwell, Sarah
Died: 2006 AD, at 82 years of age.
Nationality: American
Categories: Conductors, Director
1924 - Born on the 6th of March in Maryville, Missouri, and grew up in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
1934 - She was giving public performances on the violin at the age of ten.
1938 - Caldwell graduated from Fayetteville High School at the age of 14.
1944 - Graduated from Hendrix College and attended the University of Arkansas as well as the New England Conservatory of Music.
1946 - Won a scholarship as a viola player at Berkshire Music Center.
1947 - She staged Vaughan Williams' Riders to the Sea.
1952 - Moved to Boston, Massachusetts, and became head of the Boston University opera workshop.
1957 - She started the Opera Company of Boston where she staged a large mix of operas.
1975 - Sarah received a D.F.A. from Bates College.
1976 - Became the first female conductor of the Metropolitan Opera.
Appeared with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
1996 - Received the National Medal of Arts.
She has been inducted into the Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame.
2006 - Sarah Caldwell died on 23rd of March.
| | Page last updated: 5:52pm, 17 |
