Nedda Casei, Mezzo-Soprano Who Became A Labor Leader, Has Died At 87
(ArtsJournal)

Casei “in the 1960s and ´70s could be reliably heard as Suzuki, Maddalena, Lola and other bread-and-butter mezzo-soprano characters at the Metropolitan Opera before transforming herself into a pathbreaking labor leader.â€� She performed at the Met for 20 years, starting with Maddalena in Rigoletto and ending as Larina in Eugene Onegin. Then she became president of the […]