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	Alabama Academy of Honor: Nell Rankin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nell Rankin, the internationally-acclaimed mezzo-soprano, sang more leading roles than any other mezzo in the history of the Metropolitan Opera Company.
		On that occasion she was honored for her achievements as an artist and was described as "one of Alabama's proudest exports." The legion of Miss Rankin's friends and admirers would agree that the description fits her exactly.
		Nell Rankin died January 13, 2005, at the age of 81.
	www.archives.state.al.us /famous/academy/n_rankin.html (542 words)

	Nell Rankin; opera mezzo-soprano; 81 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Nell Rankin, a mezzo-soprano who sang with the Metropolitan Opera for more than two decades and performed in such marquee roles as Carmen and Amneris in Verdi's "Aida," has died at 81.
		Rankin, who suffered from polycythemia vera, a rare bone marrow disease, died Jan. 13 after a long illness, her husband, Hugh Davidson, said.
		Rankin earned money for her studies at the Birmingham Conservatory of Music by teaching swimming lessons, according to the Web site of the Alabama Academy of Honor, which inducted her as a member in 1976.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20050209/news_1m9rankin.html (244 words)

	USATODAY.com - Mezzo-soprano Nell Rankin dies at 81 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Rankin, who suffered from polycythemia vera, a rare bone marrow disease, died on Thursday after a long illness, her husband, Hugh Davidson, said Monday.
		Rankin's career took off internationally after she became the first American singer to win first prize at the Concours de Musique, a contest in Geneva, in 1950.
		Rankin sang at a gala honoring Libya's King Idris and gave a solo recital during Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, according to a statement provided by her husband, whom she married in 1951.
	www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-01-17-rankin-obit_x.htm (355 words)

	The World Around You » Blog Archive » R.I.P. Nell Rankin
		My family first met Nell Rankin in Tripoli, Libya in the early 1950’s when she joined her husband who was stationed at Wheelus AFB at the Base Hospital.
		The concert was performed on the stage of a Roman Ampitheater in the ancient Mediterranean port city of Sabratha, on the coast of Libya.
		Nell was both a great artist with that warm wonderful Mezzo soprano voice and a wonderful person.
	www.theworldaroundyou.com /2005/01/17/rip_nell_rankin (308 words)

	Nell Rankin Autographs (Opera Mezzo-Soprano) -- Classical Autographs
		Milnes, one of the most prominent baritones of his day, was born into a farming family in the American mid-West in 1935.
		Here is a nice Metropolitan Opera program cast sheet from a performance of Verdi's Don Carlo, signed by four of the principal singers, Nell Rankin, Giorgio Tozzi, John Macurdy, and Elinor Ross.
		The originally scheduled Eboli, Grace Bumbry, sang the first two acts of the opera, then Rankin took over for her mid-performance.
	classicalautographs.com /autographs/opera/nell_rankin.html (278 words)

	Our Daily Dead » Blog Archive » Nell Rankin Dies at 81; Mezzo-Soprano With Met
		Nell Rankin Dies at 81; Mezzo-Soprano With Met
		Nell Rankin, an American mezzo-soprano who sang at the Metropolitan Opera for 25 years and was highly regarded for her warm-toned portrayals of Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida” and in the title role in Bizet’s “Carmen,” died last Thursday at Cabrini Medical Center in New York.
		Rankin sang many of the major dramatic mezzo-soprano roles.
	www.ourdailydead.com /nell-rankin.htm (191 words)

	Nell Rankin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		She was born in Birmingham, Alabama and studied at the Birmingham Conservatory.
		In 1953, She sang at the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden and the San Francisco Opera.
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	nell-rankin.iqnaut.net (136 words)

	Giorgio Tozzi Autographs (Opera Bass) -- Classical Autographs
		It is signed by four of the principal singers, Giorgio Tozzi, Nell Rankin, John Macurdy, and Elinor Ross.
		Nell Rankin sang the part of the Princess of Eboli.
		Grace Bumbry, the originally scheduled Eboli, sang the first two acts of Don Carlo, then Rankin took over for her for the last two acts.
	classicalautographs.com /autographs/opera/giorgio_tozzi.html (290 words)

	Miscellaneous Ector County, Texas Obituaries
		RANKIN _ Nell Franklin Rankin, 71, died Tuesday, Dec. 2, 1997, in Rankin.
		She was born in Goldsboro and was a resident of Rankin.
		SURVIVORS: Husband, John Homer Rankin of Rankin; son, Billy Jack Rankin of Bangs; daughter, Betty Jean Lester of Spring; sisters, Joyce Burkhead of Natchitoches, La., and Diane Basson of Florida; brothers, Cecil Franklin of Tampa, Fla., James Franklin of Arry, N.M., and Jesse Franklin of Hope, Ark.; and three grandchildren.
	www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/tx/tx-ector38.htm (1939 words)

	Classics Today.com - Your Online Guide to Classical Music
		Dragica Martinis (soprano); Lorenz Fehrenberger (tenor); Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano); Giovanni Malaspina (baritone)
		Nell Rankin is a slim-sounding Amneris (she gained stature later in her career, but never was anyone's first mezzo choice in any role); and Giovanni Malaspina is at least an Italian Amonasro.
		The boxy, flat sound is clear but uninviting; the live audience obviously was bound and gagged or allowed out of its cells only at the end of acts.
	www.classicstoday.com /review.asp?ReviewNum=4504 (308 words)

	Nell Rankin
		orn in Montgomery, Nell Rankin traveled to Birmingham at the age of 14 to study voice with Jeanne Lorraine at the Birmingham Conservatory of Music.
		While still a teenager, she moved to New York where she continued her studies with Conrad V. Bos and Karin Branzell.
		In 1972, Miss Rankin was honored by the Birmingham Arts Festival, and was elected to the American Hall of Fame.
	www.alamhof.org /rankin.htm (202 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Metro -- Transitions
		NELL RANKIN, 81: The mezzo-soprano sang with the Metropolitan Opera for more than two decades and performed in marquee roles as Carmen and Amneris in Verdi's "Aida." Ms.
		Rankin suffered from a rare bone-marrow disease and died Jan. 13, her husband said Monday.
		She was born in Montgomery, Ala., and earned money for her studies at the Birmingham Conservatory of Music by teaching swimming.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/passages/20050123-9999-lz1j23obits.html (1067 words)

	Cacciaguida
		Only sixteen days ago, having been alerted to her birthday, I put up on this blog a photo-tribute to the great (and, at the Met, severely under-appreciated) mezzo-soprano, Nell Rankin.
		A worthwhile selection of obits is found here (AP), here (for this, I'll break my rule against linking to the New York Times), and here (from her home-town paper in Montgomery, Alabama).
		Corelli just got through Cielo e Mar; Rankin is now entering for a mezzo-soprano's rare turn at being the tenor's lover.
	cacciaguida.blogspot.com /2005_01_01_cacciaguida_archive.html (3057 words)

	The NYC Opera Fanatic's Gotham: Nell Rankin Has Died At 81
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
		I think Allan Kozinn's recap of Rankin's career is one of the better ones....
		Read editorial from Montgomery Advertiser "Nell Rankin Source Of Pride For State"
	www.nycoperafanatic.com /2005/01/nell-rankin-has-died-at-81.html (151 words)

	classical music - andante - a powerful, provocative les troyens
		Although Berlioz dramatized this story with an un-Wagnerian musical language that was entirely his own, the opera's fitful-until-recently performance history has been dominated by Wagnerian voices that offer little more than vocal amplitude and only a vague command of the French language.
		Even the famous 1960 Rafael KubelÃk-conducted production at La Scala was sung in Italian by such stentorian voices as Mario del Monaco and Nell Rankin.
		So the ChÃ¢telet's Troyens — the first complete staging of the opera ever in Paris, believe it or not — was provocative from the outset because these heroic characters were cast with lyric voices and played as real people.
	www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=22599 (1051 words)

	Rankin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Division of Rankin, an electoral district in the Australian Federal House of Representatives, in Queensland.
		Jeannette Rankin, the first female member of Congress and the only member of Congress to vote against United States entry into both World War I and World War II Jennifer Rankin, Australian poet and playwright
		John W. Rankin, the captain of the USS Phoenix (CL-46)
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rankin (233 words)

	Nell Rankin Photos - Nell Rankin News - Nell Rankin Information
		Nell Rankin Photos - Nell Rankin News - Nell Rankin Information
		Guests: --Carol Burnett (comedian, doing a tribute to the Emmy Awards) --Maurice Chevalier - "Gigi" & "Quay De Bercy" --Conrad Hilton (reads a poem he wrote) --Guy Lombardo - "Everywhere You Go" and "Over & Over" (Note: The singer is either Kenny Gardner or Bill Flanagan) --Nell Rankin...
		Tell the world what you think of Nell Rankin, write a review for this person.
	www.tv.com /nell-rankin/person/149229/summary.html (127 words)

	Wanda Brister, Mezzo-Soprano
		She then worked as an apprentice with the Opera Company of Philadelphia.
		Having studied with such operatic luminaries as Nell Rankin, Beverly Wolf, and Enrico Di Giuseppe, Miss Brister completed a Doctor of Musical Arts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, under the direction of Vocal Literature scholar, Carol Kimball.
		She is an avid promoter of art song literature, specializing in research on English composer, Madeleine Dring as well as French and Polish vocal literature.
	www.wandabrister.com (421 words)

	NYC OPERA FANATIC: Tebaldi's 1st-Butterfly Curse
		Now, Nell Rankin (the Suzuki) has died (Jan 17, 2005)
		Not quite up to the level of curse, perhaps, but still an odd coincidence.
		With Nell's passing, all the major singers on that recording are dead.
	www.nycoperafanatic.com /2005/01/tebaldis-1st-butterfly-curse.html (133 words)

	Southwest College Music Department
		A native of Arkansas, Dr. Jaber completed her Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music Education degrees at Arkansas State University.
		She studied with Walter Cassel at Indiana University and received a Diploma from the Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she was a student of Nell Rankin.
		A mezzo-soprano, Andrea has performed with the Houston Masterworks Chorus, the Shepherd School Symphony and Chamber Orchestras, the Philadelphia Singers, and the Philadelphia Pops Orchestra.
	swc2.hccs.edu /finearts/MusicPages/aj.html (189 words)

	Amazon.ca: Verdi: Requiem; Respighi: Feste Romane: Music: Giuseppe Verdi,Ottorino Respighi,Berlin Philharmonic ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Performer: Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giacinto Prandelli, Nell Rankin, Renata Tebaldi
		To hear a song sample, click on "Listen" by that sample.
		with Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Giacinto Prandelli, Nell Rankin, Renata Tebaldi
	www.amazon.ca /Verdi-Requiem-Respighi-Feste-Romane/dp/B00005S24V (295 words)

	Amazon.ca: Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Music: Giacomo Puccini,Alberto Erede,Saint Cecilia Academy Orchestra & ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If you would like to purchase this title, we recommend that you occasionally check this page to see if it has become available.
		Performer: Giuseppe Campora, Giovanni Inghilleri, Nell Rankin, Renata Tebaldi
		with Giuseppe Campora, Giovanni Inghilleri, Nell Rankin, Renata Tebaldi
	www.amazon.ca /Puccini-Madama-Butterfly-Giacomo/dp/B0000042FI (722 words)

	Bank of Lenox, Cook County's Oldest Financial Institution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Montgomery, Alabama was the birthplace of the Civil War as well as the modern Civil Rights Movement.
		Montgomery is the birthplace of music great Nat King Cole, pop singers Clarence Carter and Toni Tenille, Metropolitan Opera singer Nell Rankin, and blues legend Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton.
		More fls hold public office in the South than any other region in the country.
	www.bankoflenox.com /trivia.html (1085 words)

	Montgomery Alabama Resource Guide, City or community of Montgomery, Alabama Facts, Information, Relocation, Real ...
		Nat "King" Cole was born here in Montgomery.
		Also born in Montgomery are Singers Clarence Carter and Toni Tenille, Opera Singer, Nell Rankin and Blues singer, Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton.
		Contribute information free or for a small service charge for this community or any other community in the USA
	www.usacitiesonline.com /alcountymontgomery.htm (565 words)

	Center Stage in the South: Tuskegee to Selma, AL \| Georgia
		A cultural giant, Montgomery has a rich musical history.
		Some of the city’s musical luminaries include Hank Williams Sr., Nat King Cole, Clarence Carter, Toni Tenille, Metropolitan Opera singer Nell Rankin, and blues singer Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton.
		On the literary/artistic front, F. Scott and Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald (who was from Montgomery) met and married here.
	www.trails.com /tcatalog_trail.asp?TrailID=XGP201-W01 (332 words)

	Reviews - Giacomo Puccini - Classical Music Recordings - CD, DVD, SACD
		Svetlana Katchour (soprano); Bruce Rankin (tenor); Fredrika Brillemburg (mezzo-soprano); Heikki Kilpeläinen (baritone); others
		Renata Tebaldi (soprano); Giuseppe Campora (tenor); Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano); Giovanni Inghillieri; others
		Renata Tebaldi (soprano); Nell Rankin (mezzo-soprano); Giuseppe Campora (tenor); Giovanni Inghilleri (baritone); others
	www.classicstoday.com /digest/pdigest.asp?perfidx=1107p5 (626 words)

	Dimitri Mitropoulos, Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Giorgio Tozzi, Nell Rankin, Charles Kullman, Albert Da Costa, Norman Scott, Paul Franke, rw, ss, couple light marks
		Get this (or another) record transferred to CD!
		File last modified Tue Nov 21 14:38:04 2006 (index)
	www.worldwidewax.com /recs/65/6574.htm (35 words)

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