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From:  "Diane M. Clark" <DCLARK@r...>
Date:  Thu Mar 21, 2002  3:00 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Diction Domain, Eileen Farrell and Chris Thomas

on 3/19/02 2:19 PM, thomas mark montgomery at thomas8@t... wrote:

> It is my deepest sorrow to tell you that Eileen Farrell has been moved to
> a hospice and is not expected to live much longer. For me, she is one
> of my favorite sopranos - a dramatic soprano comfortable in all
> repertoire, and though full of power, thrust and metal, is able to sound
> tenderly feminine as well. I learn so much about singing when I sit down
> and take a lesson from her.

Mark, thank you for sharing this news. I am sad, too, as I have admired and
learned from this amazing diva for many years. Do you know the nature of
her illness?





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