Yolanda Marculescu

Yolanda Marculescu
Marculescu c. 1940s
Born
Iolanda Mărculescu

(1923-04-02)2 April 1923
Bucharest, Romania
Died19 December 1992(1992-12-19) (aged 69)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Other namesYolanda Marculescu-Stern
OccupationsOpera singer, educator
Years active1943–1992

Yolanda Marculescu (Romanian: Iolanda Mărculescu-Stern; 2 April 1923 – 19 December 1992) was a Romanian American coloratura soprano and diva of the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest from 1948 to 1968. Fleeing the communist bloc, Marculescu became a naturalized American citizen in 1974. In the United States she founded the International Festival of the Art Song at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1981. The festival was held biennially until her death in 1992.

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