Mary Simmons, soprano, has been applauded for her performance in the Menotti opera "The Consul" presented last season at the Cleveland Playhouse and for her recent appearance with the Cleveland Orchestra under Ringwall and the Summer Pops under Louis Lane. She was the recipient of the Marion Anderson award in 1945-46 and has been soloist with the New York Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and the Toronto Symphony. Mary Simmons has studied with Teresa Schnabel in New York. This season she will sing with the Cleveland orchestra under Igor Stravinsky.

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