Mardee Vosseler
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Mardee Vosseler was a European-born ballerina, a protege Catherine Littlefield
and sister of ballerina Heidi Vosseler
. She performed in La Traviata
, Carmen
and William Sena's Scene dansante (to music of Gounod
’s Faust) with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company at the Academy of Music
. Vosseler died in November, 1941, of injuries sustained in a car crash.
Catherine Littlefield
Catherine Littlefield was an American ballerina and choreographer, one of the first inductees into the Hall of Fame of the National Museum of Dance.She founded the Philadelphia Ballet Company in 1935....
and sister of ballerina Heidi Vosseler
Heidi Vosseler
Heide Vosseler was a European-born ballerina and member of George Balanchine's first American ballet company, American Ballet, from 1935 to 1938...
. She performed in La Traviata
La traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
, Carmen
Carmen
Carmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
and William Sena's Scene dansante (to music of Gounod
Charles Gounod
Charles-François Gounod was a French composer, known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette.-Biography:...
’s Faust) with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company at the Academy of Music
Academy of Music (Philadelphia)
The Academy of Music, also known as American Academy of Music, is a concert hall and opera house located at Broad and Locust Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was built in 1857 and is the oldest opera house in the United States that is still used for its original purpose...
. Vosseler died in November, 1941, of injuries sustained in a car crash.