Opera Singing Countertenor John Holiday Rocks "The Voice"

High-soaring vocals ripped through the air of NBC's The Voice competition when countertenor John Holiday performed the Ella Fitzgerald hit "Misty." Pop star John Legend was the first to turn his chair within a few measures of the tune. Before COVID-19 cancellations, the young singer was to make his Metropolitan Opera debut this season and perform with Dallas Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, Utah Opera, and the San Francisco Symphony. To learn more about this Texas native, click here.

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Anna Moffo's Step-Daughter, Rosita Sarnoff, Gets Married

Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff (right) photographed by the great opera portraitist Christian Steiner

"Beth Sapery and Rosita Sarnoff were married Saturday evening at their home in New York. Judge Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court in New York, officiated. Ms. Sapery (left), 66, retired as an executive managing director at Murray Hill Properties, a commercial real estate firm in New York, where she remains a broker. She graduated from Connecticut College. She is the daughter of the late Muriel Rohman Sapery and the late Stanley Sapery, who lived in Mamaroneck, N.Y. Mr. Sapery was the founder and chief executive of Augusta Plastics, a manufacturer in New York. Ms. Sarnoff, 68, retired as an executive vice president and the director of marketing and business development at Stribling & Associates, the New York real estate firm, where she remains a broker. She graduated from Swarthmore. She is a trustee of the Barrington Stage Company in Pittsfield, Mass. She is the daughter of the late Esme O’Brien Hammond and the late Robert W. Sarnoff, who both lived in New York. Mr. Sarnoff was the former chairman of the RCA Corporation in New York. Ms. Sarnoff is the stepdaughter of the late Anna Moffo Sarnoff, the opera soprano, and of the late John Hammond, the record producer and talent scout, and is also the stepdaughter of Felicia Warburg Rogan of Charlottesville, Va. Ms. Sarnoff is also a granddaughter of the late David Sarnoff, the longtime chairman of RCA and the founder of NBC." [Source]