Breast Cancer Awareness Month Dedication To Opera Singers

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Founded in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemical Industries, the goal has been to promote mammography as the most effective weapon in the fight against breast cancer. "In 1993 Evelyn Lauder, Senior Corporate Vice President of the Estée Lauder Companies founded The Breast Cancer Research Foundation and established the pink ribbon as its symbol, though this was not the first time the ribbon was used to symbolize breast cancer. In the fall of 1991, the Susan G. Komen Foundation had handed out pink ribbons to participants in its New York City race for breast cancer survivors." For information about early detection procedure, click here. As we near the final days of the 2014 campaign, let us take a moment to remember the many singers in the opera world who are survivors and those that have fallen to the tragic disease. Check out the list of heroines after the jump with features of their vocal contributions. [Source]

The Sydney Opera House is lit in pink lighting to bring attention to Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Tracy Dahl Out, Lyubov Petrova In

"Canadian soprano Tracy Dahl, who was to star in Opera Lyra Ottawa's production of Lucia di Lammermoor in March, has withdrawn from the production because of illness and will be replaced by the acclaimed young Russian soprano Lyubov Petrova, Opera Lyra has announced. The production will run at the National Arts Centre March 26 to April 2." [Source]