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Honourary Degrees - Presentation - Irene Salemka
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1972 (Creation)
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Irene Salemka, internationally recognized soprano, receiving an honourary Doctor of Laws degree from J.W.T. Spinks, University President, at Regina fall Convocation ceremony.
Bio/Historical Note: Irene Salemka was born in 1928 at Friedensfeld, Manitoba; the family moved to Weyburn, Saskatchewan, where her father was a Lutheran minister. She studied singing in Weyburn and in Regina, Saskatchewan, and won an award in CBC Radio's Singing Stars of Tomorrow in 1953. In 1952 she appeared at the Montreal Festivals as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette; her debut at the Canadian Opera Company was in the title role in Madama Butterfly in 1953. She further studied singing with Hans Löwlein in Germany. From 1956 to 1964 she was a leading soprano with Frankfurt State Opera, where she appeared in operas including Madama Butterfly, Pelléas et Mélisande (as Mélisande), Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta), Der Rosenkavalier (Sophie) and The Magic Flute (Pamina). Salemka appeared with other opera companies: with the Canadian Opera Company in The Marriage of Figaro as Susanna in 1960, and as Hanna Glawari in The Merry Widow in 1973; in 1961 she made her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Helena). She also performed in Stuttgart, Vienna, Naples, Milan, Paris, and Basel. In 1977 in Toronto she married James McGillivray; they were at school together in Weyburn, and met again in 1973. From 1991 Salemka lived in Collingwood, Ontario; she died there on 27 August 2017, aged 86.
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- University of Regina (Subject)