June Anderson
Born: 30th December 1952, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Artist's website: https://www.june-anderson.com/junecara.htm
June Anderson was born in Boston in 1952 and read French at Yale University, studying singing privately with Robert Leonard in New York rather than following a traditional conservatoire route; she had been a finalist at the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions aged just 17, and continued to sing alongside her academic studies, performing the role of Gilda in Rigoletto at the age of 18. Her early career was spent at New York City Opera, where she debuted as Queen of the Night in 1978 and also sang roles including the three heroines in Les contes d’Hoffmann, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni and Violetta in La Traviata.