John Walter Cassel

(1910-2000) lived in Omaha. Educator, actor, radio and stage singer, featured on several important radio programs on the NBC and CBS networks in 1930s, performed with Metropolitan Opera for 20 years, best known for roles in operas by Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss; performed with New York City Opera for 12 years; appearances in Europe and more than 400 times in New York, taught after 1974 at Indiana University. Consult Musical America, November 15, 1959, pp. 17-18 and Opera News, March 18, 1961, pp. 15, 32 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine of the Midlands, April 27, 1986, p. 10 and New Grove Dictionary of American Music, Vol 1 (1986) 376-377 and Omaha World Herald obituary, July 9, 2000, p. A-15.

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