Word: griffeth
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When Opera Midwest burst onto the music scene two years ago with a glittering production of Verdi's La Traviata, the Evanston, Ill., company was regarded as something of a musical mystery. Its general manager and financial "angel," Stephen Griffeth, had been able to conjure up a first-season budget of $400,000, a stunning amount for a group of virtual unknowns. Its star soprano was Griffeth's wife, Myra Cordell, a Northwestern University voice graduate. The music director was a former security guard who had conducted a children's choir in West Germany. Even Griffeth...
...Griffeth maintained that the company's financial support came from anonymous donors. Other critically acclaimed productions followed with Cordell in starring roles, and plans were well along for a dazzling finale to the second season when Griffeth suddenly canceled the remaining performances...
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