Eleanor Calbes (20 February 1940 – 19 April 2016) was a Filipina soprano. Calbes was the first woman from the Philippines to perform on Broadway, and she performed globally until retiring in September 2012. She was inducted into the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame in 2013.
Calbes began her opera career with the Bayanihan Philippine National Folk Dance Company before performing with the Canadian Opera Company from 1963 to 1967 and becoming a Canadian citizen. Outside of Canada, Calbes sang in various parts of the world including the United States, Germany and the Philippines.[1] During her career, she appeared in multiple Broadway musicals including South Pacific and West Side Story. She was the first woman from Philippines on Broadway. Calbes ended her singing career in 2012.[3]
Apart from singing, Calbes began directing musicals in 1983 with a production of The King and I and started Mississauga City Centre Opera in 1985.[1] Calbes also opened studios in dance and singing in Mississauga.[4]
Personal life and death
Calbes was married twice. She had a child, actress and producer Lara Wickes with author David A.B. Wickes. The couple divorced and Eleanor married a fellow Canadian opera singer, John Davidson Thomson. [4]
In 1996, Calbes was chosen as the best musician of the year for Mississauga.[1] In 2013, Calbes was inducted into the Mississauga Music Walk of Fame.[6] The following year, she won the Laurie Pallett Patron of the Arts award at the 2014 Mississauga Arts Awards.[7]
References
^ abcdLitwack, Linda (30 July 2007). "Eleanor Calbes". Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^Wilson, Earl (24 June 1967). "BC Discovery Opens At Lincoln Centre". Ottawa Citizen. p. 16.
^Tariman, Pablo A. (29 October 2012). "Canada-based soprano Eleanor Calbes performs series of last curtain calls". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 16 March 2018.
^ abcClay, Chris (26 April 2016). "Eleanor Calbes' legacy lives on in Mississauga". Mississauga News. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^"Eleanor Calbes Thomson, Feb. 20, 1940 – April 19, 2016". The Philippine Reporter. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
^"2013 Inductees". MISSISSAUGA MUSIC WALK OF FAME. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
^Clay, Chris (9 May 2014). "Arts awards celebrate Mississauga's best". Mississauga News. Retrieved 17 March 2018.
January 29, 2023
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