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Teresa Stratas, OC (born May 26 , 1938 , Toronto, Ontario ) is a Canadian Opera tic Soprano . She was born to a struggling immigrant Greek family. She was scheduled to marry Zubin Mehta, but backed out due to illness. Her singing improved as she became older. Teresa has been acclaimed in the International Press as "the world's greatest living singing actress." In the 1980 s Stratas travelled to Calcutta and worked with Mother Teresa in the orphanage and in the Home for the Dying. In the 1990 s she again took time from her career to move into a Romania n Hospital to clean cots and wash and care for the sick and dying orphans. {Link without Title}

She starred together with Plácido Domingo in a film of La Traviata , directed by Franco Zeffirelli .

In 1989, she was featured in the release of a complete EMI recording of Jerome Kern's Show Boat. Stratas sang the rule of Julie.

In 1972 , she was made an Officer of the Order Of Canada . She is a Graduate of the University Of Toronto .


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