Regina Resnik

Regina Resnik was an American opera singer who had an active international career that spanned five decades. She began her career as a soprano in 1942 and soon after began a lengthy and fruitful relationship with the Metropolitan Opera that spanned from 1944 until 1983. Under the advice of conductor Clemens Krauss, she began retraining her voice in the mezzo-soprano repertoire in 1953 and by 1956 had completely removed soprano literature from her performance repertoire.

30 August 1922

Born on the same birth date (30 August 1922): Lionel Murphy

Born on the same birth day (30 August): Félix Sánchez (hurdler) • Heo Young-ji • Jacques-Louis David • Joe Inoue • John Mauchly • Robert Strassburg • Tug McGraw

Born in the same month (August 1922): Alain Robbe-Grillet • Ernie Freeman • Frank Stranahan • Giorgos Mouzakis • James Casey (variety artist) • Jean Darling • Kelly Freas • Károly Reich • Leonard Baskin • Miloš Jakeš • Nazik Al-Malaika • Philip Larkin • Sabino Barinaga