Yolanda Marculescu

Yolanda Marculescu (Romanian: Iolanda Mărculescu-Stern; 2 April 1923 – 19 December 1992) was a Romanian American coloratura soprano and diva of the Romanian National Opera in Bucharest from 1948 to 1968. Fleeing the communist bloc, Marculescu became a naturalized American citizen in 1974. In the United States she founded the International Festival of the Art Song at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1981. The festival was held biennially until her death in 1992.

Yolanda Marculescu
Marculescu c. 1940s
Born	Iolanda Mărculescu (1923-04-02)2 April 1923 Bucharest, Romania
Died	19 December 1992(1992-12-19) (aged 69) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Nationality	Romanian American (naturalized 1974)
Other names	Yolanda Marculescu-Stern
Occupation(s)	Opera singer, educator
Years active	1943–1992