Virginia Haskins
Virginia Haskins was an American soprano represented in the Pristine catalogue through Toscanini’s 1954 NBC recording of Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera.
The performance places her with Jan Peerce, Herva Nelli, Robert Merrill, Claramae Turner, Nicola Moscona and NBC Symphony forces.
Because wider public biographical detail is limited, this entry remains tied to the recording evidence and its Toscanini-Verdi context.
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VERDI La Traviata; Otello; Aïda; Falstaff; Un Ballo in Maschera
Live NBC broadcast recordings, New York, 1946–1954
Total duration: 10:14:30
NBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Arturo Toscanini
NBC choruses; Robert Shaw Chorale, directed by Robert Shaw
Soloists include Licia Albanese, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Ramón Vinay, Herva Nelli, Giuseppe Valdengo, Eva Gustavson, Richard Tucker, Dennis Harbour, Norman Scott, Nan Merriman, Cloë Elmo, Frank Guarrera, Claramae Turner and Virginia Haskins
VERDI Un Ballo in Maschera
Recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 17th January 1954 (Act 1)
and 24th January 1954 (Acts II and III)
Total duration: 121:55
NBC Symphony Orchestra
Robert Shaw Chorale & Soloists
conducted by Arturo Toscanini