Researching Walter Cassel
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The name Walter means "powerful warrior" and is of German origin.
Records of Walter Cassel on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Walter Cassel and the Cassel Family History
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Walter Cassel
Walter Cassel (May 15, 1910 – July 3, 2000) was an American operatic baritone and actor. He began his career singing on the radio during the mid-1930s and appeared in a couple of Hollywood musical films in the late 1930s. He made his first stage appearances in a handful of Broadway productions during the late 1930s and early 1940s. He began his opera career at the Metropolitan Opera in 1942, and went on to have a long and fruitful association with that house that lasted until his retirement from the stage in 1974. In addition to working with the Met, Cassel was also a regular performer with the New York City Opera between 1948 and 1954 and worked frequently as a freelance artist with important opera companies on the international stage as well as in the United States.
Source: Walter Cassel, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Cassel
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