Doris Doe lived and breathed music almost since the day she was born. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine on March 22, 1899, Doris came from an extremely musical family. Her grandfather, Henry Rice, was a celebrated oratorio singer, her mother an organist and pianist of no small ability, while her father played the flute, piccolo, banjo, and guitar. With her sister as an accompanist, her brother playing any one of innumerable instruments (he could play 11 wind instruments), and Doris singing, it was a non-musical evening among the Does as far back as Doris can remember.
At an early age, it was but natural that young Doris decided to follow a musical career. Starting with piano lessons, her family soon discovered that singing was her forte and they encouraged her to cultivate her voice. Her earliest endeavors were as soloist in a church choir in Palm Beach, FL. Later, she studied under Sybil Sammis McDermid and coached with Frank LaForge and Charles Baker.
Her first professional experience came from an engagement on the Chautauqua circuit, where she an invaluable knowledge of audiences and the understanding so indispensable to every successful concert artist. From that time on, Miss Doe’s rise was rapid. Engagements quickly followed and soon she had the distinction of singing with the New York Oratorio Society as well as with the Minneapolis Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.
After her successful debut in New York, she went to Germany for a season of coaching. While there, a friend persuaded her to audition at the Dresden Staatsoper for the role of Erda in “Das Rheingold’. Securing the part, her performance was greeted with such acclaim that Gatti-Casazza, hearing of her success, wired her to come to Italy for a Metropolitan audition. So successful was the audition, the impresario signed her with the Met for a five-year contract, and she made her Metropolitan debut singing Brangaene in “Tristan and Isolde”.
In addition to being a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Doe had concertized throughout the United States. She sang with the San Francisco and Chicago Opera Companies as well as toured the country with the Metropolitan Opera Quartet. She was a pioneer radio artiste, having sung over Radio Station WJ7 during its earliest days when radio was just “novelty”. She was heard on several of the foremost major network programs of her day, from coast-to-coast. During World War II, she devoted a great deal of her time singing at various Army camps with hopes that her soldier audiences would have derived as much pleasure as she did from her performances.
Her liking for people shows itself in her leisure-time activities as well as work. She liked sports of all kinds, particularly golf, having won several country club championships. She played bridge and mahjong with enthusiasm and ability.
She was very fond of domestic activity, with special emphasis on cooking, and rare is the dinner party that didn’t find Doris preparing special delicacies for her guests. For relaxation, she enjoyed attending the movies. But, to completely relax, she liked to listen to fine classical radio programs while knitting sweaters for her friends. And, just for variety’s sake, she liked to hear a good swing band every so often.
Later in her career, Doris Doe moved to Chattanooga, TN to take a position of Professor of Voice at Cadek Conservatory of Music at the University of Chattanooga.
Doris Doe died in Chattanooga in December of 1985 and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Contributor: Picnooga (48742387)
At an early age, it was but natural that young Doris decided to follow a musical career. Starting with piano lessons, her family soon discovered that singing was her forte and they encouraged her to cultivate her voice. Her earliest endeavors were as soloist in a church choir in Palm Beach, FL. Later, she studied under Sybil Sammis McDermid and coached with Frank LaForge and Charles Baker.
Her first professional experience came from an engagement on the Chautauqua circuit, where she an invaluable knowledge of audiences and the understanding so indispensable to every successful concert artist. From that time on, Miss Doe’s rise was rapid. Engagements quickly followed and soon she had the distinction of singing with the New York Oratorio Society as well as with the Minneapolis Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.
After her successful debut in New York, she went to Germany for a season of coaching. While there, a friend persuaded her to audition at the Dresden Staatsoper for the role of Erda in “Das Rheingold’. Securing the part, her performance was greeted with such acclaim that Gatti-Casazza, hearing of her success, wired her to come to Italy for a Metropolitan audition. So successful was the audition, the impresario signed her with the Met for a five-year contract, and she made her Metropolitan debut singing Brangaene in “Tristan and Isolde”.
In addition to being a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Doe had concertized throughout the United States. She sang with the San Francisco and Chicago Opera Companies as well as toured the country with the Metropolitan Opera Quartet. She was a pioneer radio artiste, having sung over Radio Station WJ7 during its earliest days when radio was just “novelty”. She was heard on several of the foremost major network programs of her day, from coast-to-coast. During World War II, she devoted a great deal of her time singing at various Army camps with hopes that her soldier audiences would have derived as much pleasure as she did from her performances.
Her liking for people shows itself in her leisure-time activities as well as work. She liked sports of all kinds, particularly golf, having won several country club championships. She played bridge and mahjong with enthusiasm and ability.
She was very fond of domestic activity, with special emphasis on cooking, and rare is the dinner party that didn’t find Doris preparing special delicacies for her guests. For relaxation, she enjoyed attending the movies. But, to completely relax, she liked to listen to fine classical radio programs while knitting sweaters for her friends. And, just for variety’s sake, she liked to hear a good swing band every so often.
Later in her career, Doris Doe moved to Chattanooga, TN to take a position of Professor of Voice at Cadek Conservatory of Music at the University of Chattanooga.
Doris Doe died in Chattanooga in December of 1985 and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Contributor: Picnooga (48742387)
Doris Doe lived and breathed music almost since the day she was born. Born in Bar Harbor, Maine on March 22, 1899, Doris came from an extremely musical family. Her grandfather, Henry Rice, was a celebrated oratorio singer, her mother an organist and pianist of no small ability, while her father played the flute, piccolo, banjo, and guitar. With her sister as an accompanist, her brother playing any one of innumerable instruments (he could play 11 wind instruments), and Doris singing, it was a non-musical evening among the Does as far back as Doris can remember.
At an early age, it was but natural that young Doris decided to follow a musical career. Starting with piano lessons, her family soon discovered that singing was her forte and they encouraged her to cultivate her voice. Her earliest endeavors were as soloist in a church choir in Palm Beach, FL. Later, she studied under Sybil Sammis McDermid and coached with Frank LaForge and Charles Baker.
Her first professional experience came from an engagement on the Chautauqua circuit, where she an invaluable knowledge of audiences and the understanding so indispensable to every successful concert artist. From that time on, Miss Doe’s rise was rapid. Engagements quickly followed and soon she had the distinction of singing with the New York Oratorio Society as well as with the Minneapolis Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.
After her successful debut in New York, she went to Germany for a season of coaching. While there, a friend persuaded her to audition at the Dresden Staatsoper for the role of Erda in “Das Rheingold’. Securing the part, her performance was greeted with such acclaim that Gatti-Casazza, hearing of her success, wired her to come to Italy for a Metropolitan audition. So successful was the audition, the impresario signed her with the Met for a five-year contract, and she made her Metropolitan debut singing Brangaene in “Tristan and Isolde”.
In addition to being a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Doe had concertized throughout the United States. She sang with the San Francisco and Chicago Opera Companies as well as toured the country with the Metropolitan Opera Quartet. She was a pioneer radio artiste, having sung over Radio Station WJ7 during its earliest days when radio was just “novelty”. She was heard on several of the foremost major network programs of her day, from coast-to-coast. During World War II, she devoted a great deal of her time singing at various Army camps with hopes that her soldier audiences would have derived as much pleasure as she did from her performances.
Her liking for people shows itself in her leisure-time activities as well as work. She liked sports of all kinds, particularly golf, having won several country club championships. She played bridge and mahjong with enthusiasm and ability.
She was very fond of domestic activity, with special emphasis on cooking, and rare is the dinner party that didn’t find Doris preparing special delicacies for her guests. For relaxation, she enjoyed attending the movies. But, to completely relax, she liked to listen to fine classical radio programs while knitting sweaters for her friends. And, just for variety’s sake, she liked to hear a good swing band every so often.
Later in her career, Doris Doe moved to Chattanooga, TN to take a position of Professor of Voice at Cadek Conservatory of Music at the University of Chattanooga.
Doris Doe died in Chattanooga in December of 1985 and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Contributor: Picnooga (48742387)
At an early age, it was but natural that young Doris decided to follow a musical career. Starting with piano lessons, her family soon discovered that singing was her forte and they encouraged her to cultivate her voice. Her earliest endeavors were as soloist in a church choir in Palm Beach, FL. Later, she studied under Sybil Sammis McDermid and coached with Frank LaForge and Charles Baker.
Her first professional experience came from an engagement on the Chautauqua circuit, where she an invaluable knowledge of audiences and the understanding so indispensable to every successful concert artist. From that time on, Miss Doe’s rise was rapid. Engagements quickly followed and soon she had the distinction of singing with the New York Oratorio Society as well as with the Minneapolis Symphony and the New York Philharmonic.
After her successful debut in New York, she went to Germany for a season of coaching. While there, a friend persuaded her to audition at the Dresden Staatsoper for the role of Erda in “Das Rheingold’. Securing the part, her performance was greeted with such acclaim that Gatti-Casazza, hearing of her success, wired her to come to Italy for a Metropolitan audition. So successful was the audition, the impresario signed her with the Met for a five-year contract, and she made her Metropolitan debut singing Brangaene in “Tristan and Isolde”.
In addition to being a member of the Metropolitan Opera Company, Miss Doe had concertized throughout the United States. She sang with the San Francisco and Chicago Opera Companies as well as toured the country with the Metropolitan Opera Quartet. She was a pioneer radio artiste, having sung over Radio Station WJ7 during its earliest days when radio was just “novelty”. She was heard on several of the foremost major network programs of her day, from coast-to-coast. During World War II, she devoted a great deal of her time singing at various Army camps with hopes that her soldier audiences would have derived as much pleasure as she did from her performances.
Her liking for people shows itself in her leisure-time activities as well as work. She liked sports of all kinds, particularly golf, having won several country club championships. She played bridge and mahjong with enthusiasm and ability.
She was very fond of domestic activity, with special emphasis on cooking, and rare is the dinner party that didn’t find Doris preparing special delicacies for her guests. For relaxation, she enjoyed attending the movies. But, to completely relax, she liked to listen to fine classical radio programs while knitting sweaters for her friends. And, just for variety’s sake, she liked to hear a good swing band every so often.
Later in her career, Doris Doe moved to Chattanooga, TN to take a position of Professor of Voice at Cadek Conservatory of Music at the University of Chattanooga.
Doris Doe died in Chattanooga in December of 1985 and is buried at Forest Hills Cemetery in Chattanooga, TN.
Contributor: Picnooga (48742387)
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