Today in Wheeling History: October 3-- Eleanor Steber, a Wheeling native and operatic soprano who was one of the first major opera stars to have achieved the highest success with training and a career based in the United States, died (1990).
Eleanor Steber was born on July 17, 1914 in Wheeling, West Virginia on 33rd and Eoff Street to parents William Charles Steber, Sr. and Ida Amelia Nolte Steber. She had two younger siblings, William Charles Steber, Jr. and Lucile Steber Leslie. The family later moved to Warwood when her father became president of the Bank of Warwood. Steber attended Warwood High School and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and went on to become one of their leading artists, giving over 400 performances over 22 years. She sang over 50 leading roles at the Met, the most premieres of any singer. She had a wide international following and toured Asia for the U.S. State Department. Steber recorded extensively, was featured on radio and TV programs, and later taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard. She struggled with asthma and alcoholism at times. Steber died in 1990 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling. (https://tinyurl.com/5983ya4r) (https://tinyurl.com/36ssns9p) (https://tinyurl.com/bdcruv3n) (https://tinyurl.com/4xc9dxmz)
Eleanor Steber was born on July 17, 1914 in Wheeling, West Virginia on 33rd and Eoff Street to parents William Charles Steber, Sr. and Ida Amelia Nolte Steber. She had two younger siblings, William Charles Steber, Jr. and Lucile Steber Leslie. The family later moved to Warwood when her father became president of the Bank of Warwood. Steber attended Warwood High School and graduated from the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. She made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1940 and went on to become one of their leading artists, giving over 400 performances over 22 years. She sang over 50 leading roles at the Met, the most premieres of any singer. She had a wide international following and toured Asia for the U.S. State Department. Steber recorded extensively, was featured on radio and TV programs, and later taught at the Cleveland Institute of Music and Juilliard. She struggled with asthma and alcoholism at times. Steber died in 1990 and is buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Wheeling. (https://tinyurl.com/5983ya4r) (https://tinyurl.com/36ssns9p) (https://tinyurl.com/bdcruv3n) (https://tinyurl.com/4xc9dxmz)
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