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Betty G. Hocker, opera singer and composer
![Betty G. Hocker, a retired Baltimore opera singer and composer who wrote the "Fort McHenry March" at the time of the nation's bicentennial, died Saturday of complications from dementia at Stella Maris Hospice.](http://www.baltimoresun.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-05/69850856-09133718.jpg "Betty G. Hocker, a retired Baltimore opera singer and composer who wrote the "Fort McHenry March\" at the time of the nation's bicentennial, died Saturday of complications from dementia at Stella Maris Hospice.")
Betty G. Hocker, a retired Baltimore opera singer and composer who wrote the "Fort McHenry March" at the time of the nation's bicentennial, died Saturday of complications from dementia at Stella Maris Hospice.
The longtime Roland Park resident was 101....Tags: U.S. Air Force, Music Industry, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Economy, Business and Finance, Timonium
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An evening of voice and piano, featuring a Bel Air native
Soprano Stacey Mastrian returns to her native Bel Air to present a recital of songs and arias in Italian, French, German, Spanish and English, with pianist Scott Crowne. The concert will be Friday, March 16, at 8 p.m. at the St. Mary Magdalen Mission...Tags: Vatican City, Music Industry, The Washington Post, Vatican City, Luigi Nono
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Baltimore Opera seeks Chapter 11 protection
After 58 years and more than 200 productions, the Baltimore Opera Company will file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy-law protection today amid dwindling ticket sales and contributions. The remaining two productions of the 2008-2009 season, Rossini's The...Tags: Beverly Sills, Management Change, Lyric Opera of Baltimore, Economy, Business and Finance, Elections
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The curse of 'Carmen' struck Rosa Ponselle
Sun reporterThe opera "Carmen," like the drama "Macbeth," has a well-earned reputation as an unlucky vehicle for the actors and singers who dare perform it.Superstitious actors often refer to the Shakespearean drama as simply "the Scottish play," afraid that...Tags: Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Music Industry, Lawrence Tibbett, Maryland, Entertainment
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