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Discuss “Campus mourns loss of Mimi Lerner, voice”

Mimi Lerner, head of the voice department, renowned opera star, and Carnegie Mellon alumna, died on March 29 at her Oakland home after a 12-year battle with cancer. She was 61.

Lerner received her master’s degree in voice from Carnegie Mellon. She went on to perform with opera companies around the world, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

“When Mimi was still a graduate student, there was so much buzz about her that the graduate recital had to be moved off campus, to Synod Hall, to accommodate all the people who were expected to attend,” said Riccardo Schulz, associate teaching professor.

Robert Page, professor of music and director of choral/opera studies, conducted Lerner’s performance of Orfeo in the Opera Theatre of...

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