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Feb 14, 2024 · Rialto Pictures. That grandeur is on full display in Ms. Fernandez’s o pening scene, as she takes the stage in a hauntingly weathered old theater wearing a shimmering white gown and metallic eye...
Occupation. Solo singer. Spouse (s) Ormon Fernandez (1971–1976; divorced; 1 child) Andrew William Smith (2001–2018; his death) Wilhelmenia Fernandez (sometimes billed as Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez; January 5, 1949 – February 2, 2024) was an American soprano. She appeared in Diva, the 1981 film by French director Jean-Jacques Beineix ...
Feb 16, 2024 · Ms. Fernandez’s first marriage ended in divorce. In 2001, she married Andrew W. Smith, an operatic baritone who had performed with her in “Porgy and Bess.”
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Feb 11, 2024 · LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Wilhelmenia Wiggins Fernandez Smith, a renowned soprano known for her performance in the 1981 French cult-classic film “Diva” and who sang through the U.S. and Europe during her operatic career, has died at age 75. Funeral services were held Friday for Fernandez Smith at a church in Lexington, Kentucky, where she had ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Wilhelmenia Fernandez, acclaimed operatic soprano who toured the world and star of the 1981 cult classic Diva, died February 2 of cancer in Lexington, Kentucky, at the age of 75.
Feb 6, 2024 · Soprano Wilhelmenia Fernandez has died at the age of 75. Born in Philadelphia in 1949, Fernandez studied at the Philadelphia Academy of Vocal Arts and later at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City.
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Apr 28, 2022 · Wilhelmenia Fernandez portrays an opera singer in “Diva,” from 1981, which was directed by Jean-Jacques Beineix. Rialto Pictures, via Alamy. By Wesley Morris. April 28, 2022. For years, my...
