Joan August Kucinski dies

Actress and opera singer Joan August Kucinski died of natural causes on Jan. 7. She was 83. Kucinski was a geniune Broadway cast part of "Camelot" (1961), starring Richard Burton, Julie Andrews and Robert Goulet, in addition to came out round the original Broadway cast recording. She also came out inside the Broadway musical "Destry Rides Again" (1959) and was Kate Pinkerton in the 1965 output of "Madame Butterfly" while using NY City Opera Company, where she completed for two-and-a-half decades. Throughout today she met and married her husband Arthur Kucinski, also area of the NY City Opera. After they left the brand new you are able to city Opera, the happy couple opened up up Glorianna Prods., where they completed Gilbert and Sullivan with the U.S. Joan August was produced in Chicago, graduated from Northwestern U. School of Music and examined music four years in Italia. Her husband died in 1999. Kucinski is managed to get by her brother-in-law, Fritz Kucinski, and several nieces and nephews. Contact Variety Staff at news@variety.com