teacher, both at the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena and as a regular visitor to the Britten-Pears School at Snape. She died at the age of 89 on 10 August 2000 at her home in Fiesole near Florence. Her villa there was named "Amarilli", after the song of that name by Caccini, which had brought her to the attention of record collectors in 1949. Recordings Danco made many recordings for Decca Records (released on the London label in the U.S.) in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of these are available on compact disc (CD), including Gluck's Orphée et Eurydice conducted by Hans Rosbaud in 1956, Don Giovanni (as Donna Anna) conducted by Josef Krips, and Le nozze di Figaro (Cherubino) under Erich Kleiber in 1955. She also worked closely with Ernest Ansermet and the Suisse Romande Orchestra on a series of recordings in the 1950s, including Ravel's two one-act operas L'heure espagnole and L'enfant et les sortilèges, Debussy's Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, and Fauré's Requiem. There have been a number of CD reissues of Suzanne Danco's recital performances and recordings, including a 2001 compilation disc entitled The Singers: Suzanne Danco with recordings made between 1947 and 1952. References Further reading Scott, M. [1989]. "In harmony (a visit with Suzanne Danco)". Opera News, 53 (15 April 1989), 30. External links Short biography from the Bach Cantatas website; includes several photographs 1911 births 2000 deaths Belgian operatic sopranos Operatic mezzo-sopranos Royal Conservatory of Brussels alumni Musicians from Brussels Belgian music educators 20th-century Belgian women opera singers Women music educators Academic staff of Accademia Musicale Chigiana