of The New York Times states that she also performed with the Cincinnati Opera at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden with other opera singers such as Rosemarie Brancato, Anna Leskaya, Jean Pengelly, Norma Richter, and others. Biondo continued to perform until February 1938, but there isn't any mention of her career thereafter. She apparently retired from singing at the professional level around that time. Radio performances, recitals At the height of her career, Santa Biondo performed at least one radio broadcast. The September 22, 1929 edition of the Atlanta Constitution newspaper announced, "Santa Biondo, soprano with the Metropolitan Opera Company, will be the featured artist with an orchestra under the direction of Josef Pasternack in the broadcast of the Atwater Kent concert on the N.B.C. coast-to-coast system tonight at 7:15 o'clock." In January 1930, she sang at a duet with Beniamino Gigli in an "Artistic Morning" recital at the Plaza Hotel in New York. On April 29, 1934, she sang in the role of the Angel in the premier performance of Pietro Yon's "Triumph of Saint Patrick" at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Biondo continued to perform in this role at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York for Patrick Cardinal Hayes. In December 1934, she sang for the Italian Ambassador, Augusto Rosso, in Newark, New Jersey, at the Shubert Theater, with other Italian-American performers. Retirement After retiring from her career, Santa Biondo married Dr. Philip Giordano, advertising director of Il Progresso Italo-Americano newspaper and editor of Bolletino della Sera. Santa Biondo died on February 15, 1989, in Stamford, Connecticut. She is buried in the Biondo family plot in Saint Lawrence Cemetery located adjacent to the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. Photos References American operatic sopranos 1892 births 1989 deaths Italian emigrants to the United States Musicians from New Haven, Connecticut 20th-century American women opera singers