- Benita Valente was born on October 19, 1934 in Delano, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (1969), Lamp Unto My Feet (1948) and Evening at Symphony (1974). She was married to Anthony P. Checchia. She died on October 24, 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- SpouseAnthony P. Checchia(? - September 7, 2024) (his death, 1 child)
- Served a German apprenticeship in Freiburg and made her Met debut as Pamina in 1973.
- She received a Grammy Award for her recording of Schoenberg's String Quartet No. 2 and a Grammy nomination for her recording of Haydn's Seven Last Words of Christ, both performed with the Juilliard String Quartet.
- She performed with numerous instrumentalists, including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, clarinetist Richard Stoltzman and pianists Emanuel Ax, Leon Fleisher and Richard Goode, and she made a celebrated recording of Schubert's "The Shepherd on the Rock" with pianist Rudolf Serkin and clarinetist Harold Wright.
- Benita Valente was an American soprano whose career encompassed the operatic stage as well as performance of lieder, chamber music, and oratorio.
- Valente was recorded by at least seventeen recording companies.
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