[Operatic mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel, New York]

Russian Jewish opera singer Jennie Tourel (1900–1973) was born Jennie Davidovich in Vitebsk. She became a star mezzo-soprano in Paris in the 1930s and, following her immigration to the United States in the early 1940s, starred as Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera, where she debuted works by Stravinsky and Leonard Bernstein, and taught at Juilliard. Vishniac, fellow Russian Jewish immigrant, photographed Tourel for various press materials, headshots, and brochures throughout the 1940s.