sentences:  Thelma Votipka
  
  Thelma Votipka (December 20, 1906 – October 24, 1972) was an American mezzo-soprano who sang 1,422 performances with the Metropolitan Opera, more than any other woman in the company's history (her nearest rival, Mathilde Bauermeister, sang 1,062).Votipka was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and educated at Oberlin College.