Two and a half years ago, Sandra Warfield was en route to a singing engagement at Don't Tell Mama, a New York club, when her taxi collided with another cab. She suffered whiplash and other injuries. Friday night, she finally plays there - the first of four Friday engagements.
A mezzo-soprano who performed at the Metropolitan Opera, Warfield gave up opera about five years ago, in part because of the death of her husband, tenor James McCracken, with whom she had often sung. "He was a great singer, and it was just too painful to go on," she said.Instead, she turned to cabaret, performing Cole Porter, Noel Coward, Kurt Weill and Jule Styne. "I thought, `My voice is still there: why not use it?' " she said.
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