Irene Jordan

Irene Jordan Caplan (born April 25, 1919 in Birmingham; died May 13, 2016 in Dalton, Massachusetts) was a featured coloratura soprano for the New York Metropolitan Opera in 1946 and 1947.

Irene was the first of five children born to bandleader Eugene Jordan and his wife, the former Sarah Ann Whitehurst. At age five she saw Rosa Raisa sing the role of Aida with the Chicago Civic Opera in Birmingham.