Pat Sturn

Pat Sturn (October 1910 – March 15, 2011) was a Romanian-born Canadian portrait photographer.

[1][2] She died at the age of 100[1] at the Metropolitan campus of the Windsor Regional Hospital.

[3] Sturn donated most of her estate to support arts programs at the University of Windsor.

[4] The life of Sturn and opera singer Emilia Cundari are portrayed in the chamber opera Pat & Emilia.

[1] The 20 minute short film/documentary Imagining Angels was produced by Canadian Arts Productions in 2014, based on the workshop process and production of the chamber opera Pat & Emilia [1] It debuted at the Windsor International Film Festival and was chosen to screen at the Toronto Short Film Festival in March 2015.