She made her debut in Florence, and also sang
in France and Germany. Her extensive American career included a period from
1895 to 1900 when she appeared regularly at the New York Met. Her roles there
included Verdi (Violetta, Gilda); Bizet (Micaëla); Wagner (Elsa) and Halévy
(Rachel). She had an extensive career in Britain, particularly as leading
soprano with the Moody-Manners company. This included several tours to Scotland
in which her repertoire included Verdi (Aïda), Wagner (Elisabeth, Elsa),
Meyerbeer (Valentine), Halévy (Rachel), Puccini (Mimì) and Gounod (Marguerite).
She appeared as Thirza in the British stage premiere of Ethel Smyth's Wreckers,
conducted by Beecham (Her Majesty's, London, 1909). In Scotland she also sang
extensively in concert (Israel in Egypt in Kirkcaldy 1906) and concert
performances of opera (‘’Tannhäuser’’ and ‘’Lohengrin’’ in Perth). She was
married to the pianist-conductor Romualdo Sapio.
Chronology of some appearances
1880 Florence Teatro
Comunale Mignon (Philine)
1880 Paris Grand
Opéra Huguenots (Marguerite de Valois)
1881 Paris Grand
Opéra Wilhelm Tell (Mathilde)
1897 London Covent Garden
Nozze di Figaro (Susanna)
1897 New York
Metropolitan Opera Hamlet (Ophélie)
1900 London Covent Garden Aida (Aida)
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