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[[Emilie Melville]] (1851?-1932) was an American soprano, actress and company manager.
  
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She was married to the American actor, baritone and company manager [[Guglielmo Verdi]] (1854-, generally referred to as [[Signor Verdi]] or [[William Verdi]] in South African press releases), who toured with her company in the second half of the 19th century, and she is therefore also referred to as [[Emilie Melville Verdi]] or [[Mrs Verdi]] in some sources.
  
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EMILIE MELVILLE[http://www.ipernity.com/doc/955739/34470269]
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First appeared at the Melbourne Opera House on 6th October 1875, then formed her own opera company in 1880, and toured the empire, returning to Australia in 1882, and also visiting  South Africa.
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Emilie was only five years old when she played the Duke of York to Edwin Forrest's Richard III in Providence, Rhode Island, the Philadelphian was a popular child star in Louisville and elsewhere on what was called the “Western” circuit. She moved to San Francisco in 1868 and for the next sixty years remained one of its most beloved singers. Much of her early success was as the prima donna of contemporary comic operas, but Melville also earned acclaim for her Ophelia and other dramatic interpretations. As late as the 1920s she played important older parts with the Alcazar Theatre's famous stock company and at other local playhouses
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142938956

Revision as of 08:34, 2 December 2019

Emilie Melville (1851?-1932) was an American soprano, actress and company manager.

She was married to the American actor, baritone and company manager Guglielmo Verdi (1854-, generally referred to as Signor Verdi or William Verdi in South African press releases), who toured with her company in the second half of the 19th century, and she is therefore also referred to as Emilie Melville Verdi or Mrs Verdi in some sources.

First appeared at the Melbourne Opera House on 6th October 1875, then formed her own opera company in 1880, and toured the empire, returning to Australia in 1882, and also visiting South Africa.



https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142938956

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