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[[Emilie Melville]] () was an American soprano, actress and company manager.
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[[Emilie Melville]] (1851?-1932) was an American soprano, actress and company manager.
  
Also known as [[Emilie Melville Verdi]] or [[Mrs Verdi]] in some sources.  
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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.  
  
'''''Not to be confused with the San Francisco based American actress [[Emilie Melville]] (1851-1932)[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0578470/]'''''
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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 Melville was born on January 19, 1851 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Emily Tretheway, the daughter of actorand playwright and director Robert Jones (Robert Jones Trethway) and actressand singer Julia Miles.
 
  
She was also an actress, known for the films ''Illusion'' (1929) and ''The White Sister'' (1915).  
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https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/142938956
 
 
She was married to the actor, baritone and company manager [[Guglielmo Verdi]] (1854-), with whom she toured.  
 
 
First appeared at the Melbourne Opera House on 6th October 1875, then formed her own opera company in 1880, and toured the empire, visiting  Australia and South Africa.
 

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