Emma Eames
Emma Hayden Eames (born August 13, 1865 in Shanghai , China , † June 13, 1952 in New York City ) was an American opera singer ( soprano ) and vocal teacher .
Life
Emma Eames was the daughter of a lawyer who worked in international courts. She studied in Boston for four years and then went to Paris to study with Mathilde Marchesi . It was in 1889 by Charles Gounod selected to participate in the premiere of his opera Roméo et Juliette at the Paris Opéra, the Juliette to sing. Eames was a lyrical soprano and she was mainly admired for her beauty and grace , but also for her singing technique and for the dramatic expressiveness of her voice.
Emma Eames left in 1891 , the Paris Opéra due to some intrigue , in which the Australian opera singer Nellie Melba was involved, and she went to the New York Metropolitan Opera to there the Juliette to sing. At the "Met" she became one of the leading members of the ensemble and up until 1909 she appeared there in a total of 440 performances. During this time she also performed frequently in London .
After a brief break in her career, she returned to the Boston Opera in 1911 . She later went on irregular concert tours, mostly with her second husband, the American baritone Emilio Edoardo de Gogorza , from whom she was later divorced. In 1916 she finally resigned from the stage. From 1936 on she lived in New York, where she gave singing lessons. Here she died, 86 years old, on June 13, 1952.
Works
- Some Memories and Reflections , 1927 ( autobiography )
literature
- Karl-Josef Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, Sp. 815 f., ISBN 3-907820-70-3
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Eames, Emma |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Eames, Emma Hayden (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (soprano) and vocal teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 13, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shanghai ( China ) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 13, 1952 |
| Place of death | New York City |