Marie Narelle

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Marie Narelle , actually Catherine Mary Ryan , also Molly Ryan (born January 28, 1870 in Combanning Station near Temora , New South Wales , † January 26, 1941 in Chipping Norton , Great Britain ) was an Australian singer ( soprano ) of Irish descent.

Life

Narelle already performed in her youth as a singer a. a. at the Presentation Convent in Wagga Wagga and in the Catholic Church of Temora. In 1891 she married lawyer clerk Matthew Aloysius Callaghan , who turned out to be a drinker and left her three years later as the mother of three children. She made her living as a music teacher, organist and choir director in small towns on the southeast coast of New South Wales for the next few years until she was discovered by Bishop Joseph Higgins while performing as a singer in the Catholic Church of Coerbago.

This gave her access to a solid vocal training. She first took lessons in Sydney at St Vincent's Convent with Mary Ellen Christian , a former teacher of Nellie Melba , then at the Royal Academy of Music with Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García and finally with Roberto Hazon .

Between 1898 and 1902 she performed Irish ballads and opera arias in New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania , managed by John Lemmoné and often together with the contralto Eva Mylott . She came to Ireland in 1902 at the invitation of the politician William O'Brien . She had great success here with her ballads and appeared for the first time with the tenor John McCormack, who was still unknown at the time . In 1903 she made an appearance with Clara Butt and Ada Crossley at the Royal Albert Hall .

In 1904 she traveled with McCormack to the United States for the World's Fair in St. Louis , where they were the soloists at the Blarney Castle Theater . This was followed by further appearances in America and wax cylinder recordings with Thomas Alva Edison and a concert tour through Australia and New Zealand in 1906 before returning to Europe.

In 1910 she settled in New York and gave concerts in the USA from there. 1925-26 she undertook her last concert tour of Australia, which she took in the cities of her youth. From 1934 she lived in England. She was considered the Australian Queen of Irish Song .

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SURNAME Narelle, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ryan, Catherine Mary (real name); Ryan, Molly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian singer (soprano) of Irish descent
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Combanning Station at Temora , New South Wales
DATE OF DEATH January 26, 1941
Place of death Chipping Norton , UK