Historic Opera

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Row 1:
Madame Charles Cahier.
Madame Charles Cahier.
Emma Calve.
Mercedes Capsir.


Row 2:
Emma Carelli.
Emma Carelli.
Emma Carelli.
Rose Caron.

Row 3:
Rose Caron.
Marguerite Carré.
Enrico Caruso.
Enrico Caruso.

Row 4:
Enrico Caruso.
Maria Cebotari.
Chaleyeva.
Feodor Chaliapin.


Row 5:
Marthe Anthelmine Chenal.
Edmond Clément.
Florencio Constantino.
Florencio Constantino.

Row 6:
Peter Cornelius.
Vera Courtenay.
Marcella Craft.
Ada Crossley.

Madame Charles Cahier: [Note] "Sadie's" family can be easily traced through the U.S. census. Her father, I. N. Walker was a realtor and assessor in Nashville, TN. He was married to Anna Layton. Together they had five children by 1880: Lizzie, Evaline (Lena), Sarah (Sadie), Layton, and Percy.

Edmond Clement was the Werther [Metropolitan Opera], whose voice is a tenor of refined if not of luscious quality, though it became unsteady at times when he forced it; his diction is excellent, and his action showed dramatic intelligence and a finished style. New York Times, 17 Nov 1909.

Rose Caron, who created the part of Desdemona [in France], has no more voice to speak of. She is sung out, but while her voice was going she was gradually becoming a consummate actress. She was learning to portray characters with expressions of her soul and her tragic mien, stature, poses and manner of play to thrill her audience much more than her voice did when it was in the plenitude of its beauty and strength. Emma Bullet. Brooklyn Eagle, 4 Nov 1894

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