Madame Charles Cahier

Madame Charles Cahier as Carmen 'Carmen" Bizet

MADAME CHARLES CAHIER
(Sara Jane Layton Walker )
8 January 1870 – 15 April 1951
American Contralto

She studied in Indianapolis, and in Paris under Jean de Reszke, and made her debut as Orpheus in Orpheus and Eurydice in Nice in 1904. Other teachers included Gustav Walter, Victor Capoul and Amalie Joachim.Her first husband was Morris Black. In 1905 she married a Swede, the impresario Charles Cahier, after which she was generally billed as "Madame Charles Cahier". Roles such as Amneris, Carmen, Delilah, Fidès, Ortrud, and Santuzza.She also sang in France, Italy, England and Germany . USA .After retirement, she became a teacher and vocal coach, at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia