Alice Zeppilli

Alice Zeppilli
1885-1969
French Soprano
Professional opera debut in Milan at the Teatro Lirico in 1901 at the age of 16 as Stella in the world premiere of “Chopin” by Giacomo Orefice . She was at Venice at La Fenice in 1902-1903 1904 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo She returned to Monte Carlo periodically during her career,From 1905 to 1907 she performed with a touring Italian opera company in Argentina, Egypt, Greece, and Romania. In 1907 at the Teatro Regio di Parma and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden in London From 1907 to 1910 she was a member of Oscar Hammerstein I's Manhattan Opera Company in New York City, and the Philadelphia Opera Company. In 1909-1910 she also performed at the Opéra-Comique in Paris and took further study with soprano Rose Caron. From 1910 to 1914 was a member of the Chicago Grand Opera Company .Created 1912 the role of Rosaura in the world premiere of “ dispettosi amanti “ by Attilio Parelli. 1917-1918 she was at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome and 1919 at Teatro San Carlo in Naples Other roles she sang were Antonia and Olympia in The Tales of Hoffman, Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly, Gilda in Rigoletto , Marguerite de Valois in Les Huguenots , Marguerite in Faust, Micaela in Carmen, Musetta in La Boheme, Nedda in Pagliacci, Ophélie in Hamlet, Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana, Susanna in The Marriage of Figaro, Violetta in La Traviata, Zerlina in Don Giovanni,