Alfred Piccaver Autograph

Alfred Piccaver
1883-1958
British-American tenor

Studied voice with S. Graham Nobbes, chief instructor of the Emma Willard Conservatory of Music and with Allan Lindsay, conductor of the Troy Conservatory of Music.In 1905 he enrolled at the Metropolitan School of Opera. Debut 1907 in Otto Nicolai's The Merry Wives of Windsor. at Deutsches Landes-Theater in Prague In the following three years, he sang in operas by Flotow, Verdi, Wagner, Mozart, Puccini and Gounod In 1910, he was invited to appear as a guest in Mattia Battistini’s touring company that was performing in Prague.he continued to sing with the Prague company for the remainder of his contract and it was not until 6 September 1912 that he gave his first performance with the Vienna State Opera as a permanent member.