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Adolf Fischer as Walther von Stolzing " "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg " Wagner ADOLF FISCHER 1 November 1899 -??? Slovakian Tenor After initially studied law in Vienna, he decided to form the voice. Studied with Emil Steger in Vienna, Josef Langhammer in Brno and at the Vienna Music Academy. Stage debut at the Vienna State Opera 1922 . Sang in Vienna , Hamburg , Brno , Breslau , Munich , Prague , Zurich , Monte Carlo and London , Roles included Tristan , Loge , Rhadames , Othello (Verdi) , Pelleas , Erik . Walther and Stewa

Adolf Fischer as Lohengrin "Lohengrin" Wagner ADOLF FISCHER 1 November 1899 -??? Slovakian Tenor After initially studied law in Vienna, he decided to form the voice. Studied with Emil Steger in Vienna, Josef Langhammer in Brno and at the Vienna Music Academy. Stage debut at the Vienna State Opera 1922 . Sang in Vienna , Hamburg , Brno , Breslau , Munich , Prague , Zurich , Monte Carlo and London , Roles included Tristan , Loge , Rhadames , Othello (Verdi) , Pelleas , Erik . Walther and Stewa

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

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

Madame Charles Cahier as Amneris "Aida" Verdi 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

Madame Charles Cahier as Orpheus "Orpheus and Eurydice" Gluck 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

BLANCHE ARRAL (Clara Lardinios) 1865-1945 Belguim Soprano Studied with Marchesi , her career began at the Opera Comique in 1880 .Created the part of the Serving Maid in "Manon" Massenet 1884 . At the Opera Comique she sang Mignon , Manon , Ophelie , Philine ,Juliet & Lakme . She sang in operetta appearing in the first Paris productions of works by Strauss and Mollicker . From 1900 she gave up the stage for concert tours , which she took throughout Europe , USA , South America and the Orient.

BLANCHE ARRAL (Clara Lardinios) 1865-1945 Belguim Soprano Studied with Marchesi , her career began at the Opera Comique in 1880 .Created the part of the Serving Maid in "Manon" Massenet 1884 . At the Opera Comique she sang Mignon , Manon , Ophelie , Philine ,Juliet & Lakme . She sang in operetta appearing in the first Paris productions of works by Strauss and Mollicker . From 1900 she gave up the stage for concert tours , which she took throughout Europe , USA , South America and the Orient.

Blanche Arral as Carmen 'Carmen" Bizet BLANCHE ARRAL (Clara Lardinios) 1865-1945 Belguim Soprano Studied with Marchesi , her career began at the Opera Comique in 1880 .Created the part of the Serving Maid in "Manon" Massenet 1884 . At the Opera Comique she sang Mignon , Manon , Ophelie , Philine ,Juliet & Lakme . She sang in operetta appearing in the first Paris productions of works by Strauss and Mollicker . From 1900 she gave up the stage for concert tours , which she took throughout Europe , USA , South America and the Orient.

BLANCHE ARRAL (Clara Lardinios) 1865-1945 Belguim Soprano Studied with Marchesi , her career began at the Opera Comique in 1880 .Created the part of the Serving Maid in "Manon" Massenet 1884 . At the Opera Comique she sang Mignon , Manon , Ophelie , Philine ,Juliet & Lakme . She sang in operetta appearing in the first Paris productions of works by Strauss and Mollicker . From 1900 she gave up the stage for concert tours , which she took throughout Europe , USA , South America and the Orient.

REGINA PACINI 1871-1965 Portuguese Soprano Pupil of Vallani and made her debut in 1888 at Sao Carlos Lisbon as Amelia,1889 appeared in London in the Mapelson season . She sang at Milan , Palmero , Madrid , Barcelona , Warsaw , St Persburg , Florence , Monte Carlo , and Naples . Her repertory included Annetta , Lucia , Linda , Elvira , Gilda , Rosina Ophelie , Leila .In 1902 she was Adina 7 Lucia opposite Caruso in London . In 1907 she married Marcello Alvear , a diplomat who later became President of his country and she retired from the stage

Alexander Bragin as Escamillo 'Carmen" Bizet ALEXANDER BRAGIN 1881-???? Russian Baritone A pupil of Glabely he went for further study in Vienna and Berlin before making his debut at the Kiev opera in 1899.He was engaged at the Marinsky where he remained until 1911 , for one season he appeared at the Bolshoi in Moscow. His repertory included Germont, Rigoletto ,Prince igor , The Demon , Don Goivanni , Figaro and Yeletsky , Fom 1911 he sang mostly in operetta , touring with various companies throughout Russia

RETA WALTER (1885?-1906 German soprano ‘PRIMA DONNA SHOT. ‘MURDERED BY DISCARDED LOVER ‘ASSASSIN’S SUICIDE. ‘From Berlin on the night of 5th October [1906] the corresponded of the Daily Mail [published in London] wrote:- ‘A few hours before she would have fallen upon the stage of the Opera Comique as Carmen, stabbed to death with the dagger of the jealous Don Jose, the young and beautiful prima donna Fraulein Rita Walter was last night murdered at her home by her discarded lover. Karl August Hesse, who then turned his weapon against himself and fell shot through the heart. ‘Hesse had waited all the afternoon at Fraulein Walter’s house, expecting to surprise her in the company of his rival, Senor Juan Raventos, a young Spanish tenor at the Opera Comique, for whom the prima donna had latterly shown a fondness, and to whom Hesse suspected that she was about to become engaged. ‘Only the fact that the Spaniard was lying in hospital saved his life, as letter left by Hesse indicate that he intended to kill him. Fraulein Walter’s mother was sitting in the adjoining room when her daughter was shot. ‘The singer was only twenty-one years of age, and of remarkable beauty and promising voice. She was the daughter of a well-to-do manufacturer, who died a few years ago. Hesse’s ambition was to be an operatic star himself, but he did not possess the required talent, and this made him exceedingly jealous of his fiancee’s success, as well as of her smiles upon other men. He had several times struck her in the midst of jealous fits. ‘Fraulein Walter attempted repeatedly to induce him to leave her and go his own way, but Hesse claimed to be madly in love with her and refused to be repulsed. The police found in his apartments to-day letters from his Spanish rival wherein the latter had rejected Hesse’s demand that he should break off his relationship with the prima donna. The murderer’s parent are wealthy residents of Hamburg.’ (The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser, Grenvell, NSW, Australia, Saturday, 22 December 1906, p. 7g)

Reta Walter as Mignon 'Mignon" Massenet RETA WALTER (1885?-1906 German soprano ‘PRIMA DONNA SHOT. ‘MURDERED BY DISCARDED LOVER ‘ASSASSIN’S SUICIDE. ‘From Berlin on the night of 5th October [1906] the corresponded of the Daily Mail [published in London] wrote:- ‘A few hours before she would have fallen upon the stage of the Opera Comique as Carmen, stabbed to death with the dagger of the jealous Don Jose, the young and beautiful prima donna Fraulein Rita Walter was last night murdered at her home by her discarded lover. Karl August Hesse, who then turned his weapon against himself and fell shot through the heart. ‘Hesse had waited all the afternoon at Fraulein Walter’s house, expecting to surprise her in the company of his rival, Senor Juan Raventos, a young Spanish tenor at the Opera Comique, for whom the prima donna had latterly shown a fondness, and to whom Hesse suspected that she was about to become engaged. ‘Only the fact that the Spaniard was lying in hospital saved his life, as letter left by Hesse indicate that he intended to kill him. Fraulein Walter’s mother was sitting in the adjoining room when her daughter was shot. ‘The singer was only twenty-one years of age, and of remarkable beauty and promising voice. She was the daughter of a well-to-do manufacturer, who died a few years ago. Hesse’s ambition was to be an operatic star himself, but he did not possess the required talent, and this made him exceedingly jealous of his fiancee’s success, as well as of her smiles upon other men. He had several times struck her in the midst of jealous fits. ‘Fraulein Walter attempted repeatedly to induce him to leave her and go his own way, but Hesse claimed to be madly in love with her and refused to be repulsed. The police found in his apartments to-day letters from his Spanish rival wherein the latter had rejected Hesse’s demand that he should break off his relationship with the prima donna. The murderer’s parent are wealthy residents of Hamburg.’ (The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser, Grenvell, NSW, Australia, Saturday, 22 December 1906, p. 7g)

as "Carmen" By Bizet Leontine Mendes 1852-???? French mezzo-soprano On January 16, 1876, Claude Debussy participated for the first time in a public concert at Chauny (Aisne), organized by the Fanfare des Manufactures de Glaces; he accompanied Léontine Mendès, then a student of Mme Viardot and Ponchard at the Paris Conservatoire, in a program composed of excerpts from operas (an air of the Jewess of Halévy, an air of Mignond'Ambroise Thomas) and instrumental pieces. Mendès obtained at the Conservatoire a second singing acclaim and a second prize in comic opera in 1876, then a first singing acclaim and a first prize in comic opera in 1877. Engaged at the Opéra-Comique then at the Opera, she left this theater to sing in Marseilles, Rouen, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Belgium, Holland, Greece, and so on. She left the theater in 1892 to devote herself to teaching in Paris.

AGNES BORGO (Agnès BIANCONI ). - Soprano 20.April 1879 - 07 January, 1958. Married César Vezzani. Debut 05 August 1917 in Tosca (Tosca).

AGNES BORGO (Agnès BIANCONI ). - Soprano 20.April 1879 - 07 January, 1958. Married César Vezzani. Debut 05 August 1917 in Tosca (Tosca).

Frances Alda as Ophelia "Hamlet" Thomas FRANCES ALDA ( Frances DAVIS). New Zealand soprano ( 31 May 1883 – 18 May 1952). Debut 23 February 1904 in Manon (Manon). She debuted at the Paris Opéra on June 19, 1910