Frances Alda
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Frances Alda (born Fanny Jane Davis) (May 31, 1879? - September 18, 1952) was a New Zealand operatic soprano.
Alda married Giulio Gatti-Casazza, manager of the Metropolitan Opera, where Alda soon established her career, and sang roles in operas like Martha, Manon Lescaut, and La Boheme. It was during this time that she recorded for the Victor Talking Machine Company.
She and Gatti-Casazza divorced in 1929, and Alda left the Metropolitan soon afterwards.
Her 1937 autobiography was titled Men, Women, & Tenors.
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- Frances Alda - New Zealand’s most famous daughter
- Photo from the Library of Congress's George Grantham Bain Collection
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