Emma Albani: Victorian Diva

by Cheryl MacDonald

Talented Emma Albani was a favourite of Queen Victoria, singing at Victoria's funeral as well as Edward VII's coronation, and for many other heads of state from Russia, Austria, France, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, United States and Canada. Sir Arthur Sullivan, Gounod, Von Flotow and Dvorak wrotemusic for her and she sang with Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti, Jean de Reszke, Francesco Tamagno among others. Emma, who married Ernest Gye, manager of Covent...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 091967075X
• ISBN13: 9780919670754
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Dundurn Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.3"