Marguerite d'Alvarez [SEP] voice type
Marguerite d'Alvarez
Marguerite d'Alvarez (c. 1883 - 18 October 1953) was an English contralto.
d'Alvarez was born in Bootle, her father was Peruvian and her mother French. She studied at the Brussels conservatoire, and made her debut in Rouen in 1907, singing Delilah. After further studies in Paris she made her first American appearances with the Manhattan Opera Company in 1909 as Fidès in Giacomo Meyerbeer's "Le prophète". Following her season in New York City, she went to London to help Oscar Hammerstein inaugurate his
at the Manhattan Opera House under conductor Giuseppe Sturani as Radames to the Aida of Mariette Mazarin and Amneris of Marguerite d'Alvarez. He remained there until the company went bankrupt in 1910; singing such roles as Manrico in Verdi's "Il trovatore" and the title role in Verdi's "Otello". He also performed Radames opposite Ester Adaberto as Aida with the Italian Grand Opera Company in 1909. He also sang with Hammerstein's Philadelphia Opera Company in 1909-1910. He made his debut with that company as Canio in "