Frances Alda [SEP] voice type
Frances Alda
Frances Davis Alda (31 May 1879 – 18 September 1952) was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the New York Metropolitan Opera with Enrico Caruso.
Career.
Alda was born Fanny Jane Davis in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 31 May 1879 to David Davis and Leonore Simonsen.
Leonore,
. Other performers in the cast included Frances Alda, Enrico Caruso, and Antonio Scotti. One reviewer described her voice as "light", and spoke unfavorably of her performance. She went on to sing fifteen performances with the Metropolitan over the course of the season. Most were as Musetta, but several were as Nedda in "Pagliacci". A review called her performance in the latter role "hardly satisfactory, as her voice was unsteady and her lapses from the pitch very frequent." Other reviews of her season were