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Emma Nevada (née Wixom) (7 February 1859 – 20 June 1940) was an American operatic coloratura soprano particularly known for her performances in operas by Bellini and Donizetti and the French composers Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, and Léo Delibes.
[8] [11] It was renamed Emma Nevada, after the late 1800s opera star Emma Nevada. [6] Kimball named his railroad Grizzly Flats Railroad (GFRR), which eventually consisted of 900 feet (274.3 m) of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge track, including a 500-foot (152.4 m) mainline.
On 29 April 1887 Mapleson revived the opera with Emma Nevada as Mireille at the Covent Garden theatre, where it was also given in Italian with the happy ending, but in the compressed 3-act form. [28] On 10 June 1891 it was sung at the same theatre in French, and on 4 December 1899 at the Guildhall School of Music (in an English translation by ...
The role of Zora was sung by Emma Nevada. [7] This revival received 19 performances. [ 6 ] The opera has also been performed in Brussels (5 November 1852) and Rouen (30 January 1889).
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Emma Nevada Van der Veer was born in New York, the daughter of George Wyckoff Van der Veer and Jennie Lind Catlin Van der Veer. She was named for the American opera singer Emma Nevada. [1] [2] She studied music in New York and Boston, with further studies in England. [3]
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