Today is the birthday of Emma Calve (Emma Rosa Calvet, 1858-1942). Calve, a soprano, was the most famous French opera singer of the Belle Epoque. Originally from Aveyro, she studied in France and Italy in her youth and modeled the histrionic elements of her craft after Duse. Her professional debut was in 1881, and she […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 09:15AM on August 15, 2015