CALVARY. An oratorio brought out at the Norwich festival in England in IS39. It was a translation of Des Ilcila ads let .:te u mien (Cas sel, IS:35) by Spolir, who personally conducted the production.
kaPvtV, En NIA. stage name of EMMA DE 111°141•El: A French dramatic soprano. She was born in :Madrid of a Spanish father and a French mother. and was brought up in a con vent school in the Department of Aveyron. south ern France. She studied under Racine Laborde, and made her debut in Faust, at the La Mormaie, Rims:els ( Ss2 ) . Though pra ised, she showed no trace of her min- admired fiery temperament. SIIC overexerted her voice, and, on tkvaert's advice, went to Alarehesi, reappearing Iin IsS4) in Du bois's .I ben //mart at the Th•tre des Italiens, then directed by Manrel. Since then she has sung at the Opera Combine, at the Grand Opera, in England, Italy, Spain, Russia, and the Cnited States, making her (1•but in New York on Novem ber 29, Is93. She has sung in David's Lulls Rookb, •o.-.-ze• di Figaro ( Countess and ('lwrn hino). Flute (l'amina) Widnes Maitre
.1,uhrose, TYcheurs do furless Carmen. Hamlet, tit lleria Rust icana, Faust. .1Ielistojele, Fag she created the leading. part: in JonciM'es's Chenille,. Jean (18S3) : Samara's Flora iro bilis ( 1SSO) ; Do; Lara's 11, ssaline (19001 ; Massenet's Vararraise (1S95 ) and Napho (1897), the last two written (specially for her. She was ready to sing Elsa in French, when the OpC•ra Cotnique burned down (1SA7).
Calve".'s voice is a rich soprano ,fogato of octaves from below the staff to a high e, per fectly even throughout, with a contralto-like low register. II er extraordinary dramatic powers have gained for her the title of the 'Singi»g Dose.' Her dazzling success as earmen and Santuzza has led many to believe that she is mediocre as a singer pure and simple, with a small ri;pertoire; but her technical virtuosity in Ophelia alone would place her among the greatest singers the world has known.