I960 In Quebec, Jean Lesage and his Liberals defeat the Union Nationale, and the Quiet Revolution begins. In the U.S., John F. Kennedy becomes president. 1963 Lester Pearson becomes prime minister of Canada. I68 Emma Albani.
Albani was at home, honing the roles she was to perform at Covent Garden, including Marguerite in Faust and the Countess Almaviva in Le nozze di Figaro. In Rigoletto, Signor Francesco Graziani was to sing the title role-of the jester.
Born in Quebec, Emma Lajeunesse launched her opera career in Italy in 1869, at the age of 23. Almost overnight she became Albani, the world-renowned diva.
"La vie de la célèbre cantatrice canadienne-française qui, au XIXe siècle, conquit l'Europe et l'Amérique et fut l'amie de la reine Victoria et de célèbres compositeurs tels Liszt et Brahms.
Talented Emma Albani was a favourite of Queen Victoria, singing at Victoria’s funeral as well as Edward VII’s coronation, and for many other heads of state from Russia, Austria, France,...