Luisa Tetrazzini

Luisa Tetrazzini first studied with her sister Eva who was a famous soprano in her own right. Luisa made her debut as Inez in L'Africaine at Florence in 1890. For eight years, she sang in the smaller houses in Italy then went to South America. In 1904 she traveled to San Francisco. Her first important international success was in 1907 at Covent Garden as Violetta in La Traviata. She sang for three seasons at the Manhattan Opera House starting in 1908 and in the 1911 - 1912 season at the Metropolitan Opera House, but she went on to have her greatest successes at Covent Garden a...