Frances Alda
Frances Davis Alda was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic lyric soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Enrico Caruso.
31 May 1879
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Born in the same month (May 1879): Colin Blythe • Hans Meerwein • Jean Cras • Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook • Milutin Milanković • Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor • Pierre Gilliard • Symon Petliura • Symon Petliura • Warwick Armstrong • Wesley Coe • William Stickney (golfer)