OBITUARY
EMMY DESTINN. LONDON, January 29. The death has occurred of Emmy Destinn, the famous opera singer.
Emmy Destinn, or Emmy Kittel, to give her real name, was born in Prague on February 20, 1878. She studied singing under Madame Lonwe Destinn, whose name she took. .She was first engaged to appear at 'the Royal Opera House, Berlin, in 1898. She took up the violin as her first study, but in 1892 decided to adopt singing as her profession. She has spent most of her time at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, and at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. She is famous for her appearances in “Aida,” “Madame Butterfly,” “The Girl of the Golden West,” “Tosea,” and “Un Ballo in Maschera. ’ ’
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Northern Advocate, 1 February 1930, Page 10
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