Blanche Cole
Blanche Cole (1851 – 31 August 1888) was an English soprano. Showing promise as a child, Cole went on to have a successful operatic career, during which she sang 21 roles in English versions of operas in London and the British provinces. She died at the age of 37.
Early years
Cole was born in
In 1867, Cole sang Zerlina in Fra Diavolo, Amina in La sonnambula, and Marguerite in Faust with Rosenthal's English Opera Company.[4] In 1868, she sang Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at the Theatre Royal in Cork and Leonora in Il trovatore in London, in a production conducted by Meyer Lutz.[5] The same year, she married Sidney Naylor, a noted organist and accompanist of the day. He acted as conductor to her company in 1875 in William Vincent Wallace's Lurline.[6]
Later years
In 1869, Cole was praised by
In 1887 she sang Donna Anna in
Cole died of
Notes
- ^ "We anticipate for her an unmistakeable triumph... if she improves with years as she now gives evidence of consummate musical genius, she will become one of our greatest singers", Glasgow Herald, 5 May 1858
- ^ The Times, 19 April 1860, p. 9
- ^ a b c Obituary (Banche Cole), The Musical Times, vol. 29, p. 614, Novello, Ewer & Co. (1888), accessed 6 June 2009
- ^ The Era, 27 January 1867, p. 12; and 8 September 1867, p. 12
- ^ The Era, 22 March 1868, p. 10
- ^ The Times, 5 August 1875, p. 5
- ^ The Times, 4 August 1869, p. 12
- ^ "Crystal Palace Concerts", The Musical Standard, 29 June 1872, vol. 2 New Series, p. 376, accessed 6 June 2009
- ^ The Times, 22 March 1878, p. 7; and 12 April 1878, p. 4
- ^ The Times, 15 June 1878, p. 7
- ^ Pall Mall Gazette, 28 May 1888, p. 4
- ^ Daily News, 3 September 1888, p. 3
- ^ The Observer, 2 September 1888, p. 6
Sources
- Aldephi Theatre Calendar 1806 - 1900
- Baker, Theodore, A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Read Books, 2008, p. 416. ISBN 1-4437-2847-0
- The Musical World, 11 January 1868, p. 21.
- Sherson, Erroll, London's lost theatres of the nineteenth century, Ayer Publishing, 1925, p. 230. ISBN 0-405-08969-4