Evelyn Parnell
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Evelyn Parnell was an American opera
tic soprano
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. She studied singing with Madame Meysenheim of New York City and during her late teenage years became known as a talented church singer in Boston.
In 1908, at the age of 20, Parnell joined the newly formed Boston Opera Company
and performed with them during their very first season. She then went abroad and performed in operas in Milan, Pavia, and Venice. She later toured Australia, Ireland and performed extensively in the United States and Canada.
She died on October 9, 1939 at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City
following an appendectomy at the age of 51.
Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...
tic soprano
Soprano
A soprano is a voice type with a vocal range from approximately middle C to "high A" in choral music, or to "soprano C" or higher in operatic music. In four-part chorale style harmony, the soprano takes the highest part, which usually encompasses the melody...
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Biography
Parnell was born in 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts to George A. Parnell of Bristol, England. She was a relative of the Irish nationalist political leader Charles Stewart ParnellCharles Stewart Parnell
Charles Stewart Parnell was an Irish landowner, nationalist political leader, land reform agitator, and the founder and leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party...
. She studied singing with Madame Meysenheim of New York City and during her late teenage years became known as a talented church singer in Boston.
In 1908, at the age of 20, Parnell joined the newly formed Boston Opera Company
Boston Opera Company
The Boston Opera Company was an American opera company located in Boston, Massachusetts that was active from 1909 to 1915.-History:The company was founded in 1908 by Bostonian millionaire Eben Dyer Jordan, Jr. and impresario Henry Russell...
and performed with them during their very first season. She then went abroad and performed in operas in Milan, Pavia, and Venice. She later toured Australia, Ireland and performed extensively in the United States and Canada.
She died on October 9, 1939 at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City
New York City
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following an appendectomy at the age of 51.