Emma Calvé
Emma Calvé | |
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Emma Calvé as Carmen | |
| Born | Rosa Emma Calvet 15 August 1858 Decazeville, Aveyron, France |
| Died | 6 January 1942 (aged 83) Montpellier, Hérault, France |
| Occupation | Operatic dramatic soprano |
| Spouse |
Galileo Gasparini
(m. 1911; div. 1921) |
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Emma Calvé, born Rosa Emma Calvet (15 August 1858 – 6 January 1942) was a French operatic dramatic soprano.
Calvé was probably the most famous French female opera singer of the Belle Époque. Hers was an international career, and she sang regularly at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, and the Royal Opera House, London.