Calve Emma
CALVE EMMA (1864- ), Spanish operatic soprano, was born at Madrid, and trained in Paris, making her first important appearance in opera at Brussels in 1882. She sang mainly in Paris for some years, but in 1892 was first engaged at Covent Garden, London, and at once became famous as the most vivid Carmen (in Bizet's opera) of the day.
Note - this article incorporates content from Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eleventh Edition, (1910-1911)
