Evelyn Parnell
Evelyn Parnell (August 21, 1888 - October 9, 1939) was an American operatic soprano.
Biography
Parnell was born in 1888 in Boston, Massachusetts to George A. Parnell of Bristol, England.[1] She was a relative of the Irish nationalist political leader Charles Stewart Parnell.[2] 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.[3]
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 Stuyvesant Polyclinic Hospital in New York City following an appendectomy at the age of 51.[4][5]
References
- ↑ On July 15, 1910 she used August 21, 1885 for her passport application. On February 15, 1919 she used August 21, 1883 for her passport application, she originally wrote 1888 and crossed it out and wrote 1883 above it. On October 1, 1928 and October 28, 1930 she used August 21, 1888 on the ship manifests.
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