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The Mapleson Cylinders - Program Notes
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Suzanne Adams
(1872-1953), American soprano from Cambridge,
Massachusetts, studied singing in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi. Juliette was
her debut role at the Paris Opéra in 1895, at Covent Garden in 1896, and
at the Metropolitan on January 4, 1899. On the last of these occasions, the
audience demanded a repeat of her Act I "Valse." Although Adams was listed as
"Première Chanteuse" in the company pay books during her five seasons,
in 1901-02 she was paid only 8,000 francs a month, or $7,680 for
singing thirty-five times, including twenty-four performances of Marguerite,
Mimì, Micaela, Juliette, the Infanta in Le Cid,
and Marguerite in Huguenots. The same season, Emma
Calvé commanded $74,440 for forty-one performances. LE CID (Infanta): Side 3/Bands 5, 7, 8: Side 12/Band
5a(?)
FAUST (Marguerite): Side 1/Bands 4, 10
HUGUENOTS (Marguerite De Valois): Side 2/Bands 1, 3
Stern: Prïntemps: Side 4/Band
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