• Title
  Alice May in "Satanella" and "The Grand Duchess [of Gerolstein]", 1873 / R.H. Bartlett
• Creator
  Robert Henry Bartlett
• Call number
  P1/1134
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1873
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  441604
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 3 cartes-de-visite - 10.3 x 6.2 cm.
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Alice May was born in England in 1847 but travelled to Australia and New Zealand where she made her concert debut in 1870 at the Princess Theatre, Melbourne, and her operatic debut in 1872 with Lyster & Cagli's Royal Italian Opera Company. Two years later she embarked on an ambitious and successful year-long tour of New Zealand as prima donna with (G. B.) Allen's Royal English Opera Company. The Company then headed for seasons in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Calcutta, before returning to England. She died an alcoholic, St. Louis, Missouri 16 Aug 1887. (Reference: Who was who in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, 1875-1982 / [website by] David Stone, 2001-2004)
  
  Reference - Alice May : Gilbert & Sullivan's First Prima Donna / Adrienne Simpson. New York & London : Routledge, 2003
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/May, Alice (BM), April 2010
  Digital order no:a4358034
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Photographer's stamp on the reverse of each carte
  "Alice May in 'Satanella'" ; "Allice May in Satanella, 1873" ; "Alice May 'Grand Duchess' 1873" -- on the lower edge of each carte
• Name
  Grand Duchess of Gerolstein (operetta)
  May, Alice
  Satanella (theatrical production)
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  interiors
  singers
  theatrical costumes
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3220345

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