Emma Albani
(1847-1930), SopranoDame Marie Louise Cecilie Emma Albani (née Lajeunesse)
Sitter in 12 portraits
Marie Louise Cecil Emma Lajeunesse was born in Quebec, Canada. Appointed at the age of sixteen as a soloist, organist and choirmaster of a church in Albany. She studied with Gilbert-Louis Duprez and Francesco Lamperti. Lajeunesse made her opera debut in 1870 at Messina as Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula. She also appeared in Italy and adopted the stage name Albani. From 1852 Albani sang for five seasons at Covent Garden, and appeared there nearly every Spring until her retirement from opera in 1896, also singing in Paris, Brussels, Berlin, St Petersburg and America. She was created a Dame in 1925.
by Unknown photographer
woodburytype, 1870s
NPG Ax7735
by and after Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1890s (circa 1879)
NPG Ax139910
by Walery, published by Sampson Low & Co
carbon print, published January 1889
NPG x8444
by P.F. Pinsonneault
autotype, circa 1897
NPG x5152
published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x196880
by Harold Humphrey Brooke Durrant, for Rose Kate Durrant & Sons, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1902
NPG x197702
by Lafayette
postcard print, circa 1904
NPG x30
by Lafayette
printing-out paper cabinet card, circa 1904
NPG x197239
by Walter Stoneman, for James Russell & Sons
bromide print, circa 1916
NPG Ax39154
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