Lyne, Felice
Lyne, Felice
Lyne, Felice, American soprano; b. Slater, Mo., March 28, 1887; d. Allentown, Pa., Sept. 1, 1935. Her family moved to Allentown when she was a child, where she studied with F.S. Hardman. She then had training in Paris with Marchesi, J. de Reszke, and L. d’Aubigne. She made a successful debut as Gilda in Rigoletto at Hammerstein’s London Opera (Nov. 25, 1911), and appeared there 36 times that season, creating the principal soprano parts in the English premieres of Massenet’s Don Quichotte and Jongleur de Notre-Dame, and Holbrooke’s Children of Don; toured with the Quinlan Opera Co. Returning to the U.S., she became a member of the Boston Opera Co. She also appeared in concerts.
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