Thérèse Tietjens
Hungarian prima donna
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Clara Louise Kellogg
American singer
Tarquinia Molza
Italian Singer, Poet, Conductor, Composer and Scholar
Adelina Maria Patti
Renowned Italian vocalist
Jenny Lind
Swedish singer of international renown
Lillian Russell
Actor and singer Lillian Russell was a noted beauty of the American stage, and much beloved for her kindliness and charities. During the latter part of her life she became interested in public matters, and in 1921 President Harding appointed her a special investigator to study immigration conditions.
May Beatty
May Beatty was one of several New Zealand performers who rose to prominence with the famed Pollard Opera Company during the 1890s.
Susanna Hanan
A concern about the lack of early educational opportunities for children prompted Susanna Hanan to turn her attention to the New Zealand Free Kindergarten Union in 1912. She worked to secure government subsidies for kindergartens and was the first secretary and treasurer. She maintained a lifelong interest in the free kindergarten movement and was honoured with a life membership of the union.
Catherine Foley
For most of the 15 years she resided in New Zealand Mrs W. H. Foley was a star. She introduced many people to dramatic productions and whenever she appeared settlers crowded into the little halls which passed for theatres to experience the much-publicised magic of her performances.
Doris Gertrude Sheppard
For more than two decades she gave pleasure to thousands of radio listeners with her eclectic and intelligently planned radio recitals, but her most important contribution to her adopted country was as the first woman to gain a measure of national repute as a composer. By writing successfully for symphony orchestra she effectively dispelled the myth that women could only produce small-scale works for drawing-room performance. Together with the younger Dorothea Franchi and Dorothy Freed, she led the way for many other women who have made their mark as composers in New Zealand since the mid 1960s.