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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniamino_Gigli en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Alda en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_(opera) These two singers performed in this opera at the Met in December 1923. See review in Musical Courier, Dec 20, 1923 books.google.com/books?id=0lBEuukKHRYC&pg=RA25-PA29&a...

swanq, thanks for links to additional info and figuring out when this was performed. We'll update the catalog record.

Raymonde Delaunois, Belgian opera singer, a regular at the Met from 1914 to 1926, see

Delaunois was Tyltyl in the opera "L'oiseau bleu", s. The sun., December 14, 1919, Section 7 Magazine Section, Page 6, (photo) chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-12-14/ed-... and comment on www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/35919426325/

This is a series of portraits of the family of composer Sidney Homer (1864-1953) and his wife contralto Louise Dilworth Homer née Beatty (1871-1947). Homer composed many of his songs with the voice of his famous wife in mind. Among his most famous songs are "A Banjo Song" (Weeden), "Requiem" (Stevenson), "Casey at the Bat" (Thayer), and "The House that Jack Built" ("Mother Goose.") Louise Homer made her American opera debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City in 1900 singing Amneris in Verdi's Aida. She sang at the Met for 19 consecutive seasons, often singing opposite such acclaimed singers as Enrico Caruso, Geraldine Farrar, and Ernestine Schumann-Heink. Composer Samuel Barber was her nephew. In 1923 and 1924 she was listed as one of the 12 greatest living women by the National League of Women Voters. They had six children, including twin daughters Anne Homer and Kathryn Homer, son Sidney Homer, Jr. (economist and author), and daughter Louise Homer.  [1] [2] There are currently 33 photographs of the Homer family in the Bain Collection on Flickr. You can view them all here. They were first identified by Art Siegel, B-59, pennylrichardsca (now at ipernity), Wystan, swanq, and Richard Norton.