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''Marie Carandini was the wife of an exiled Italian Count, Count Gerome Carandini, tenth Marquise of Saranzo, who came to Hobart, Tasmania, in the 1840s. She became a noted opera singer. Madame Carandini and her daughters Fanny, Rosina and Lizzie formed a famed singing group, traveling widely in Australia and overseas.

"She had eight children of whom five daughters were musical and took part in her tours. She died at London in 1894. Her eldest daughter Rosina Martha Hozanah Palmer was a notable soprano in Australia and her great grandson (by her son Major Frank James (Francesco Giacomo) Carandini, 11th Marquess of Sarzano) is the actor Christopher Lee." –Wikipedia

[ I have no clue if this is a photograph of Marie with her daughters Fanny, Rosina and Lizzie, or if a different daughter is pictured. ]

This is fascinating!

Great hand coloring

nice dresses!

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Seen on my Flickr home page. (?)

Nice picture. I like the dresses the ladies are wearing

The immortal tenor, after a trans-Atlantic voyage, about to disembark in New York. He arrived on the Kaiser Wilhelm, November 12, 1913, in the company of several other opera singers: Another shipboard shot of Caruso: Other opera singers arrived on the same boat:

Don't stay out there too long. Enrico. It may harm your voice.... : )

They don't seem to be worried about harm to their voices. None wear scarves, and Gilly is smoking a cigarette.

Ralph Lyford (1882-1927): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lyford

Hi pennylrichardsca: Thank you for the additional details about Ralph Lyford. We will add some of them to the description when we update.