THE D'OYLY CARTE OPERA COMPANY

Pauline Montegriffo (1882-83)

[Born New York, N.Y. 1858, died New York, N.Y. 4 Dec 1943]

Pauline Montegriffo first appeared in the New York area in the winter of 1881-82 as a concert singer in support of Adelina Patti, as well as in The Merry War at Heverly's Theatre.

She was then engaged to play Iolanthe with D'Oyly Carte's Second American Iolanthe Company at the Lyceum Theatre, Philadelphia, for six weeks beginning December 5, 1882. It was her only appearance with a D'Oyly Carte Company.

Miss Montegriffo would resume her career as a vocalist, and later appeared in New York in Zozo, the Magic Queen (Windsor, September 1887), and in various concert venues there in the autumn of 1889.

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