OBITUARY
MADAME: KIRKBY LUNN
LONDON, 17th February.
The death is announced of the famous contralto singer, MadameKirkby Lunn.
Madame Louise Kirkby Lunn was one of the great contraltos. Sho was born in Manchester, and at tho age of twenty went to London to the Eoyal Collcgo of Music. Whilst1 there her singing and acting attracted tho attention of Sir Augustus Harris, and under his auspices she made a striking debut as Nora in "Shamus O'Brien." Later she played at Covent Garden, and after Harris's death sho joised the Carl Eosa Opera Company. In 1902 she went to America and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House, Now York, scoring a big success; as, Amneris in "Aida," which remained one of her best roles. Perhaps her greatest part of all was Delila in the first production of the Saint Saens opera in England. She was one of Covent Garden's established favourites in Wagnerian, French, and Italian operas. Some years ago she visited New Zealand on a concert tour. ' ! •'
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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168OBITUARY Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 42, 19 February 1930, Page 9
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