The New International Encyclopædia/Nevada, Emma

NEVADA, Emma (Emma Wixom) (1861—). An American dramatic soprano, born in Austin, Nev. She studied under Marchesi in Vienna and afterwards in Italy. She first appeared in opera in London (1880) with Marie Van Zandt and subsequently sustained leading parts in Triest, Pesth, Prague, Milan, Rome, Naples, and Paris, making her first professional tour of the United States in 1884-85. She had a wide repertoire, but perhaps her most successful rôle was Mignon, which part she sang for an entire year in Paris.