Nor′dica, Lillian, the stage name of Mrs. Zoltan F. Döme, an American prima donna, who was born at Farmington, Me., in 1859. Her musical education was pursued at the New England Conservatory, Boston, and her later studies at Milan, Italy. She made her début as an opera singer at Brescia, Italy, in La Traviata. In 1887 she appeared in London with marked success, following up her triumphs in Paris by others at St. Petersburg and various European capitals. Mme. Nordica has sung leading parts in forty operas and in all standard oratorios. She was married first to F. A. Gower; second (1896) to Herr Döme, whom she divorced in 1904.
