Delia Valeri
{{short description|American vocal coach}}
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| caption = Delia Valeri, from the Library of Congress.
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| birth_date = October 4, 1870
| birth_place = Italy
| death_date = January 27, 1947
| death_place = Los Angeles, California
| occupation = Vocal coach
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Delia Micucci Valeri (October 4, 1870 – January 27, 1947) was an American vocal coach, born in Italy.
Early life
Delia Micucci was born in Italy, and graduated from the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.{{Cite news|date=1907-02-05|title=Excellent Music at Italian Concert|pages=9|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64287424/excellent-music-at-italian-concert/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}} She moved to the United States before 1901.
Career
Valeri taught voice students and opera professionals in New York and Chicago,{{Cite journal|date=February 17, 1922|title=Delia Valeri|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6GhFAQAAMAAJ&dq=Delia+Valeri&pg=RA17-PA17|journal=Music News|volume=14|pages=8}} including Regina Vicarino, Maude Fay, Melanie Kurt, Margaret Matzenauer, Clara Clemens, and Frieda Hempel.{{Cite journal|date=March 24, 1917|title=Maude Fay Now at her Best|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T3A9AQAAMAAJ&dq=Delia+Valeri&pg=RA20-PA6|journal=Pacific Coast Musical Review|volume=31|pages=6}}{{Cite journal|date=April 1919|title=Reception in Honor of Mme. Frieda Hempel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zbYiSVHnXdUC&dq=Delia+Valeri&pg=RA3-PA43|journal=The Musical Observer|volume=18|pages=43}}{{Cite news|date=1917-03-25|title=California Soprano has been Coaching with Mrs. Delia Valeri|pages=65|work=The San Francisco Examiner|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64284555/california-soprano-has-been-coaching/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}} She worked with African-American soprano Florence Cole Talbert in Italy in the 1920s.{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=Jessie Carney|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ssMBzqrUpjwC&dq=Delia+Valeri&pg=PA132|title=Notable Black American Women|date=1992|publisher=VNR AG|isbn=978-0-8103-9177-2|pages=132|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Nettles|first=Darryl Glenn|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMuN3GsYI2QC&dq=Delia+Valeri&pg=PA151|title=African American Concert Singers Before 1950|date=2003-02-20|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-1467-3|pages=151|language=en}} Her male clients included Clarence Whitehill.{{Cite news|date=1942-11-21|title=Madame Delia Valeri Opens Hollywood Studio|pages=12|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64254665/madame-delia-valeri-opens-hollywood/|access-date=2020-11-29|via=Newspapers.com}} She also provided piano accompaniment at recitals.
In 1942 Valeri opened a studio in Hollywood.
Personal life
Delia Micucci married August Valeri in New York City about 1901. They had daughters Adelaide and Rosa. In 1914, Delia Valeri won a $2000 judgment after a chronic stomach ailment she traced to a meal on a pullman car.{{Cite news|date=1914-12-05|title=Jury Gives $2000 For 'Tummy Ache'|pages=1|work=The Morning Call|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64277030/jury-gives-2000-for-tummy-ache/|access-date=2020-11-29|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1914-12-05|title=News Briefs from All Parts of the Country|pages=7|work=The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64286169/news-briefs-from-all-parts-of-the/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}} In 1915, August and Delia Valeri were passengers in a car with Margaret Matzenauer and her husband Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana when it was involved in a collision in New York.{{Cite news|date=1915-04-19|title=Opera Singer Hurt in Crash|pages=8|work=The Courier-News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64286671/opera-singer-hurt-in-crash/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news|date=1915-04-19|title=Opera Singers in Auto Crash|pages=6|work=Times Union|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64287770/opera-singers-in-auto-crash/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}} Valeri died in 1947, aged 76, in Los Angeles, California.{{Cite news|date=1947-01-29|title=Teacher's Funeral Set|pages=12|work=Los Angeles Evening Citizen News|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64285829/teachers-funeral-set/|access-date=2020-11-30|via=Newspapers.com}}
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