Minnie Tracey
{{Short description|American high lyric soprano}}
Minnie Tracey ({{birth based on age as of date |55|1929|01|30|noage=1}} - January 29, 1929) was an American high lyric soprano.{{cite journal |title=Singers in Our English Opera |journal=Harper's Bazaar |date=October 20, 1900 |volume=XXXIII |issue=42 |page=1559 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8XRPAQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Minnie+Tracey%22&pg=PA1559 |access-date=December 16, 2020}}
Early years
Tracey was born in Albany, New York. She studied music abroad, including three years' training under Belgian operatic soprano Marie Sasse.{{cite news |title=Miss Minnie Tracey's debut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50346410/minnie-tracey/ |accessdate=May 6, 2020 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |date=October 13, 1890 |location=Pennsylvania, Philadelphia |page=1|via = Newspapers.com}}
Career
In 1890, Tracey debuted in the Geneva Opera House{{cite news |title=Paris Pencilings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50347080/the-times-picayune/ |accessdate=May 6, 2020 |work=The Times-Picayune |date=December 13, 1891 |location=Louisiana, New Orleans |page=20|via = Newspapers.com}} in the role of Marguerite in Faust. She received several curtain calls, and "Her success was unprecedented in the case of a debutante in Geneva." She created roles in some operas written by her friend Jules Massenet, and she sang with Caruso in London. Other cities in which she performed included Bordeaux, Marseilles, Milan, Nice, and Paris.
Civic contributions
While Tracey lived in Cincinnati, she "was a dominant factor in the city's artistic life." Her contributions included arranging a Mozart festival and achieving radio broadcasts of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Death
On January 29, 1929, Tracey died at her home{{cite news |title=Miss Minnie Tracey |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/01/30/archives/miss-minnie-tracey-former-opera-singer-dies-at-the-age-of-55-in.html |access-date=December 15, 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=January 30, 1939 |page=16}} in Cincinnati, Ohio, at age 55.{{cite news |title=Minnie Tracey |url=http://www.archive.org/stream/variety94-1929-02#page/n66/mode/1up/ |accessdate=May 2, 2020 |work=Variety |date=February 6, 1929 |page=67}} The following Sunday, a music column in The Cincinnati Enquirer praised her contributions as a music educator and "impresario of musical events".{{cite news |title=Musical Musings |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/50095341/minnie-tracey/ |accessdate=May 3, 2020 |work=The Cincinnati Enquirer |date=February 3, 1929 |location=Ohio, Cincinnati |page=66|via = Newspapers.com}}
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Category:19th-century American women singers
Category:19th-century American singers
Category:20th-century American women singers