Gabrielle Gills

Gabrielle Gills (born 1880) was a French operatic soprano.

Biography

Gabrielle Gills
Born	1850
Died	1950

She was born in 1880 in France. Her first United States musical performance was in 1917 when she was brought from Paris, France by Otto Hermann Kahn,^[1][2] who was a wealthy financier and president of the Metropolitan Opera.

In 1917, after one of her New York recitals, she was described in the newspaper as "an artist of rare powers and accomplishment, wholly representative of the most characteristic features of French art."^[3]

She performed at New York's Metropolitan Opera House in concert on February 25, 1917 conducted by Richard Hageman.^[4]

External links

• Gabrielle Gills at Flickr Commons

References

1. "Recital by Gabrielle Gills" (PDF). New York Times. January 29, 1917. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
2. "Gabrielle Gills's Second Recital". The New York Times. 1917-03-28. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
3. "GABRIELLE GILLS'S RECITAL.; French Soprano Delights Numerous Audience in Aeolian Hall". The New York Times. Retrieved 2019-11-22.
4. "Metropolitan Opera Association". archives.metoperafamily.org. Retrieved 2019-11-22.