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The Per Niente Per Niente Club Editor/Publisher Joe Di Leo settembre/ottobre duemilasette Volume lll, Issue V Email [email protected] September/October 2007 Nina Morgana, col- Mr. Zirato later served as Assistant Manager of the oratura soprano, New York Philharmonic and as publicity chief of the was born in Buf- Colon Opera House in Buenos Aires. Nina Morgana falo November 15, died in Ithaca, N. Y. on July 8, 1986. 1891 (this date has been verified from her birth certifi- cate by James A. Drake; she is listed in the Grosses Sängerlexikon as being born in 1895) at 292 The Terrace. Portrait of Nina Morgana, ca.1902 Morgana was known as Baby (or Child) Patti during her early years in Buffalo, after the famous singer Adelina Patti. She sang locally in Buffalo churches and schools from the age of four, but her performances at the Pan- American Exposition's Venice in America site in 1901 presented her talents to a much larger audience. Morgana auditioned for world-famous tenor Enrico Caruso during one of his concert trips to Buffalo in May 1908. After hearing Morgana sing for him at the Iroquois Hotel, Caruso wrote to Morgana that he would make arrangements for her to study with Teresa Arkel, a legendary soprano and vocal instruc- tor. Morgana went to Italy to study with Arkel from 1909 to 1915. After a successful 1915 debut at La Scala, Morgana joined Enrico Caruso for concert tours of the United States from 1917 to 1919. Nina Morgana sang her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1920 in the role of Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto. She remained on the roster at the Metropolitan Opera House until 1935. She married Caruso's secretary, Bruno Zirato, on June 15, 1921. Source: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries .

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