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Florence Easton

1882Wikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816.–1955Wikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816. · English · sopranoWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816.

Birthplace: Middlesbrough, EnglandWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816.

An English soprano whose versatility made her a mainstay of the Metropolitan OperaWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2. for twelve seasonsWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).. She studied in London and ParisWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816., made her debut at Newcastle upon Tyne in 1903 as the Shepherd in TannhäuserWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816., and toured North America with Henry Savage's English Grand Opera CompanyWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816.. With her husband, the tenor Francis Maclennan, she then sang at the Berlin Hofoper and in HamburgWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816.. At the Met from 1917 to 1929Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816. she sang 41 rolesWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., creating Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi in 1918Wikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Easton, Florence', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 816., and she returned in 1936 for a farewell as Brünnhilde in Die WalküreWikipedia (2026) Florence Easton. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Shawe-Taylor, D. (1992) 'Easton, Florence (Gertrude)', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 2, p. 2..

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