In November 1910 Melis portrayed Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly at the Manhattan Opera House in the presence of the composer. She also performed all these roles at the Philadelphia Opera House 1910, which was also operated by Hammerstein. This was followed by performances of Desdemona in February 1910, and in April 1910 she performed the title role in Massenet's Manon opposite Enrico Caruso's Chevalier des Grieux at the Manhattan Opera House. In January 1910 she sang Mimì in Puccini's La Bohème and Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana with the company. She repeated the role with the company the following month on tour to Pittsburgh. In November 1909 Melis made her United States debut with Oscar Hammerstein I's Manhattan Opera Company at the Manhattan Opera House in New York City as the title heroine in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca. She returned to the Teatro Costanzi in 1908 to sing Desdemona in Giuseppe Verdi's Otello with Giuseppe De Luca as Iago. She sang Thaïs again for her debuts at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome (1907) and La Fenice in Venice (1908). In 1907 Melis toured Russia, notably giving performances at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. She had her first major success in 1906 at the Teatro di San Carlo as the title heroine in Pietro Mascagni's Iris. She made her professional opera debut in 1905 in the title role of Jules Massenet's Thaïs at the Teatro Coccia in Novara at the age of 20. This was followed by further studies with baritone Antonio Cotogni in Rome, and with Jean de Reszke in Paris. 4 Work as a voice teacher and later lifeĮducation and early career in Europe īorn in Cagliari, Melis began her voice studies with dramatic soprano Teresina Singer in Florence.
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