?Carolina Lazzari?

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On the original topic.

Mme Lazzari was born in Milford, Connecticut on December 27, 1891. Accounts on her vocal studies are unknown to me, but she was apparently "discovered" by the conductor Cleofonte Campanini, under whose direction she made her debut at the Chicago Opera (Giglietta in Mascagni's "Isabeau"). She sang one performance at New York's Metropolitan Opera, this being in the role of Amneris (Aida) on December 25, 1920. She appeared as a concert singer as well as with traveling companies, appearing at the Teatro Colon in 1921. Her concert career also ended around this time when she married and mothered three children. She appears to have been semi-active as a voice teacher during her retirement. Mme. Lazzari passed away on October 17, 1946. To my knowledge, her only recordings were made on the Edison label.

...this good ?

I wonder whether she was related or married to the bass Virgilio Lazzari (1887-1953) who recorded for Edison and Vocalion?

From 1918 to 1932 he was principal bass of the Chicago Opera Company, and was then engaged by the Metropolitan from 1933 to 1940 and again from 1943 until his retirement in 1950.