Emma Howson

Opera Singer

Birthday March 28, 1844

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Australia

DEATH DATE May 28, 1928 (84)

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About

Opera singer and actress who created the soprano role of Josephine in the opera H.M.S. Pinafore.

Before Fame

She performed in concerts with her father, who was a conductor and baritone singer, when she was a child.

Trivia

She taught music in Brooklyn after retiring from acting in the 1890s.

Family Life

Her nephew was actor Albert Howson.

Associated With

She was a soprano singer like fellow Australian Joan Sutherland.