AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by the OPERATIC SOPRANO EMMA JUCH, with an additional AUTOGRAPH signed and dated by her.

Juch, Emma (1861-1939). Operatic Soprano who created the "Emma Juch Opera Company".

Published by New York June 30th, 1886., 1886

About this Item

- Seventeen words penned on the lower half of 6 inch high by 4-1/8 inch wide cream paper: "Such persuasive 'autograph friends' are certainly hard to resist - so I send you the signature with pleasure". Signed "Emma Juch". Across the top of the page is this second autograph, likely that to which she refers as it boldly fills the width of the page and is dated by her beneath the signature: "Emma Juch / New York June 30th, 1886". Folded for mailing with offsetting to the corners. Likely once mounted in an album, a paper tab is affixed to the lower edge of the verso. The Operatic soprano Emma Juch (1861-1939) [Emma Antonia Juch Wellman] was born in Vienna and raised in New York City. Emma Juch took singing lessons and practiced secretly as her father did not approve. It wasn't until he first heard her sing on stage that he had a change of heart. Her debut came as Philine in an Italian version of Ambroise Thomas' "Mignon" at 18 years of age and she was immediately hired to sing for the season at Her Majesty's Theatre in London. She made her American debut at NYC's Academy of Music in 1881 and, in 1886, was the first singer contracted by the American Opera Company. Soon after that company folded, she formed the Emma Juch Company. The company opened with "Faust" at the Grand Opera House in Los Angeles in 1890 and went on to tour the US and Mexico. Her singing career spanned but a mere 13 years as she retired after marrying the New York lawyer Francis L. Wellman in 1894. Seller Inventory # 34702

Bibliographic Details

Title: AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED by the OPERATIC ...

Publisher: New York June 30th, 1886.

Publication Date: 1886

Condition: Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)