Famous People with Name Margherita

Margherita Grandi            Origin/Culture/Country: Australian

Margherita Grandi: was an Australian-born Italian soprano, particularly associated with dramatic Italian roles. She possessed a powerful voice and was a forceful singing-actress in the grand manner.Margherita Grandi was born Margaret Gard in Harwood Island, New South Wales, Australia. When she was ten her family moved to Tasmania and she went to school in Hobart. She left Australia in 1911 to study at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London. She also studied with Mathilde Marchesi and Jean de Reszke; and later in Paris with Emma Calvé. She made her professional debut in Paris, as a mezzo-soprano under the stage name of Djéma Vécla (Vecla being an anagram of Calvé) singing Charlotte in Massenet's Werther. In 1922, she created Massenet's Amadis in Monte Carlo.