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Amy Eliza Castles (25 July 1880 – 19 November 1951), was an Australian soprano.


Family

The daughter of Joseph Castles (1849-1933), and Mary Ellen Castles (1855-1937), née Fallon, Amy Eliza Castles was born in
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, Australia on 25 July 1880. Her two sisters, Ethel Margaret "Dolly" Castles (1884–1971) and Eileen Anne Castles (1886–1970) were also highly regarded, talented sopranos.


Education

She was educated at
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's primary school and St Mary's College.


Career

On 26 March 1910 she sang the title role in the Australian premiere of Giacomo Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly'', at the Theatre Royal, Sydney, Theatre Royal in Sydney. She made her United States début at Carnegie Hall in 1917. Castles never married. She lived with her sister, Dolly Castles, in Camberwell. She died at a hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria, on 19 November 1951. She was buried in Box Hill Cemetery.


Further reading

*''A New Melba?: The Tragedy of Amy Castles'', Ten Speed Press, Crossing Press (2006)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Castles, Amy Eliza 1880 births 1951 deaths Burials at Box Hill Cemetery Australian operatic sopranos Singers from Melbourne 20th-century Australian women opera singers