Clara Louise Kellogg (July 9, 1842 – May 13, 1916) was an American operatic soprano.
Biography
Clara Louise Kellogg was born in
Sumterville, South Carolina, the daughter of Jane Elizabeth (Crosby) and
George Kellogg. She received her musical training in the
Academy of Music, New York City, and first sang opera there in 1861. Her fine
soprano voice and artistic gifts soon made her famous. She appeared as prima donna in Italian opera in London and at concerts in 1867 and 1868, and from that time till 1887 was one of the leading public singers. She appeared at intervals in London, but was principally engaged in America.
In 1874 Kellogg organized an opera company widely known in the United States, and her enterprise and energy in directing it were remarkable. The company weathered a tragedy on May 26, 1882, when two members,
virtuoso pianist
Herman Rietzel and bass singer George Conly, drowned on
Lake Spofford while on tour.
Kellogg retired after marrying Carl Strakosch in
Elkhart, Indiana
Elkhart ( ) is a city in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States. The city is located east of South Bend, Indiana, east of Chicago, Illinois, and north of Indianapolis, Indiana. Elkhart has the larger population of the two principal cities of th ...
, on November 6, 1886. In 1913 she published her memoirs under the title ''Memoirs of an American Prima Donna''. She died at her home in
New Hartford, Connecticut
New Hartford is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,658 at the 2020 census. The town center is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the New Hartford Center census-designated place (CDP). The town is mainl ...
on May 13, 1916.
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1842 births
1916 deaths
19th-century American women opera singers
20th-century American memoirists
American operatic sopranos
American stage actresses
People from Sumter, South Carolina
American women memoirists
20th-century American women writers
Singers from South Carolina
Classical musicians from South Carolina