Nielsen
ALICE, American prima donna; born at Nashville, Tenn., 1876.
She studied in San Francisco under Ida Valerga. She first appeared in Oakland as Yum Yum in "The Mikado," and later sang in "Robin Hood." After singing in Toronto and London, she studied for grand opera in Rome, and made her début at the Bellini Theater in Naples as Marguerite in "Faust." In 1906 she toured the United States with the Don Pasquale Company and with San Carlo Company in 1907-1908. In 1910-1911 she was with the Boston Opera Company, and from that time with the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York, playing many leading rôles. NIÈVRE