Viola Gillette (1871 - 1956), born Viola Pratt, was an American contralto from Salt Lake City.
Viola Gillette (1871 - 1956), born Viola Pratt, was an American contralto from Salt Lake City.
Gillette began her career as a church singer in Salt Lake City. She made her stage debut in Washington, D.C. in 1898. [1] She subsequently moved to New York City, where she sang with the Castle Square Opera Company. She was a soloist at the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church in New York from 1898 to 1899. Gillette's first concert appearance as a soloist was at the Springfield, Massachusetts Music Festival in 1899. [2]
For a few months in early 1901, Gillette appeared at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. [3] From 1901 to 1904, Gillette was employed by Klaw & Erlanger, appearing for two seasons in their production of Beauty and the Beast and for one season in Mother Goose. [1]
In 1907, Gillette appeared as Violetta in The Girl and the Bandit. She managed to turn this role into a position managing her own company, the Viola Gillette Opera Company. [2] In 1909 she played Nichette in The Beauty Spot at the Herald Square Theatre in New York.
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