Eugenia Mantelli (1860-1926); Italian contralto/soprano. She made her debut in 1883 at the Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon as page Urbain in Meyerbeer's "Les Huguenots". In the same year she sang in Italy, where her first appearance was in Treviso as Kaled in Massenet's "Le Roi de Lahore". It was followed by various tours of guest appearances in Germany, Italy and South America together with the famous Spanish tenor Julián Gayarre. In Buenos Aires she appeared in 1889 along with Mattia Battistini. In 1894, she sang as a partner of Francesco Tamagno at the Court Opera of Moscow. From 1894/1900 she was engaged at the Metropolitan Opera New York where she sang 19 different roles in 127 performances. In 1896 she made guest appearances at Covent Garden London. She took part in a U.S.A. tour with the Grand Opera Company (under the direction of Pietro Mascagni) and sang in 1902 at the Manhattan Opera House in New York the title role of Mascagni's "Zanetto". In the 1902/03 season she was engaged once again at the Metropolitan Opera and in 1903/04 she undertook a U.S.A, tour with her own opera troupe. In 1904/05 she appeared in New York in music halls and operetta performances. Since 1905 she lived in Lisbon where she had her last stage performance in 1910. The universally talented singer's repertoire ranged from the coloratura role to the Wagner heroine.