Delia Valeri
A woman standing outdoors, smiling, wearing a hat with a turned-up brim and a white dress with a ruffled collar and cuffs. She is holding a small bouquet of flowers.
Delia Valeri, from the Library of Congress.
BornOctober 4, 1870
Italy
DiedJanuary 27, 1947
Los Angeles, California
OccupationVocal coach

Delia Micucci Valeri (October 4, 1870 – January 27, 1947) was an American vocal coach, born in Italy.

Early life

Delia Micucci was born in Italy, and graduated from the National Academy of Santa Cecilia in Rome.[1] She moved to the United States before 1901.

Career

Valeri taught voice students and opera professionals in New York and Chicago,[2] including Regina Vicarino, Maude Fay, Melanie Kurt, Margaret Matzenauer, Clara Clemens, and Frieda Hempel.[3][4][5] She worked with African-American soprano Florence Cole Talbert in Italy in the 1920s.[6][7] Her male clients included Clarence Whitehill.[8] She also provided piano accompaniment at recitals.[1]

In 1942 Valeri opened a studio in Hollywood.[8]

Personal life

Delia Micucci married August Valeri in New York City about 1901. They had daughters Adelaide and Rosa. In 1914, Delia Valeri won a $2000 judgment after a chronic stomach ailment she traced to a meal on a pullman car.[9][10] In 1915, August and Delia Valeri were passengers in a car with Margaret Matzenauer and her husband Edoardo Ferrari-Fontana when it was involved in a collision in New York.[11][12] Valeri died in 1947, aged 76, in Los Angeles, California.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Excellent Music at Italian Concert". The Morning Call. 1907-02-05. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Delia Valeri". Music News. 14: 8. February 17, 1922.
  3. ↑ "Maude Fay Now at her Best". Pacific Coast Musical Review. 31: 6. March 24, 1917.
  4. ↑ "Reception in Honor of Mme. Frieda Hempel". The Musical Observer. 18: 43. April 1919.
  5. ↑ "California Soprano has been Coaching with Mrs. Delia Valeri". The San Francisco Examiner. 1917-03-25. p. 65. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Smith, Jessie Carney (1992). Notable Black American Women. VNR AG. p. 132. ISBN 978-0-8103-9177-2.
  7. ↑ Nettles, Darryl Glenn (2003-02-20). African American Concert Singers Before 1950. McFarland. p. 151. ISBN 978-0-7864-1467-3.
  8. 1 2 "Madame Delia Valeri Opens Hollywood Studio". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1942-11-21. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-11-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Jury Gives $2000 For 'Tummy Ache'". The Morning Call. 1914-12-05. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "News Briefs from All Parts of the Country". The Evening Times-Star and Alameda Daily Argus. 1914-12-05. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Opera Singer Hurt in Crash". The Courier-News. 1915-04-19. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Opera Singers in Auto Crash". Times Union. 1915-04-19. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Teacher's Funeral Set". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. 1947-01-29. p. 12. Retrieved 2020-11-30 – via Newspapers.com.
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