The Simonsens of St. Kilda

A Family of Singers

By: Roger Neill

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Paperback | 15 May 2023

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“Extraordinarily, twelve of the children and grandchildren of Martin and Fanny Simonsen became professional singers, several of them performing members of the Simonsens’ pioneering opera company, which toured Australia and New Zealand in the late nineteenth century”

Their home base was a noisy house of song in St Kilda, Melbourne. Two of the family members became international stars: daughter Frances Saville became a prima donna in Mahler’s famous company in Vienna, while granddaughter Frances Alda rose to star at the Met in New York alongside the legendary tenor Caruso and conductor Toscanini.

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“Having been brought up myself in Melbourne, the story of all the Simonsens of St Kilda is absolutely fascinating – brought vividly to life by Roger Neill” - Danielle de Niese

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