Georgina Burns Suggest updates
Born London 1859.
Died London, 24 May 1932.
English soprano.
Georgina Burns was a leading figure with the Carl Rosa company for over a decade.
Soon after the death of the founder in 1889, Burns and her husband, the baritone Leslie Crotty, set up their own touring company
Under the names variously of the Georgina Burns Light Opera Company or the Burns-Crotty Opera Company, from 1891 onwards they concentrated on presenting an extravagant staging of Rossini's under-appreciated Cenerentola.
In their second season they added a single weekly performance of The Bohemian Girl. However the losses continued and they each suffered a collapse in health which ended their partnership and their success.
Burns had a sister Caroline, also a soprano, who sang under the name Cora Stuart.
The illustration below on the left is an engraving of Burns published when she was only twenty.
Roles in Scotland
- Philine an actress
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Mignon 1879
Mignon 1880
Mignon 1881
Mignon 1885
Mignon 1886
Mignon 1887
Mignon 1888
- Duchess Elena Strozzi's sister
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Piccolino 1879
- Maritana a gitana
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Maritana 1879
Maritana 1881
Maritana 1885
Maritana 1887
Maritana 1891
- Carmen a gypsy
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Carmen 1880
- Virginie a French milliner and dressmaker
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Cadi 1881
- Gilda Rigoletto's daughter
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Rigoletto 1882
- Marguerite
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Faust 1882
Faust 1885
Faust 1890
- Anna ward of Gaveston
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Dame Blanche 1882
- Esmeralda a gipsy
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Esmeralda 1883
Esmeralda 1886
- Laura Palmatica's elder daughter
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Beggar Student 1884
Beggar Student 1885
- Nadeshda a serf
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Nadeshda 1885
Nadeshda 1886
- Donna Elvira a lady from Burgos
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Don Giovanni 1886
Don Giovanni 1887
Don Giovanni 1888
- Arline Arnheim's daughter
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Bohemian Girl 1886
Bohemian Girl 1887
Bohemian Girl 1891
Bohemian Girl 1893
- Countess Almaviva
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Nozze di Figaro 1886
- Minna Baroness Nymark's daughter
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Nordisa 1887
- Lurline a Nymph, Rhineberg's daughter
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Lurline 1889
- Catherine sister of George Skavronski
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Étoile du nord 1889
- Violetta Valéry a courtesan
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Traviata 1890
- Leonora a Duchess, lady-in-waiting to the Princess of Aragon
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Trovatore 1890
Trovatore 1891
- Angèle d'Olivarès a novice at the Convent of the Annonciades
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Black Domino 1891
- Edith Plantagenet
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Talisman 1891
- Cherubino the Count's page
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Nozze di Figaro 1891
- Valentine daughter of Saint-Bris
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Huguenots 1891
- Angelina known as Cinderella, Magnifico's stepdaughter
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Cenerentola 1892
Cenerentola 1893