Biography
Bernice de Pasquali
Real name: Bernice James
American soprano (1873 - 1925) Born in Massachusetts. She married an Italian tenor named Salvatore de Pasquali in 1896. Her stage debut was in Milan in 1900, while her American opera debut came in 1908 as Violetta at The Met. While on a long vaudeville tour in 1925 she caught pneumonia and died at the early age of 51.