Editing Frances Alda (section)

{{Short description|New Zealand opera singer (1879–1952)}}
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| name =Frances Alda 
| image =File:Frances Alda and dog.jpg 
| caption = Alda circa 1920| birth_name =Fanny Jane Davis 
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1879|5|31}} 
| birth_place =[[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] 
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1952|9|18|1879|5|31}} 
| death_place =[[Venice]], [[Italy]] 
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* {{Marriage|[[Giulio Gatti-Casazza]]<br>|4 April 1910|1928|end=divorced}}
* {{Marriage|[[d:Q42737805|Miner Raymond VirDen]]<br>|14 April 1941|<!--Year omitted per Template:Marriage instructions-->}}
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[[File:Frances Alda 1909.jpg|thumb|Frances Alda relaxing away from the stage, 1909]]

'''Frances Davis Alda''' (born '''Fanny Jane Davis'''; 31 May 1879 – 18 September 1952) was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic [[lyric soprano]]. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], [[New York City|New York]], with [[Enrico Caruso]].<ref name=obit/>