Alice Cucini

Alice Cucini (1870–1949) was an Italian contralto who had a prolific opera career in Europe and South America between 1891 and 1915.

She spent the next several years singing in performances throughout Italy, including productions in Trieste, Milan, Venice, and Florence.

In 1898 Cucini traveled to Russia where she sang in several operas in Saint Petersburg and portrayed the role of Gertrude in Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet in Odessa.

In 1903 Cucini made an extensive tour of South America with lauded soprano Hariclea Darclée.

She spent her last few years at a rest home for aged musicians that Verdi had donated to the city of Milan.