Blanche Cole

Showing promise as a child, Cole went on to have a successful operatic career, during which she sang 21 roles in English versions of operas in London and the British provinces.

[4] In 1868, she sang Oscar in Un ballo in maschera at the Theatre Royal in Cork and Leonora in Il trovatore in London, in a production conducted by Meyer Lutz.

[6] In 1869, Cole was praised by The Times for her singing in Acis and Galatea in London[7] and made her debut at the Crystal Palace as Amina in Bellini's La sonnambula with George Perren and Richard Temple, conducted by August Manns.

The Musical Standard wrote of her "sweet cultivated voice" and opined that "the artistic intelligence which she brings to her work renders her performance very enjoyable, and thoroughly enlists the sympathies of the audience".

[10] She also appeared with much success as Mary Wolf in Balfe's opera The Puritan's Daughter, produced by the Carl Rosa Company[3] In 1887 she sang Donna Anna in Don Giovanni.