Klementina Kalašová

Klementina Kalašová (9 September 1850 – 13 June 1889) was a Czech opera singer with an international career, sometimes billed as Clémence Kalas.

Klementina Kalašová was born at Horní Beřkovice,[1] the daughter of Martin and Amálie Kalaš.

She was educated at Roudnice nad Labem, and studied music in Prague, Milan, and St.

From 1874 to 1877 she was under contract to sing opera at Covent Garden in London; she was featured there in Carmen, Lohengrin, and Orfeo ed Euridice.

In 1880 she toured North and South America with an Italian opera company, finding particular welcome among Bohemian immigrants in Chicago.