[4][5] According to the Musical Courier, she was the “favourite pupil” of Mme Anna de La Grange and Mathilde Marchesi in Paris.
She then worked for D’Oyly at the Savoy Theatre with Thomas Thorne to replace Esther Palliser as Gianetta, Contadina, in The Gondoliers (1891).
[8][9] On 5th Jan 1891 Nita Carritte started to play the role of Gianetta, giving around 54 performances, until 27 February.
She sang the prima donna parts in Faust, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci and Carmen across the United States.
Carritta should be another triumph for the Carl Rosa Company.”[11] Carritte returned to America for the 1897-98 season, appearing in New York with the Castle Square Opera Company in revivals of The Queen's Lace Handkerchief, The Fencing Master, and The Gypsy Baron.