Rose Hersee

[1] After singing small roles at Her Majesty's Theatre and Drury Lane in the early 1860s, including Adina in L'elisir d'amore, she toured the U.S. with the Parepa-Rosa Opera Company from 1865 to 1871.

[2] After her return to England, she was a founder-member of the Carl Rosa Opera Company, singing Susanna in its opening performance of Le nozze di Figaro at the Princess's Theatre in London, in September 1875, opposite Charles Santley.

[1][2][3] In 1877, with her own company, Hersee repeated the role opposite Richard Temple, with Florence St. John as Cherubino.

[4] Hersee toured Australia in 1879, performing the title role in Carmen every night for three weeks in the opera's first Australian production.

In addition to opera, Hersee played in lighter musical shows, taking the title role in Hervé's Frivoli at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1886.