ALMOND

Emma ( dau. of Mr. Romer ). b. 1814; first appeared on stage at Covent Garden 16 Oct. 1830 as Donna Clara in The Duenna ; the original Zerlina in Auber’s opera Fra Diavolo at C.G. 3 Nov. 1831; original singer of title parts in Barnett’s Mountain Sylph and Fair Rosamond ; chief singer at English opera house; sang at Westminster Abbey festival 1834; sang at Drury Lane 1836; manager of the Surrey theatre 1852, where she brought out a series of operas in English. ( m. 1836 George Almond of Bond st. hatter, he d. Nov. 1863). d. Clifton terrace, Margate 14 April 1868. bur. Brompton cemetery 21 April. Actors by daylight ii , 57 (1839), portrait .