Alfred Piccaver
Alfred Piccaver, born February 5, 1884, in Long Sutton, Lincolnshire, was a
British-American opera singer. At a young age, he emigrated with his family to
Albany, New York. Piccaver began his musical journey as a soprano in the choir
of St. Peter's Episcopal Church and later studied under S. Graham Nobbes and
Allan Lindsay before enrolling at the Metropolitan School of Opera in 1905. His
breakthrough came in 1907 when he debuted at the Deutsches Landes-Theater in
Prague, performing in The Merry Wives of Windsor. He joined the Vienna State
Opera in 1912. Piccaver's career flourish...
