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around the world and his records sold well, he never achieved the same level of recognition of his talents and abilities that his
Italian contemporaries did, and Chamlee has been largely overlooked and forgotten in time. Chamlee retired from the opera stage at the age of 47. He and his wife subsequently devoted themselves to teaching voice to private students who hoped to pursue careers in grand opera, operetta or “light opera,” or Broadway musical productions. Their prize students included the
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With a powerful yet beautiful sound, Chamlee's lyric tenor voice emerged as one of the world's finest tenors in the era which followed Caruso's death in 1921. Chamlee's abilities, however, were underestimated. Although he was always well received by opera fans and critics alike across
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Ruth Miller. In 1919, Miss Miller became his wife. During two and a half years of mandatory military service, during World War I, Chamlee served as a member of the
Argonne Players, a group of army soldiers who sang and entertained troops on the front line. The tenor was personally selected by
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Some references erroneous state that his birth surname was "Cholmondeley" which was the original family name before immigration to
America. There is no record of his using it especially since his father and grandfather already used "Chamlee." Born in
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Achille Alberti in Los Angeles and later with Sibella and Dellera in New York City. He made his debut in Los Angeles in 1916 as Edgardo in
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