ARLE-TILZ, CORETTI (née CORETTA ALFRED). Concert/opera singer ( in New York, New York (?); after in Moscow, USSR). She first attracted attention in 1901 when she joined the
Louisiana Amazon Guards
, a vaudeville troupe of seven black women organized by German producer
Paule Kohn-Wollner
, which included
Ollie Burgoyne
,
Emma Harris
,
Virginia Shepherd
, and
Fannie Smith
, among others. Little is known of the prior musical experience...
ARLE-TILZ, CORETTI
(1870–1943)> CONCERT/OPERA SINGER