Clara Louise Kellogg

==Biography==

==Biography==

[[File:Kellogg - DPLA - 3ff8d8c040a49d35abe5a886f5108634 (page 1).jpg|alt=Photograph of Clara Louise Kellogg, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.|left|thumb|Clara Louise Kellogg, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library. ]]

[[File:Kellogg - DPLA - 3ff8d8c040a49d35abe5a886f5108634 (page 1).jpg|alt=Photograph of Clara Louise Kellogg, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library.|left|thumb|Clara Louise Kellogg, [ca. 1859–1870]. Carte de Visite Collection, Boston Public Library. ]]

Clara Louise Kellogg was born in [[Sumterville, South Carolina]], the daughter of Jane Elizabeth (Crosby) and [[George Kellogg (inventor)|George Kellogg]]. She received her musical training in the [[Academy of Music (New York City)|Academy of Music, New York City]], and first sang opera there in 1861.[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1885-02-07/ed-1/seq-4/ Deservedly Famous], ''Pacific Commercial Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, February 7, 1885. Retrieved May 1, 2022. Her fine [[soprano]] voice and artistic gifts soon made her famous. In New York and London she often performed with the pianist [[Anna Mehlig]].{{Cite web |date=02.03.1872 |title=The Commonwealth |publisher=Out-of-copyright |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-commonwealth_1872-03-02_10_27 |access-date=17.04.2026}} She appeared as prima donna in Italian opera in London and at concerts in 1867 and 1868, and from that time till 1887 was one of the leading public singers. She appeared at intervals in London, but was principally engaged in America.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

Clara Louise Kellogg was born in [[Sumterville, South Carolina]], the daughter of Jane Elizabeth (Crosby) and [[George Kellogg (inventor)|George Kellogg]]. She received her musical training in the [[Academy of Music (New York City)|Academy of Music, New York City]], and first sang opera there in 1861.[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85047084/1885-02-07/ed-1/seq-4/ Deservedly Famous], ''Pacific Commercial Advertiser'', Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands, February 7, 1885. Retrieved May 1, 2022. Her fine [[soprano]] voice and artistic gifts soon made her famous. In New York and London she often performed with the pianist [[Anna Mehlig]].{{Cite web |date=2 March 1872 |title=The Commonwealth |publisher=Out-of-copyright |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_boston-commonwealth_1872-03-02_10_27 |access-date=17 April 2026}} She appeared as prima donna in Italian opera in London and at concerts in 1867 and 1868, and from that time till 1887 was one of the leading public singers. She appeared at intervals in London, but was principally engaged in America.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}

In 1874 Kellogg organized an opera company widely known in the United States, and her enterprise and energy in directing it were remarkable.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The company weathered a tragedy on May 26, 1882, when two members, [[virtuoso]] pianist [[Herman Rietzel]] and bass singer George Conly, drowned on [[Lake Spofford]] while on tour.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100825235/george-conlys-sad-fate/ |title=George Conly's Sad Fate: Drowned in a New Hampshire Lake with Young Herman Rietzel, the Pianist |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=Brattleboro, Vermont |page=7 |date=May 28, 1882 |access-date=2022-05-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100825415/herman-rietzels-body-found/ |title=Herman Rietzel's Body Found |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=Chesterfield Lake, New Hampshire |page=4 |date=1882-06-08 |access-date=2022-05-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}

In 1874 Kellogg organized an opera company widely known in the United States, and her enterprise and energy in directing it were remarkable.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}} The company weathered a tragedy on May 26, 1882, when two members, [[virtuoso]] pianist [[Herman Rietzel]] and bass singer George Conly, drowned on [[Lake Spofford]] while on tour.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100825235/george-conlys-sad-fate/ |title=George Conly's Sad Fate: Drowned in a New Hampshire Lake with Young Herman Rietzel, the Pianist |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=Brattleboro, Vermont |page=7 |date=May 28, 1882 |access-date=2022-05-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100825415/herman-rietzels-body-found/ |title=Herman Rietzel's Body Found |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=Chesterfield Lake, New Hampshire |page=4 |date=1882-06-08 |access-date=2022-05-01 |via=Newspapers.com}}