Corinne Malvern a character supposed to be three years old), a 1907 New York Evening Telegram article and ships' passenger records, make it clear she was born in 1901. Malvern performed in the Henry W. Savage New English Grand Opera Company in the American premiere of Puccini's opera Madama Butterfly in the role of the child "Dolore" ("Sorrow," or "Trouble" in English), Butterfly's son, in front of an audience that included the Viscount Aoki, Japanese Ambassador to the United States, and John Luther Long, author of the novella on which the opera was based, on October 15, 1907, and subsequently toured with
Operatic pop Vaudeville, musical comedies, jazz and operettas, examples include Irving Berlin's "That Opera Rag", Billy Murray's "My Cousin Caruso" and Louis Armstrong's riffs on "Rigoletto" and "Pagliacci". The subgenre subsequently dwindled after the 1920s but revived during the rock music era with albums such as The Who's "Tommy" and Queen's "A Night at The Opera". In 1986, operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti had a hit with the Lucio Dalla song "Caruso", which helped to spark a recent flourishing of operatic pop. Other singers, including Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, and Katherine Jenkins, also recorded the number. Bocelli, in particular, soon became a leading