Martha Lipton Emilia in "Otello". She also performed as Mrs. Sedley in "Peter Grimes" in 1948, Mother Goose in "The Rake's Progress", in 1953, and Madame Larina in the 1957 Peter Brook staging of "Eugene Onegin". Her final appearance at the Met was as the Innkeeper in "Boris Godunov" in 1961. Lipton also sang in Europe. She sang the title role in Benjamin Britten's "The Rape of Lucretia" for the English Opera Group in 1954, and in 1956 starred as Augusta in the world premiere of Douglas Moore's seminal opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" at the Central City Opera House in
Baby Doe Tabor to visit her relatives, Lily decided then to prolong her visit, to stay and provide care for her elderly grandmother. Later, Lily moved to Chicago, where in 1908 she married her first cousin, and soon after gave birth to Baby Doe's grandchild. In 1911, Baby Doe and Silver again visited relatives in Wisconsin, going on to visit Lily in Chicago. After such a prolonged absence, Lily claimed she barely knew Silver Dollar. After Lily's departure, Baby Doe and Silver Dollar moved into a cabin on the site of the Matchless mine. The living quarters were basic and inadequate for Colorado