Operatic contralto Cyrena van Gordon, from left, soprano Rosa Riasa and tenor Antonio Cortis, circa 1932.
Opera star Rosa Raisa waves from a train platform in Chicago in the 1920s.
Opera star Rosa Raisa in an early, undated photo in Chicago.
Italian baritone Cesare Formichi holds famous soprano Rosa Raisa in 1932. Formichi sang as first baritone at the Chicago Opera from 1922 until 1932.
A director works with opera soprano Rosa Raisa, on left, and tenor Giuseppe Bentonelli and cast in a scene from the Italian “La Fiamma” on Dec. 1, 1935, at the Chicago Civic Opera. It was the first American performance of the opera in Chicago.
Husband and wife opera duo Giacomo Rimini and Rosa Raisa in an undated photo in Chicago.
Opera star Rosa Raisa in costume, putting on makeup, circa 1932.
Opera star Rosa Raisa, soprano, called the Chicago Opera home for 16 seasons.
Soprano Rosa Raisa, left, and contralto Cyrena van Gordon, right, circa 1932.
Married opera stars Giacomo Rimini, left, and Rosa Raisa with their new daughter, Giulietta “Jolly” Rimini, circa 1931.
Opera star Rosa Raisa and her daughter, Giulietta “Jolly” Rimini, circa 1931.
Opera star Rosa Raisa poses with an old lute used in a performance of “Orfeo” in Milan in 1621.
Opera star Rosa Raisa has a morning glass of milk at the La Salle Street Station on Dec. 16, 1933.
Opera star Rosa Raisa with two dogs in an undated photo in Chicago.
Opera stars Rosa Raisa, in the car, and her husband, Giacomo Rimini, in Chicago, circa 1931.
Opera star Rosa Raisa with two dogs in an undated photo in Chicago.
Italian opera star Madame Rosa Raisa and her daughter, Giulietta Rimini, are glad to be back in the United States at the Congress Hotel in Chicago where they lived in 1938.
Opera stars Giacomo Rimini, left, and his wife, Rosa Raisa, and their daughter, Giulietta “Jolly” Rimini, 11, in their room at the Congress Hotel on July 9, 1942.
