Career
Soon she was given a place in the corps of the Metropolitan Opera Company in New York City. Her first performance of significance at the Metropolitan came in Very Little Faust. She was presented the role by manager William Parry after he discovered Pigott could both dance and sing.
Very Little Faust played during the summer of 1897 at Manhattan Beach.
She impressed audiences with her vivacious personality and musical talent. Theatrical people began to discuss Pigott as having a bright future as a soubrette.
However, during a performance of Sad Sea Waves she contracted a cold which left her with lung trouble. Her health began to further deteriorate and she returned to America in the hop that the climate would save her.
Her death was due to consumption.
Pigott"s sister survived her as a performer in the Maurice Grau Opera Company in Chicago, Illinois.
