Career
She began her career as a singer in theatrical revue shows, where she became a popular "sciantosa" (ie, a diva), but later dedicated herself mostly to the canzone napoletana genre, recording with major labels such as Columbia and HMV, and touring intensively abroad. In the mid-1920s, she moved to New York, where she reached the apex of her international popularity with Neapolitan classics such as A cartulina "e Napule ("Postcard from Naples") or East l"emigrante chiagne ("And the emigrant cries"). In the early 1950s, she suffered severe health problems.
Having expressed the desire to die in her hometown in Naples, she actually died during the traversal by boat, off the Algerian coast.
