Amy Eliza Castles (25 July 1880 – 19 November 1951), was an Australian dramatic soprano.
Family The daughter of Joseph Castles (1849-1933), and Mary Ellen Castles (1855-1937), née Fallon, Amy Eliza Castles was born in Melbourne, Australia on 25 July 1880.
Her two sisters, Ethel Margaret "Dolly" Castles (1884–1971) and Eileen Anne Castles (1886–1970) were also highly regarded, talented sopranos.
Education She was educated at St Kilian's primary school and St Mary's College.
Career On 26 March 1910 she sang the title role in the Australian premiere of Giacomo Puccini's Madama Butterfly, at the Theatre Royal in Sydney.
She made her United States début at Carnegie Hall in 1917.
Castles never married. She lived with her sister, Dolly Castles, in Camberwell. She died at a hospital in Fitzroy, Victoria, on 19 November 1951. She was buried in Box Hill Cemetery.Dolly Castles, soprano: Bendigo girl makes good overseas, Australian Postal History, ...She was born in Bendigo in 1884, she...made her way to America where she appeared as the principal soprano in the first production of the musical The Tik-Tok Man of Oz,...which was shown in Los Angeles on 31 March 1913. She retired from the stage after World War 1, and died in 1971...
Further reading A New Melba?: The Tragedy of Amy Castles, Crossing Press (2006)
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