Soprano Emma Eames (August 13, 1865 - June 13, 1952) was a successful opera singer whose career lasted four decades. Attending school in Paris, she was eventually called upon to play the heroine in Roméo et Juliette at the Paris Opéra. Debuting in 1889, she would play the role many other times in the next two years, finally leaving in 1891 for personal reasons. The same year, she debuted at the Metropolitan Opera in New York playing the same role. New York was where she would have the most acclaim, performing in operas until retiring in 1909. She also made sporadic appearances at the London Opera. She spent her free time touring in productions around the United States after her retirement from the Met, until finally removing herself from the business entirely in 1916. She relocated to New York in 1936, where she became a renowned vocal instructor. Eames died in 1952 at the age of 86.