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On 14 November 1921, While still under contract with the Chicago Opera, Galli-Curci made her debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]] in New York as Violetta in ''[[La Traviata]]''. She was one of few singers who were contracted to both opera companies simultaneously. Galli-Curci remained at the Met until her retirement from the operatic stage nine years later.
[[File:Amelita galli-curci.jpg|thumb|Amelita Galli-Curci typing in a [[fur coat]], circa 1920. Forms part of: [[George Grantham Bain]] Collection ([[Library of Congress]]).]]
Galli-Curci built and maintained an estate called Sul Monte in [[Highmount, New York]], where she summered for many years until she sold the estate in 1937.<ref>{{cite news |title=Galli-Curci Tells of Her Simple Life |author= |newspaper=The New York Times |date=8 November 1921 |page= |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D05E0DB1431EF33A2575BC0A9679D946095D6CF }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Madame Galli-Curci Sells Home at Highmout |author= |newspaper=Catskill Mountain News |date=2 July 1937 |page=1 |url=http://history.catskill.net/1937/1937-07-02-0001.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723035846/http://history.catskill.net/1937/1937-07-02-0001.pdf |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In the nearby village of [[Margaretville, New York|Margaretville]] [[Galli-Curci Theatre|a theater]] was erected and named in her honor. She returned the favor by performing there on its opening night.<ref>{{cite news |title=Galli Curci Theatre Has Notable Night |author=Clarke A. Sanford |newspaper=Catskill Mountain News |date=1 September 1922 |page=1 |url=http://history.catskill.net/1922/1922-09-01-0001.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723035937/http://history.catskill.net/1922/1922-09-01-0001.pdf |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
== Vocal decline and retirement from opera==
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==Personal life==
In 1908, Amelita Galli wed an Italian nobleman, the Marchese Luigi Curci, attaching his surname to hers. They divorced in 1920. The Marchese Curci petitioned the papal council in Rome for an annulment of the marriage in 1922.<ref>{{cite news |title=Seeks Annulment of His Marriage to Galli Curci |author= |newspaper=Catskill Mountain News |date=10 February 1922 |page=4 |url=http://history.catskill.net/1922/1922-02-10-0004.pdf |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723035708/http://history.catskill.net/1922/1922-02-10-0004.pdf |archivedate=23 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1921, Galli-Curci married Homer Samuels, her [[accompanist]]. Their marriage lasted until Samuels' death in 1956.
Galli-Curci was a student of the [[India]]n meditation and [[yoga]] teacher [[Paramahansa Yogananda]].<ref>{{cite book | last =Ferguson | first =Charles W. | title =The New Book of Revelations: The Inside Story of America's Astounding Religious Cults | publisher =Doubleday, Doran, & Company | year =1930 | location =New York | isbn =0-548-05505-X }}, p. 460.</ref> She wrote the foreword to Yogananda's 1929 book ''Whispers from Eternity''.<ref>{{cite book | last =Yogananda | first =Swami | authorlink =Paramahansa Yogananda | coauthors = | title =Whispers from Eternity | publisher =Self-Realization Publishing | year =1929 | location =Los Angeles | isbn =0-87612-102-4 }}, forward.</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Yogananda |first=Swami |title=Online Whispers from Eternity, first edition |url=http://www.whispersfrometernity.org/contents/foreword.html |accessdate=2008-01-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008114513/http://www.whispersfrometernity.org/contents/foreword.html |archivedate=8 October 2007 |deadurl=no |df=dmy }}</ref>
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