She
studied under Melchiorre Vidal in Milan .
She made her stage debut in 1908 in the Teatro San Carlo, Naples as Rosina in ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’..
In 1909 she guested in the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt in Paris ,
in Cairo and in the opera house of Monte Carlo . In this
opera house she guested from 1909-12 as Rosina in ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’,
Linda di Chamounix of Donizetti, Gilda
in the ‘’Rigoletto’’, in 1917 again as Rosina, in 1919 as Mimi in ‘’La Bohème’’
and as Nedda in ‘’Pagliacci’’. She appeared in 1910 in the Vienna Court Opera,
in 1909 and 1910 in Prague .
From 1910-11 and 1915-19 she sang in the Teatro Costanzi, Rome among other things the role of Philine
in ‘’Mignon’’ of A. Thomas and Elvira in
‘’I Puritani’’ of Bellini. Other guest performances led the singer to the
Teatro Liceo, Barcelona (1911-13, 1916-17, 1922-23), to the Grand Opéra, Paris
(1916 as Norina in ‘’Don Paquale’’, in 1922 as Gilda, in 1923 as queen of the
night in the ‘’Magic flute’’), to the Teatro Real, Madrid (1916-23), to the Court
Opera of St. Petersburg (1913) and over
and over again to the big Italian stages (Teatro Comunale, Bologna in 1914 as
Rosina, Teatro San Carlo, Naples till 1928, Teatro Bellini, Catania). In the 1910-11 and from 1924-26 she was engaged by
the Metropolitan Opera, New York ,
where she debuted as Rosina in Rossini’s ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’. She sang
there, in addition, the role of Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’ and the as Lucia in
‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’. In 1916 she guested in the La Scala as Rosina, in 1922
in the same part, in 1914 and 1922 in the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires . In 1924 she performed in the
Covent Garden, London
as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’, in 1925 she sang in the San Francisco Opera. There
followed a tour with famous bass Fedor Schaljapin. She married the manager of
the casino of Ostend where she was to be heard since then often in concerts.
Since 1932 she lived as a pedagogue on the Greek island Corfu
and then became a professor of the Athens Conservatory. Here she was the
teacher of the famous prima donna Maria Callas. In 1936 she finished finally
her career. From 1949-58 she worked as a pedagogue at the Ankara Conservatory, where
soprano Leyla Gencer belonged to her pupils. She lived later in Milan .
Chronology
of some appearances
1908 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1909 Il Cairo Teatro Khediviale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1910 New York Teatro Metropolitan Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1911 Palermo Teatro Massimo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1911 Roma Teatro Costanzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1912 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1912 Valencia Teatro Principal Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1912 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1912 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1913 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1913 San Pietroburgo Nuovo Conservatorio Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1913 Stoccolma Teatro Reale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Torino Teatro Regio Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 San Pietroburgo Narowni Doma Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Odessa Teatro
Municipale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Cordoba Teatro
Rivera Indarte Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Rosario di Santa Fè Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Montevideo Teatro
Solis Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Tucuman Teatro Odeon Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Bologna Teatro Del Corso Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Bologna Teatro Comunale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1914 Torino Politeama Chiarella Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1915 Roma Teatro Costanzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1915 Napoli
Teatro San Carlo Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1916 Milano Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1916 Roma Teatro Costanzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1916 Roma Teatro Quirino Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1916 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di
Siviglia (Rosina)
1916 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1917 Madrid Teatro Reale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1918 Roma Teatro Costanzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1918 Genova Politeama Genovese Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1918 Milano Teatro Lirico Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Barbiere
di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa, pt 1 10650 D4172
Barbiere
di Siviglia (Rossini): pt 2 10651
D4172
Sonnambula
(Bellini): Ah non giunge 10652
C2396
Puritani
(Bellini): Son Vergin vezzosa 10653
E200
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-10-01
Dinorah (Meyerbeer):
Ombra leggiera Fonotipia 92352 XPh3455
Barbiere
di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa, pt 1 92300 XPh3457
Barbiere
di Siviglia (Rossini): pt 2 92301 XPh3458
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-10-16
La perla
de Triana (Yradier) Viva la ter morena 62348 XPh3523
Malaguena
(Pagans) 62349 XPh3524
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-10-21
Don
Pasquale (Donizetti): Quel guardo il cavalier 92302 XPh3548
Don
Pasquale (Donizetti): So anch'io la virtu magica 92303
XPh3549
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-10-26
A Granada (Alvarez) Fonotipia 92307 Ph3562
Don
Giovanni (Mozart): La ci darem la mano with Antonio Magini-Coletti 92356
XPh3563
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-11-01
Sonnambula
(Bellini): Come per me sereno 92304 XPh3582
Elisir
d'amore (Donizetti) Prendi, per me sei libero 92355 XPh3583
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-11-05
Sonnambula
(Bellini): Ah non credea mirarti 92305 XPh3599
Fonotipia, Milano 1908-11-10
Elisir
d'amore (Donizetti): Benedette queste carte... Della crudele 92354 XPh3615
Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-30
Mireille
(Gounod) O d'amor messagera 92746 XPh4017
Tus
ojillos negros (Manuel de Falla) RS50041
El Ruisenor The
Nightingale (Alyabayev) RS 5536
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