At the age of 18 she she made her debut at the
municipal theatre of Portogruaro. From 1905-31 she appeared at different
Italian theatres. In 1917 she had at the Teatro Regio of Parma a special success as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’
of Verdi. She was appreciated in Spain
where she guested in Madrid and Barcelona , above all, however, in Holland . Since 1911 she appeared many times as
prima donna at the Italian opera house in Holland .
Later she was active as a pedagogue in Bologna .
Chronology of some appearances
1905 Portogruaro Teatro Sociale Carmen
(Micaela)
1907 Modena Teatro Municipale Werther (Sofia )
1909 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Pagliacci (Nedda)
1910 Cremona
Politeama Verdi Don Pasquale (Norina)
1912 Amsterdam
Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Carmen (Micaela)
1914 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Lucia di Lammermoor
(Lucia)
1916 Bologna Teatro Verdi Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia)
1918 Malta Teatro Reale Mignon (Filina)
1920 Humacao Teatro Victoria Stagione Compagnia Bracale
1922 Como
Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Gilda)
1923 Livorno Teatro Rossini Pescatori di Perle (Leila)
1925 Livorno Teatro Avvalorati Lucia di Lammermoor
(Lucia)
1927 Pisa
Teatro Verdi Traviata (Violetta)
1929 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1931 Ferrara Teatro Comunale Lucia di Lammermoor
(Lucia)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Phonodisc, Milano 1908/1909?
Carmen (Bizet):
Io dico no, non son paurosa 13
Don
Pasquale (Donizetti): So anch'io la virté magica 20
Lyrophon, Milano? 1911/1912?
Rigoletto
(Verdi): Bella figlia dell'amore with Oggero, Garroni and Omodei J 544
Don
Pasquale (Donizetti): La morale in tutto questo Unpubl. 44770
Beka
Faust (Gounod): Dammi ancor with Pietro Bersellini 42088
Columbia, Milano 1913?
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Regnava nel silenzio D4556 42201
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Quando rapita in estasi D4556 42205
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Regnava nel silenzio D4556 42201
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Quando rapita in estasi D4556 42205
The great German poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote letters to her, published as "Briefe an eine Reisegefaehrtin". Her nickname was Putzi. She also appears as Cassani-Boehmer. Does your question mark pertain to her birth or death year? I have 1891 for birth, but didn't write down the source for it at the time.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for your letter, I didn't know that, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote letters to her. I also don't know where she died, in what city.
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