Fany Toresella (Fanny Torresella) (Soprano) (Tiflis, Georgia 1856 - Rome, Italy 1914)

She was the daughter of the Italian choir conductor Antonio Torresella. She studied singing under her father and already in 1870 appeared at the opera house of Trieste as Fenena in Verdi’s ‘’Nabucco’’. More than 20 years she appeared in Italian province, Russia and South America. She also guested in Austria, Spain, Egypt and Portugal and gave a guest performance in London. She created in 1896 at the Teatro de la Opera of Buenos Aires the role of Musetta in the première there of Puccini’s ‘’La Bohème’’. In 1884 she appeared at La Scala as Marguerite de Valois in ‘’Les Huguenots’’ of  Meyerbeer. In 1894 and 1904 she guested again at La Scala, in 1887 she sang at the Teatro San Carlo of Naples in 1889, 1897 and 1900 in Buenos Aires; also in Spain. On 17. 1. 1901 she sang at the Teatro Regio of Turin in Mascagni’s opera ‘’Le Maschere’’. In 1904 she appeared there as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’ opposite Titta Ruffo. She gave only till 1909 occasional guest performances and concerts in Italy and South America. Last she lived in Rome. 

Chronology of some appearances

1878 Fano  Teatro Della Fortuna Rigoletto (Gilda)

1884 Barcellona  Teatro Liceo Rigoletto (Gilda)

1885 Barcellona  Teatro Liceo Rigoletto (Gilda)

1886  Rovigo  Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1887  Londra  Drury Lane Theater Rigoletto (Gilda)

1889  Buenos Ayres  Opera Rigoletto (Gilda)

1889  Montevideo  Teatro Solis Rigoletto (Gilda)

1889  Reggio Emilia  Teatro Municipale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1890  Palermo  Politeama Rigoletto (Gilda)

1891 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Carmen (Micaela)

1891  Torino  Teatro Regio Rigoletto (Gilda)

1894 Brisighella  Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1896 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1897 Buenos Ayres  Opera Rigoletto (Gilda)

1897 Montevideo  Teatro Solis Rigoletto (Gilda)

1897 Montevideo  Teatro Solis Rigoletto (Gilda)

1897  Il Cairo  Teatro Khediviale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1899  Genova  Politeama Genovese Rigoletto (Gilda)

1899  Roma  Teatro Nazionale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1899  Torino  Teatro Carignano Rigoletto (Gilda)

1899 Torino  Teatro Carignano Rigoletto (Gilda)

1900 Genova  Politaema Genovese Rigoletto (Gilda)

1901  Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Rigoletto (Gilda)

1901 Soresina  Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1902  Genova  Politeama Genovese Rigoletto (Gilda)

1902 Roma Teatro Costanzi Rigoletto (Gilda)

1902 Trieste  Politeama Rossetti Rigoletto (Gilda)

1903 Napoli  Teatro Verdi Carmen (Micaela)

1904  Milano  Teatro La Scala Rigoletto (Gilda)

1905 Catania  Teatro Bellini Rigoletto (Gilda)

1906  Milano  Teatro Dal Verme Rigoletto (Gilda)

1906  Firenze  Politeama Fiorentino Rigoletto (Gilda)

1907 Roma  Teatro Adriano Rigoletto (Gilda)

1908 Ancona  Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Rigoletto (Gilda)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Disco Zonofono Milano, 1902
Puritani (Bellini): Son vergine vezzosa X-481

Romanza (Beroit) X-483

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Quando rapita in estasi X-485