Jul 19, 2024

ROSINA STORCHIO THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS CDR

 



ROSINA STORCHIO (VENICE, 19 JANUARY, 1876 – MILAN, 24 JULY, 1945)

 

 

 

 

She was an important Italian lyric soprano who starred in the world premieres of operas by Puccini, Leoncavallo, Mascagni and Giordano. Renowned throughout her homeland for her vivacious acting and sparkling stage presence, she possessed a smallish voice which deteriorated prematurely due to hard use, over-parting, and flaws in her technique. Born in Venice, Storchio studied at the Milan Conservatory before making her operatic debut as Micaëla in Bizet’s Carmen at Milan’s Teatro Dal Verme in 1892. Three years later, she debuted at Italy's most famous opera house, La Scala, Milan, performing in Massenet’s Werther. Milan became her home base from then on, but she also appeared during the pre-World War I period at theatres in other key Italian cities, including Rome and her native Venice. She toured South America and Spain, too, and undertook singing engagements in Paris and Moscow, unwisely venturing parts as heavy as that of Tosca in Puccini's opera of the same name. In 1921, by which time her voice was in marked decline, she sang in Chicago and New York City. Her final public performance was as Cio-Cio San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly at Barcelona in 1923. (She had sung this same part in the first performance of Butterfly, at La Scala, in 1904.) Storchio died in Milan near the end of World War II. 

 


TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Siberia (Giordano): No, se un pensier torturo 53331, Con388 G&T, Milano 1903-11?

2. Siberia (Giordano): Quest'orgoglio (w. de Luca) 54048 Con394 G&T, Milano 1903-11?

3. Siberia (Giordano): Non odi la il martir  53332 Con398 G&T, Milano 1903-11?

4. Siberia (Giordano): E qui con te il mio destin (w. Zenatello) 054027 Con750 G&T, Milano 1903-11?

5. Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Quel guardo il cavalier 39400 XPh1500 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-12-02

6. Don Pasquale (Donizetti): So anch'io la virtù magica 39401 XPh1501 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-12-02

7. Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti): O luce di quest'anima 39402 XPh1502 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-12-02

8. Fra Diavolo (Auber): Si, domani 39597 XPh1794 Fonotipia, Milano 1906-04-18

9. Bohème (Leoncavallo): Mimì Pinson 92861 XPh4514 Fonotipia, Milano 1911-02-16

10. Sonnambula (Bellini): Ah, non credea mirarti  92753 XPh4515 Fonotipia, Milano 1911-02-16

11. Sonnambula (Bellini): Ah, non giunge  92754 XPh4516 Fonotipia, Milano 1911-02-16

12. Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti): Al bel destin (w. Rappini) 92775 XPh4517 Fonotipia, Milano 1911-02-16

13. Traviata (Verdi): Pura siccome un angelo (w. Stracciari) unpubl XPh1625 Fonotipia, Milano 1906-02-19


ROSINA STORCHIO THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS CDR

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