HELENE NOLDI-ALBERTI
(CHICAGO FEBRUARY 25, 1874 - LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AUGUST 9, 1962)
Born Helen Russell Ulrich, Noldi is credited with having studied with
Mathilde Marchesi. She made her American debut in Chicago in 1897, appearing in
concert at the Central Music Hall, where she was cordially received and
recalled a number of times.
Active in the early 1900s, Noldi appeared with her husband, baritone
Achille Alberti, as a soloist with Victor Herbert’s Orchestra in 1905. Two
years earlier, they had performed at the opening of the Columbia Club, at 127th
Street and Fifth Avenue in New York, together with violinist Michael Banner and
an orchestra conducted by Gustav Hinrichs. The hall had been specially designed
with acoustic properties in mind for musical entertainments, and the result was
regarded as a triumph.
In opera, Noldi was first engaged by Sofia Scalchi for her touring
company and later by Eugenia Mantelli’s troupe. She also appeared with the
Castle Square Opera in Boston and in England in 1910, under the baton of Henry
Wood.
She appeared at the Metropolitan Opera during the 1905–06 season,
replacing Lillian Nordica as Leonora in Il Trovatore and performing on a Sunday
Night Concert, where she sang an unidentified selection. On that occasion, she
shared the stage with violinist Henri Marteau, bass Pol Plançon, contralto
Louise Homer, and conductor Nathan Franko.
Later, she and her husband taught in California.
TRACKLIST
Helene Noldi made 5 recordings (Victor,
1907)
Faust
(Gounod) Jewel song 5356 B4945-2 Victor, 1907-11-21
Lustige
Witwe (Lehár) Vilia song 31688 B4929-3 Victor, 1907-11-14
Stabat Mater
(Rossini) Inflammatus 31694 C4943-2 Victor, 1907-11-21
The last
rose of summer (Moore) 5264 B4660-3 Victor, 1907-07-12
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