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
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