Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Feb 23, 2025

ITALIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO EUGENIA LOPEZ NUÑES (1883-1946) CDR

 



EUGENIA LOPEZ NUÑES (LIVORNO, 25 NOVEMBER, 1883 – TUNISIA, 5 NOVEMBER, 1946)


 


 

She made her debut in 1904 at the Politeama Verdi in Carrara as Maddalena in Rigoletto. From 1905 onward, she performed in various prominent theaters across the Italian provinces. In 1909, she appeared at the Teatro Regio in Parma as Erda in Siegfried and in Donizetti’s Maria de Rohan.

At the peak of her career, she moved to Germany in 1920, where she married and began performing under the name Eugenie Heilbrunn. She continued to perform and, in 1932, recorded songs in German for Ultraphon. However, as a Jewish artist, her career and possibly her residence in Germany came to an end after 1933 due to the rise of the Nazi regime. Unfortunately, her fate beyond this point remains unclear.


Chronology of some appearances


1904 Carrara Politeama Verdi Rigoletto (Maddalena)

1908 Alessandria Teatro Verdi Ballo in Maschera (Ulrica)

1909 Rimini Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Wally (Afra)

1910 Siena Teatro Della Lizza Zanetto (Zanetto)

1911 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Ballo in Maschera (Ulrica)



TRACKLIST


 

Gramophone, Milano 1910-04-06

Gioconda (Ponchielli): L’amo come il fulgor del creato (w. Rossi-Murino & chorus) 054280 116aj


Gramophone, Milano 1910-04-11

Il tuo pensiero (Rotoli) 53591 138ah

Dopo (Tosti) 53590 137ah


USA, Victor 1910-04-11

Manon Lescaut (Puccini): Madrigale 45015


Edison 2-min cylinders

Trovatore (Verdi): Si, la stanchezza m’opprime Unpubl. 44560


Pathé, Milano 1913?

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Fior di giaggiolo 86337


Columbia, Milano 1913/1914?

Faust (Gounod): Allor che lieve ebbrezza (w. Tommasini & Bettoni) D4517 42063

Faust (Gounod): Permettereste a me (w. Rizza & Tommasini) D4517 42064

Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti): Per sua madre D4470 41899

Aida (Verdi): Vieni sul crin E 1988 41988

Aida (Verdi): O tu che sei d’Osiride (w. Bettoni) E2025 41987

Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti): Il segreto D4463 41910

Cos’è l’amor D4456 41898

Serafina D4456 41911

Mignon (Thomas): Sofferto hai tu (w. Walter) D4571 42242

Lohengrin (Wagner): Vendetta avrò (w. Badini) D4520 42039


ITALIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO EUGENIA LOPEZ NUÑES (1883-1946) CDR

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