Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Feb 23, 2025

ITALIAN SOPRANO ELVIRA GALASSI DI LORENZO (1883-1954) CDR

 




ELVIRA GALASSI DI LORENZO (CESENA, 30 AUGUST, 1883 – MILAN, 21 APRIL, 1954)


 



She studied with the tenor Franco Mannucci and made her debut in 1916 at the Politeama Verdi in Vercelli as Musetta in La Bohème. After retiring from her career, she spent her final years at the Casa di Riposo Giuseppe Verdi in Milan.


Chronology of some appearances


1916

February: La Bohème (Musetta) – Politeama Verdi, Vercelli


1917

January: Mefistofele (Margherita) – Teatro Chiabrera, Savona


1919

May: La Bohème (Musetta) – Politeama Greco, Lecce

September: La Bohème (Musetta) – Teatro Pergolesi, Jesi


1921

October: L’Amico Fritz (Suzel) – Teatro Storchi, Modena


1922

April: La Bohème (Mimì) – Teatro Apollo, Lugano

August: Concert – Teatro Trianon, Montecatini


1923

September: La Sonnambula (Amina) – Teatro Municipal, Santiago del Cile


1924

July: Concert – Teatro Verdi, Castelsangiovanni

July: Pagliacci (Nedda) / La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Carcano, Milano

August: La Bohème (Mimì) – Teatro Comunale, Russi

October: La Traviata (Violetta) – Arena del Sole, Bologna

October: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia) / La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Verdi, Castelsangiovanni

November: Pagliacci (Nedda) – Teatro Storchi, Modena


1925

La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Ciscutti, Pola


1926

January: La Bohème (Mimì) – Teatro Mariani, Ravenna


1927

March: Concert – Teatro Duse, Cortemaggiore

March: La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Municipale, Piacenza

December: La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Principe, Castelsangiovanni


1928

January: La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Sociale, Voghera

Rigoletto (Gilda) – Opera, Tours


1930

August: La Traviata (Violetta) – Politeama Genovese, Genova


1931

Pagliacci (Nedda) – Teatro Comunale, Galatina


1932

January: Mefistofele (Margherita) / Pagliacci (Nedda) – Teatro Lirico, Milano

May: La Traviata (Violetta) – Teatro Puccini, Milano



TRACKLIST



Pathé, Milano 1924?

Bohème (Puccini): O soave fanciulla (w. Ciniselli) 84806 12610

Nerone (Boito): Sortita di Asteria 84841 10393


Pathé, Milano 1925?

Bohème (Puccini): Quartetto (w. Sassone-Soster, Manuritta & Lussardi) 88156 12621

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Tu qui, Santuzza (w. Voltolini) 88157 12622

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): No, no, Turiddu (w. Voltolini) 88158 12622

ITALIAN SOPRANO ELVIRA GALASSI DI LORENZO (1883-1954) CDR

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