Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Mar 4, 2025

ITALIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO CLOTILDE ESPOSITO CDR



 

CLOTILDE ESPOSITO


 



She studied singing in Rome under the tutelage of Mazzoni. After marrying baritone Salvatore Aversano, she adopted his surname professionally. She was part of the evening program marking Beniamino Gigli’s operatic debut at the Teatro Sociale in Rovigo in 1914.


Chronology of some appearances


1898 Vercelli   Teatro Civico   Rigoletto (Maddalena)

1901 Torino Teatro Balbo Nabucco (Fenena)

1903 Trento Teatro Sociale Trovatore (Azucena)

1905 Palma di Majorca Teatro Principal Gioconda (Laura)

1909 Londra Teatro King’s Carmen (Carmen)


As Clotilde Aversano


1912 Bucarest Teatro Lirico Andrea Chenier (Contessa/Madelon)

1914 Como Teatro Sociale Andrea Chenier (Contessa/Madelon)



TRACKLIST


 

G&T, Milano 1905

Trovatore (Verdi): Mal reggendo (w. Colazza) 54263 7014b

Trovatore (Verdi): Ai nostri monti (w. Colazza) 54259 7029b

Favorita (Donizetti): Pietoso al par d’un nome (w. Martinez-Patti) 54250 7070b

Favorita (Donizetti): Fia vero lasciarti (w. Martinez-Patti) 054048 493½c


Beka, Milano

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): O aprile foriero 42391

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Vaga donna 42421


ITALIAN MEZZO-SOPRANO CLOTILDE ESPOSITO CDR

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