GILDA DALLA RIZZA (VERONA, 12 OCTOBER, 1892 – MILAN, 5
JULY, 1975)
She was born in Verona. She made her operatic debut in Bologna (the
Teatro Verdi) in 1912, as Charlotte in ‘’Werther’’. Especially acclaimed in the
verismo repertory, she was regarded as being Giacomo Puccini’s favorite
soprano, creating Magda in his ‘’La rondine’’ (1917). Although he created the
part of Minnie in ‘’La fanciulla del West’’ for Emmy Destinn, when Puccini saw
Dalla Rizza in the part, he said, “At last I have seen my true Fanciulla”. She
also gave the first European performances of his ‘’Suor Angelica’’ and ‘’Gianni
Schicchi’’, at Rome in 1919. She also created roles in Pietro Mascagni’s ‘’Il
piccolo Marat’’ and Riccardo Zandonai’s ‘’Giulietta e Romeo’’. She was also an
important interpreter of that composer’s ‘’Francesca da Rimini’’. She also appeared
at the Teatro Colón (including ‘’Manon Lescaut’’ opposite Aureliano Pertile)
and Covent Garden, and was a favorite at Monte Carlo and the Teatro alla Scala.
One of Dalla Rizza’s unexpected successes at the latter theatre was in ‘’La
traviata’’, under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. The beautiful singing-actress
bade Farewell to the stage in 1939, though she returned for a final ‘’Suor
Angelica’’, at Vicenza in 1942. She was married to the tenor Tino Capuzzo, and,
from 1939 to 1955, she taught at Venice’s Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello. The
great prima donna died at Milan’s Casa Verdi, in 1975.
Chronology of some appearances
1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Dannazione di Faust (Margherita)
1913 Novara Teatro Coccia Fanciulla del West (Minnie)
1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Fanciulla del West (Minnie)
1914 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Boheme (Mimi)
1914 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)
1914 San Paolo Politeama Boheme (Mimi)
1914 Montevideo Teatro Solis Boheme (Mimi)
1914 Montevideo Teatro Solis Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)
1915 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Boheme (Mimi)
1915 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Mimi)
1915 Porto Alegre Teatro San Pedro Boheme (Mimi)
1915 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)
1916 Milano Teatro La Scala Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1916 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1916 Montevideo Teatro Solis Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1916 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1916 Havana Teatro Nacional Boheme (Mimi)
1917 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Boheme (Mimi)
1918 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1919 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Madama Butterfly
(Cio-Cio-San)
1920 San Paulo Teatro Municipal Francesca da Rimini (Francesca)
1920 Roma Teatro Costanzi Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)
1921 Rosario di Santa Fe Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1923 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1923 Milano Teatro La Scala Manon Lescaut (Manon)
1923 Milano Teatro La Scala Tosca (Tosca)
1923 Torino Teatro Scribe Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1924 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1924 Montevideo Teatro Solis Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1924 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1924 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1925 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1925 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1925 Conception Teatro Conception Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1926 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Andrea Chenier
(Maddalena)
1930 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1930 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1931 Roma Teatro dell’Opera Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1933 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Manon Lescaut (Manon)
TRACKLIST
Andrea Chénier (Giordano) La mamma morta 74914 XXPh5393 Fonotipia,
Milano 1924-02-13
Andrea Chénier (Giordano) La mamma morta D9338 42080 Columbia, Milano
1913
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Ah! Lo vedi (w. Tommasini) E2914 42059
Columbia
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Innegiamo al signore (w. Nuñez-Lopez)
E2914 42058 Columbia
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) La tua Santuzza piange (w. Tommasini)
E1995 42061 Columbia
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza (w. Tommasini) E1995
42062 Columbia
Faust (Gounod) Permettereste a me (w. Tommasini & Lopez Nuñes)
D4517 42064 Columbia, Milano 1913
Forza del destino (Verdi) La vergine degli angeli E2459 42070 Columbia,
Milano 1913
Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa vergine E2459 42071 Columbia,
Milano 1913
Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) O mio babbino caro 152025 Pho5439 Fonotipia,
Milano 1924-02-27
Isabeau (Mascagni) Questo mio manto bianco D9338 42082 Columbia, Milano
1913
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì, vedremo 74991 XXPh5434
Fonotipia, Milano 1925-05-01
Manon (Massenet) Addio, o nostro picciol desco 120160 XXPh6315
Fonotipia, Milano 1928-06-15
Manon (Massenet) Duetto della lettera (w. Manuritta) 120160 XXPh6314
Fonotipia, Milano 1928-06-15
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 152024 Pho5438
Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-27
Mefistofele (Boito) L’altra notte 74915 XXPh5437 Fonotipia, Milano
1924-02-25
Otello (Verdi) Canzone del salice… Ave Maria D7395, D9336 Columbia,
Milano 1913
Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 120164 XXPh6316 Fonotipia, Milano
1928-06-15
Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 152028 Pho5435 Fonotipia, Milano
1924-02-25
Traviata (Verdi) Addio, del passato 74920 XXPh5418 Fonotipia, Milano
1924-02-19
Traviata (Verdi) Addio, del passato 120163 XXPh6287 Fonotipia, Milano
1928-05-29
Traviata (Verdi) Ah, fors’è lui… Sempre libera (w. Pollicino) 74918,
74919, XXPh5416, XXPh5417, Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-19, 02-27
Traviata (Verdi) E strano… Ah, fors’è lui… Sempre libera (w.
Manuritta) 120156, 120156, XXPh6284, XXPh6285 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29
Traviata (Verdi) Libiamo, libiamo (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120152
XXPh6282 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29
Traviata (Verdi) Parigi, o cara (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120163 XXPh6283
Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29
Traviata (Verdi) Pura siccome… E grave… Dite alla giovane…Imponete…
Morrò! la mia (w. Fregosi) 120186, 120186, 120187, 120187, XXPh6437, XXPh6438,
XXPh6439, XXPh6
Traviata (Verdi) Un dì felice (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120152
XXPh6286 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29
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