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BERNICE DE PASQUALI (BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 7,
1880 – NEW YORK CITY, APRIL 3, 1925)
Her real name was Bernice James. She was born in Boston and is a
member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Practically all of her
musical training was received in New York City where she became a pupil of
Oscar Saenger. She made her debut in Milan (1900) as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’. She
married Italian tenor Pietro de Pasquali who put together his own opera troupe,
which included his wife as principal soprano. They toured the United States.
Her Metropolitan Opera debut (1909) came when she replaced an ill Marcella
Sembrich as Susanna in a performance of ‘’Le Nozze di Figaro’’. She
remained at that House until 1917 as a principal coloratura soprano. For a
performance of ‘’Aida’’ (15 Jan 1910) she appeared as the Priestess
under the pseudonym of Emma Laurier, a practice that singers applied when they
chose not to have a billing. She sang for the Prince of Wales in Quebec in
1908, and appeared at the 1916 Pan American Exposition in San Diego. Her
successes, however, are not limited to America as she has appeared in Mexico,
Cuba, South Africa and Europe, in many places receiving great ovations. Her
voice is a clear, high, flexible soprano, equally fine for concert or opera.
Her husband, Signor Pasquali, made a lifetime study of the principles of the
“Bel Canto” school of singing, and the following conference is the result of
long experiment and study in the esthetic, philosophical and physiological
factors in the most significant of the so-called methods of voice training.
While working the Orpheum vaudville circuit in Omaha, Nebraska, she developed
double pneumonia and died there 2 weeks later.
Chronology of some appearances
1906 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1906 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Linda di Chamonix (Linda)
1906 Livorno Teatro Goldoni Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1906 Vicenza Teatro Verdi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1906 Vicenza Teatro Verdi Don Pasquale (Norina)
1906 Pisa Politeama Linda di Chamonix (Linda)
1906 Pisa Politeama Puritani (Elvira)
1906 Livorno Teatro Goldoni Puritani (Elvira)
1906 Modena Teatro Storchi Puritani (Elvira)
1906 Modena Teatro Storchi Traviata (Violetta)
1907 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Puritani (Elvira)
1907 Alessandria Teatro Finzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1907 Nice Jetee Promenade Don Pasquale (Norina)
1907 Nice Jetee Promenade Puritani (Elvira)
1907 Nice Jetee Promenade Rigoletto (Gilda)
1907 Marsiglia Casinò de la Plague
Puritani (Elvira)
1908 Città del Messico Teatro Virginia Fabregas Barbiere di
Siviglia (Rosina)
1908 Città del Messico Teatro Virginia Fabregas Boheme
(Mimi)
1908 Città del Messico Teatro Virginia
Fabregas Rigoletto (Gilda)
1908 New York Teatro Metropolitan Carmen (Carmen)
1908 New York Teatro Metropolitan Traviata (Violetta)
1909 New York Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1909 Philadelphia Teatro Metropolitan Don
Pasquale (Norina)
1909 Philadelphia Teatro Metropolitan Pagliacci
(Nedda)
1909 New York Teatro Metropolitan Don Pasquale (Norina)
1910 New York Teatro Metropolitan Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rosina)
1910 New York Teatro Metropolitan Don Pasquale (Norina)
1911 New York Teatro Metropolitan Pagliacci (Nedda)
1915 Havana Teatro Nacional Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
1915 Havana Teatro Nacional Rigoletto (Gilda)
TRACKLIST
Call me no more (Cadman) A1446 39079 Columbia, New York 1913-10-31
Carmen (Bizet) I say to the dread that assails me 36911 D17725
Columbia, New York 1914-03
Contes d’Hoffmann (Offenbach) Barcarole (w. de Segurola) A1214 19860
Columbia, New York 1912-04-19
Faust (Gounod) Jewel song 13367 Edison 2-min cylinders, London 1906
Linda di Chamonix (Donizetti) O luce di quest anima 30880 A5350
Columbia, New York 1911-10-30
Lo! here the gentle lark (Bishop) 36826 L1098 Columbia, New York
1913-1011
Low back’d car (Lover) A1179 19709 Columbia, New York 1912-01-05
Mary (Richardson) A5612 36983 Columbia, New York 1914-05-28
Mignon (Thomas) Leggiadre rondinelle (w. de Segurola) A1215 19876
Columbia, New York 1912-04-30
O dolce contento (Dronet) A 5580 36811 Columbia, New York 1913-1011
Perle de Brazil Thou brillant Bird (David) A 5350 30875 Columbia, New
York 1911-10-27
Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro Nome A 5580 36973 Columbia, New York 1914-05
Ruy Blas (Marchetti) Duo (w. P de Pasquali) 54010 2027b G&T,
London 1902
Swiss echo song (Eckert) A5612 36984 Columbia, New York 1914-05-28
The last dance (Ware) A1446 39071 Columbia, New York 1913-10-27
Will o’ the wisp (Spross) A1179 19714 Columbia, New York 1912-01-08
Within a mile o’ Edinboro’ Town (trad) 6673 Edison Bell cylinders, London 1906
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