TERESA ARKEL (LVOV, UKRAINE 1861 –
MILAN, 1 JULY, 1929)
She studied at the Lvov Conservatory and with Luise
Dustmann in Vienna. She made her concert debut in Lvov in 1883 and her stage
debut as Valentina in Gli Ugonotti in 1884.
In 1885, she appeared successfully at the opera house
in Warsaw as Aida, Selika in Meyerbeer’s L’Africaine, and Leonora in Il
Trovatore. After returning to Lvov for the 1885-86 season, she moved to Western
Europe, performing in Vienna and Paris in 1886.
During the 1886-87 season, she was engaged by the
Prague National Theatre, and from 1887-90, she performed at the Municipal
Theatre of Hamburg. She then appeared in various prominent European opera
houses: Budapest (1888), Milan (1889), Madrid and Bilbao (1890), Odessa (1891),
Barcelona (1892), Lisbon (1893 and 1896), and again in Madrid (1894 and 1896).
In 1894, she debuted at the Teatro Colón in Buenos
Aires, performing as Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello and as Elsa in Lohengrin. She
returned to the Lvov Opera in 1898 and performed at the Warsaw Opera House in
1899. In Madrid, she was notably involved in the premiere of Emilio Serrano’s
Dona Juana la Loca.
In 1891, she made her debut at La Scala in Milan,
starting with the role of Venus in Tannhäuser alongside Hariclea Darclée. She
continued to perform there as Norma and as Desdemona in Otello in 1892. In
1897, she took part in the premiere of Alberto Franchetti’s Signor de
Pourceaugnac at La Scala, partnering with Alessandro Bonci.
In 1900, she sang Brünnhilde in Götterdämmerung at
the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa. She retired from the stage in the same year
and opened a music school in Milan. Her notable students included Claire Dux,
Lucette Korsoff, Eugenia Bronskaja, and Irene Eden.
Chronology of some appearances
1889 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Ugonotti
(Valentina)
1889 Madrid Teatro Real Ugonotti (Valentina)
1890 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Norma (Norma)
1891 Brescia Teatro Grande Norma (Norma)
1891 Odessa Teatro Municipale Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
1891 Odessa Teatro Municipale Ugonotti
(Valentina)
1891 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
1891 Milano Teatro La Scala Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
1892 Milano Teatro La Scala Norma (Norma)
1892 Milano Teatro La Scala Otello (Desdemona)
1893 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
1893 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Ugonotti
(Valentina)
1894 Buenos Ayres Teatro dell’Opera Otello
(Desdemona)
1894 Buenos Ayres Teatro dell’Opera Ugonotti
(Valentina)
1894 Montevideo Teatro Solis Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
1894 Montevideo Teatro Solis Ugonotti
(Valentina)
1901 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Ballo in
Maschera (Amelia)
1902 Madrid Teatro Reale Ballo in Maschera
(Amelia)
1902 Madrid Teatro Reale Tannhauser
(Elisabetta)
TRACKLIST
Norma (Bellini): Preghiera 53315 Con125R G&T,
Milano 1903-10
Mefistofele (Boito): Spunta l’aurora pallida 53312
Con 126R G&T, Milano 1903-10
Trovatore (Verdi) D’amor sull’ali rosee 053004
Con512R G&T, Milano 1903-10
Africana (Meyerbeer): Aria del suonno 053060
501c G&T, Milano 1905-08?
Norma (Bellini): Casta diva 053061 502c G&T,
Milano 1905-08?
Nozze di Figaro (Mozart): Porgi amor 63419 7040b
Victor, USA Milano 1905-08?
Il Pompeo (Scarlatti) Toglietemi la vita ancor 63419
7065b Victor, USA Milano 1905-08?
Tannhäuser (Wagner) Canto di venere
053059 492c Victor, USA Milano 1905-08?
Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Siccome un di 39361 Xph
409 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-10-30
Mefistofele (Boito): L’altra notte 39386 Xph 410
Fonotipia, Milano 1905-10-30
Trovatore (Verdi): D’amor sull’ali rosee 39360 Xph
411 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-10-30
Aida (Verdi): O cieli azzurri 053039 Con511R G&T,
Milano 1903-10
Wally (Catalani): Ebben? Ne andrò lontana 39447
XPh408 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-10-30
Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Quant’è bella 053062 503c
G&T, Milano 1905-08
Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) Roberto, tu che adoro
53385 2292L G&T, Milano 1904-12
Faust (Gounod) Ei m’ama 53384 2290L G&T, Milano
1904-12
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Salve d’amor 053005 Con513c
G&T, Milano 1903-10
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