Clotilde Bressler-Gianoli (Contralto) (Genf, Switzerland 3. 6. 1874 † Genf, Switzerland 12. 5. 1912)

She received her education at the Conservatoire de Musique de Genève, then studied singing in Milan with the pedagogues Sangiovanni, Giacosa and Ronconi.  She made her debut in 1890 at the Opera-Comique as Carmen in ‘’Carmen’’ of C. Saint-Saëns. She also appeared at the opera houses of Bordeaux and Lyon. She died at the age of 38 by a sepsis after an appendix perforation. She made only 3 recordings.

Chronology of some appearances

1900 Paris Opera-Comique Carmen (Carmen)

1904 London Covent Garden Carmen (Carmen)

1906 Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie La Walkyrie (Fricka)

1906 Manhattan Opera Carmen (Carmen)

1908 Manhattan Opera Louise (La mère)

1910 Paris Grand Opera Pelléas et Mélisande  (Geneviève)

1910 Chicago Civil Opera  Louise (La mère)

1910 Chicago Civil Opera  Faust (Marthe)

1911 Philadelphia Metropolitan Thaïs (Albine)

1911 Philadelphia Metropolitan Faust (Marthe)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Odeon, Bruxelles 1906/1907
Carmen (Bizet): En vain pour éviter (Air des cartes) X36708 XF657 XF658
Carmen (Bizet): Les tringles des sistres tintaient (Chanson bohème) X36688 XF661 

Alfred Galand (Tenor)

He made his début at the Opéra-Comique as Walter in Jules Barbier’s "Amoureux de Catherine" (1888). His repertoire included Gérald in ‘’Lakme’’, Wilhelm Meister in ‘’Mignon’’ and Rodolphe in ‘’La Traviata’’. In 1895 he appeared at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo as Fernand in ‘’La Favorite’’ opposite Deschamps-Jehin and Melchissèdec. He made 8 recordings for Odeon, Semeuse and Idéal.

Chronology of some appearances

1888 Paris Opéra-Comique Amoureux de Catherine (Walter)

1895 Opéra de Monte-Carlo La Favorite (Fernand)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Odeon, Paris
L'Étoile d'Amour (Paul Delmet) A. 73012

Paolo Silveri (Baritone) (Ofena, 28 dicembre 1913 – Roma, 3 luglio 2001)

He began his education with Perugini in Milan, then studied singing under Riccardo Stracciari at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia. He made his debut in 1939 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Hans Schwarz in R. Wagner’s ‘’I maestri cantori di Norimberga’’. His real debut was happened as baritone in 1944 at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma as Germont in ‘’La Traviata’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1939 Roma Teatro dell'Opera I maestri cantori di Norimberga (Hans Schwarz)

1940 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Guglielmo Tell (Melchtal)

1940 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Conchita  (Tonio/Sereno)

1941 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Siberia (governatore)

1942 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Orsèolo (vecchio senatore/3°servo)

1943 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Khovanshcina (2°strelez/pastore)

1944 Roma Teatro dell'Opera La Traviata (Germont)

1945 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Falstaff (Ford)

1949 Milano La Scala Trovatore (count di Luna)

1949 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Il candeliere (presidente)

1949 Milano La Scala Favorita (Alfonso)

1950 Milano La Scala I Puritani (Sir Riccardo-Richard Forth)

1953 Firenze Teatro Comunale Trovatore (conte di Luna)

1953 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Otello (Jago)

1955 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Il principe Igor (Igor)

1956 Parma Teatro Regio Otello (Jago)

1956 Roma Teatro dell'Opera La fiamma (Basilio)

1968 Budapest Hungarian State Opera House Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Columbia, London 1946-09-11
Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Eri tu DX1367 CAX9696
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Largo al factotum DX1432 CAX9698

Columbia, London 1947-06-11
Rigoletto (Verdi): Cortigiani vil razza dannata DX1432 CAX9693

Columbia, London 1947-11-27
Rigoletto (Verdi): Pari siamo! DX1461 CAX10140
Trovatore (Verdi): Tutto è deserto... Il balen DX1461 CAX10141

Columbia, London 1948-02-03
Traviata (Verdi): Di Provenza il mar DX1483 CAX10167
Faust (Gounod): Dio possente DX1483 CAX10166
Tu, ca nun chaigne (de Curtis) DB2407 CA20659

Columbia, London 1948-05-25
Favorita (Donizetti): Vien Leonora DB2428 CA20765
Don Carlo (Verdi): O Carlo, ascolta DX1521 CAX10272
Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Nemico della patria DX1521 CAX10271

Columbia, London 1948-11-25
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): All' idea di quel metallo with Luigi Infantino LX1157 CAX10375
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Dunque? All' opra with Luigi Infantino LX1157 CAX10376

Columbia, London 1948-11-26
Santa Lucia luntana (Mario) DX1565 CAX10380

Columbia, London 1948-12-06
Forza del destino (Verdi): Morir!... Urna fatale LX1359 CAX10391

 

Irene von Chavanne (Contralto) (18. April 1863 in Graz; † 26. Dezember 1938 in Dresden)

First she wanted to become a pianist, but her piano teacher W. A. Remy discovered her vocal talent and encouraged her to study singing. Her education was financed by empress Elisabeth von Österreich. She studied singing with Johannes Ress in Vienna, then she became a pupil of Désirée Artôt de Padilla in Paris. She completed her education under Paschalis-Souvestre in Dresden and made her debut in 1885 at the Hofoper in Dresden as Orsini in ‘’Lucrezia Borgia’’ of G. Donizetti and remained during her whole career there. She made guest appearances in Vienna (1890), Leipzig (1890), Berlin (1908). Her repertoire included Azucena in ‘’Il Trovatore’’, Amneris in ‘’Aida’’, Carmen, Brangäne in ‘’Tristan und Isolde’’, Ortrud in ‘’Lohengrin’’. In 1915 she retired from the stage and became an honorary member of the Dresden Opera.

Chronology of some appearances (Opera premieres)

1892 Dresden Hofoper Herrat  by Felix Draeseke

1892 Dresden Hofoper Frauenlob  by Reinhold Becker

1896 Dresden Hofoper Odysseus Heimkehr by August Bungert

1898 Dresden Hofoper Kirke  by August Bungert

1900 Dresden Hofoper Samson et of Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns

1901 Dresden Hofoper Dresden Hofoper Feuersnot by Richard Strauss

1901 Dresden Hofoper Nausikaa by August Bungert

1901 Dresden Hofoper Manru by Ignacy Paderewski

1903 Dresden Hofoper Odysseus Tod  by August Bungert

1903 Dresden Hofoper Alpenkönig und Menschenfeind by Leo Blech

1905 Dresden Hofoper Salome (Herodias) by Richard Strauss 

RECORDING FOR SALE

Gramophone, Dresden 1908
Fang', mein süsses Herzenkindchen (Mendelssohn) with Nast 2-44437 5068r 

Giampiero Malaspina (Baritone) (? 1916 - ?)

He studied singing at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia di Roma and made his debut in 1944 in Milan as Marcello in G. Puccini’s ‘’La Bohème’’. 

Chronology of some appearances

1951 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Lohengrin (Telramondo)

1952 Parma Teatro Regio Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1953 Firenze Teatro Comunale La figlia del re  (Tahana)

1954 Roma Teatro dell'Opera I cavalieri di Ekebù  (Cristiano)

1958 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Vergilii Aeneis (Enea)

1958 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Pagliacci (Tonio)

1969 Torino Teatro Nuovo Khovanshcina (boiardo Sciakloviti)

1970 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Don Tartufo Bacchettone (Berlingaccio)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Columbia, Milano?
Gioconda (Ponchielli): O monumento GQX11307 CBX1637
Otello (Verdi): Credo CBX1634
Non t'amo più (Tosti) GQX11122

Columbia, London 1948
Tosca (Puccini): Tre sbirri DX1514 CAX10293
Tosca (Puccini): Tosca è un buon falco DX1514 CAX10294
Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Nemico della patria GQX11301 CAX10292

Columbia, London 1949-06-07
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Pescator, affonda l'esca GQX11301 CAX10542
Fenesta che lucive (trad) DX1619 CAX10543
L'ultima canzone (Tosti) DX1619 CAX10544

Cetra, 1952-05-05
Macbeth (Verdi): Pietà, rispetto, amore RO30006 55098FC
Nabucco (Verdi): Dio di Giuda RO30006 55099FC

Katharina Fleischer-Edel (Soprano) (Mülheim an der Ruhr 27 September 1873 † Dresden 18 July 1928)

She studied at the conservatoire of Cologne, then in Dresden under August Iffert and made her debut in 1894 at the Hofoper of Dresden in ‘’Freischütz’’. After three-year-old activity in Dresden she was engaged in 1897 by Bernhard Pollini to appear at the Stadttheater of Hamburg, where she made her debut as Agathe in ‘’Freischütz’’. Till 1917 she appeared at this opera house with great success. After her retirement, she taught singing in Dresden. Her repertoire included Senta in ‘’Fliegenden Holländer’’, Euryanthe of Weber, Desdemona in ‘’Otello’’, Marie in ‘’Waffenschmied’’ of Lortzing, ‘’Trompeter von Säckingen’’ of Nessler and Pamina in ‘’Zauberflöte’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1894 Dresden Hofoper Freischütz (Brautjungfer/Debut)

1897-1917 Hamburg Stadttheater Freischütz (Agathe/Debut)

1900 München Hofoper

1900 Köln Opernhäus

1901 München Hofoper

1901 Wien Hofoper

1903 Paris Théâtre Sarah Bernhard La damnation de Faust (Marguerite)

1904 Bayreuth festival Tannhäuser (Elisabeth/Debut)

1904 Hamburg Stadttheater Der Kobold (Premiere)

1904 Stockholm Royal Opera

1904 Prague German Theater

1904 Karlsruhe Hoftheater

1905 Hamburg Stadttheater Bruder Lustig (Premiere)

1905-1907 London Covent Garden Walküre (Sieglinde)/Meistersingern (Eva)/ Tannhäuser (Elisabeth)

1905 Zurich Stadttheater

1906 Prague German Theater

1906 Mannheim Hoftheater

1906 Bayreuth festival Tristan und Isolde (Brangäne)

1906-1907 New York Metropolitan Opera Tannhäuser (Elisabeth/Debut)

1907 Bremen Stadttheater

1907 Wien Volksoper

1908 Hamburg Stadttheater Sternengebot (Premiere)

1908 Bayreuth festival Lohengrin (Elsa)

1910 Leipzig Opernhäus

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Odeon, Berlin 1907-06-25
Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Traft ihr das Schiff X50421 xB3066
Fliegende Holländer (Wagner): Bei bösem Wind X50422  xB3067
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Dich teure Halle X50407 xB3068
Tannhäuser (Wagner): Gebet der Elisabeth X50408 xB3069

Avrelia-Cecilia Dobrovolskaya (Soprano) (Kiev, Ukraine 22.11 (4. 12).1881 - Kirov, Russia 3. 12. 1942)

From 1908 to 1909 and in 1913 she studied singing in Paris under Mathilde Marchesi, then perfected her vocal in Milano with P. Vidal. She made her debut in 1902 at the Private Opera House of Solodovnikov in Moscow as Tatiana in P. Tchaikovsky’s ‘’Eugene  Onegin’’. She made guest appearances in Nizhny Novgorod (1904, 1907), Ostashkov (1907), St. Petersburg (1906), Kazan (1909), Kharkov (1910, 1922), Paris, London (1914), Baku (1922) and Odessa (1923-1924). In 1903 she created for Moscow the part of Sophie in the premiere of J. Massenet’s opera ‘’Werther’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1902 Moscow Private Opera House of Solodovnikov

1903 Moscow Theater Akvarium

1904 St. Petersburg Theater Hermitage

1905 St. Ptersburg Mariinsky Theater

1906 St. Petersburg New Theater

1907 St. Ptersburg New Summer Theater

1907-1910 Moscow S. Zimin’s Opera Theater

1910-1919 Moscow Bolshoi Theater

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Zonophone, Moscow 1908
Rigoletto (Verdi): E il sol dell’anima with Karenzin as Ivanov X-64244
Traviata (Verdi): Brindisi with Karenzin as Ivanov & chorus X-64246
Nero (Rubinstein): Cradle song as Volskaya, with Ratmirova X-64443

Alfred Piccaver (Tenor) (February 5, 1883 Long Sutton, England - September 23, 1958 Vienna, Austria)

His voice was discovered in Tirol by Angelo Neumann, who engaged him to appear at the Deutsche Theater in Prague. In 1907 he made his debut there as Roméo in ‘’Roméo et Juliette’’ by C. Gounod. After his stage debut he trained under Prochazková-Neumannová in Prague and with Rosario in Milan.  In Prague the famous baritone Mattia Battistini recognized his talent and insisted on the fact, that Piccaver should become his partner in ‘’Rigoletto’’ and ‘’Ballo in maschera’’. In 1910, together with Mattia Battistini, he came to Vienna, where he was so successful, that he was engaged in 1912 by the Staatsoper of Vienna. Here, as a partner of Maria Jeritza, he appeared in 1913 in the première of G. Puccini’s ‘’La Fanciulla del West‘’, later he sang also in the Viennese première of ‘’Il Tabarro’’. Till 1937 he performed as the famed first tenor at the Staatsoper in Vienna. He had an effortless top to his voice and a beautiful middle, qualities that Piccaver would safeguard to compulsion. He was apt to cancel a performance if, he thought, during the course of warming up, that his middle register was not 100 percent to his satisfaction. One critic observed, "Piccaver has already arranged all his indispositions a year ahead." Almost annually he guested at the Staatsoper in Berlin (debut as Fenton in "Lustigen Weibern von Windsor" by Nicolai). In 1924 he sang at the Covent Garden in London (as Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’ and Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’). At the Salzburg festival he sang in 1927 the part of Don Ottavio in ‘’Don of Giovanni’’ and Florestan in ‘’Fidelio’’. In the 1923-1925 seasons Piccaver appeared at the Chicago Civil Opera. Shortly before outbreak of the Second World War he left Vienna and worked till 1955 as a concert singer and later as vocal pedagogue in London, then came back to Vienna and as a guest took part in the opening of the Vienna Staatsoper (1955). He remained educationally active up to his death in Vienna.

Chronology of some appearances

1907 Prague Deutsche Theater Romeo et Juliette (Romeo)
1913 Vienna Staatsoper La Fanciulla del West (Johnson)
1914 Vienna Hofoperntheater Parsifal (Parsifal)
1923 Chicago Civil Opera Rigoletto (Duke)
1924 London Covent Garden Rigoletto (Duke)
1924 London Covent Garden Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1926 Vienna Staatsoper Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Odeon, Berlin 1912-06?
Favorita (Donizetti) Spirito gentil Odeon 99935 xB5656
Carmen (Bizet) Blumenarie 99929 xB5664
Faust (Gounod) Gegrüßt sei mir 80334 xxB5662
Martha (Flotow) Ach so fromm 99931 xB5660-2

Odeon, Berlin 1914
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Auf zu dir, verklärter Engel (Tu che a Dio) 76953 xxB6155
Africaine (Meyerbeer) Land so wunderbar (Pays merveilleux) 76963 xxB6167
Aida (Verdi) Holde Aida (Celeste Aida) 76956 xxB6161
Ballo in maschera (Verdi) O sag, wenn ich fahr' 76955 xxB6160
Bohème (Puccini) Wie eiskalt ist dies Händchen (Che gelida manina)  80333 xxB6177
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) O Lola rosengleich 99937 xB6158
Don Sebastiano (Donizetti) Einsam auf Erden (Deserto in terra) 76962 xxB6166
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti) Heimlich aus ihrem Auge (Una furtiva lagrima) 6964 xxB6168
Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Lasset sie glauben 99939 xB6175
Favorita (Donizetti) Es war eine holde Unbek. (Una vergine) 76958 xxB6162
Gioconda (Ponchielli) Himmel und Meer (Cielo e mar) 76954 xxB6159
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Leb' wohl 76965 xxB6170
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Leb' wohl  80337 xxB6170
Manon (Massenet) Flieh, o flieh, holdes Bild (Ah, fuyez, douce image) 76968 xxB6173
Manon (Massenet) Ich schloß die Augen 99938 xB6174
Mignon (Thomas) Leb' wohl Mignon 76961 xxB6165
Mignon (Thomas) Wie ihre Unschuld 76960 xxB6164
Rigoletto (Verdi) O wie so trügerisch (La donna è mobile) 98101 xB5658
Rigoletto (Verdi) Parmi veder le lagrime 99930 xB5663
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Ach, gehe auf 99928 xB5665
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Gegrüßt, o Grab 80345 xxB6163
Tosca (Puccini) Und es blitzten die Sterne 99927 xB5666
Tosca (Puccini) Wie sich die Bilder gleichen 99936 xB6157
Traviata (Verdi) Ach ihres Auges Zauberblick (De miei bollenti spiriti) 76957 xxB6156
Werther (Massenet) O wie süß, hier zu weilen 80352 xxB6171
Werther (Massenet) Was, bin ich aufgewacht 80353 xxB6172

Odeon, Wien 1920-07-06/15
Bohème (Leoncavallo) Io non ho che una povera stanzetta 80332 xxB6518
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Addio alla madre 80325 xxB6532
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Brindisi 99942 xB6540-2
Contes d'Hoffmann (Offenbach) Ha, wie in meiner Seele 76989 xxB6521
Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Com'è gentil 76805 xxB6534
Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky) Wohin seid ihr entschwunden 80336 xxB6530
Fedora (Giordano) Amor ti vieta  99945 xB6543-2
Forza del destino (Verdi) O, tu che in seno 76818 xxB6538
Ideale (Tosti) 80351 xxB6517
Je t'aime (Massenet) 80357 xxB6524
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Ah, Manon, mi tradisce 80343 xxB6535
Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Donna non vidi mai 80342 xxB6536
Mattinata (Leoncavallo) 98104 xB6541
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Recitar!... Vesti la giubba  80324 xxB6527-2
Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Mi par d'udir 80350 xxB6523
Pour un baiser (Tosti) 76987 xxB6519
Silvana (Weber) So soll denn dieses Herz nie Ruhe finden 76802 xxB6531
The Lord is my Light (Allitson) 76992 xxB6525
Torna a Surriento (de Curtis)  98105 xB6545

Vox, Berlin 1921-12-09? (date on test pressings)
Africaine (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 03019 92A
Carmen (Bizet) La fleur 03026 99A
Carmen (Bizet) La fleur 03019 99A
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima 03361 102½A
Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 03018 91A
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba 03023 100A
Rigoletto (Verdi) Ella mi fu rapita 03021 94A
Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 03023 96A
Rigoletto (Verdi) Parmi veder le lagrime 03022 95A
Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella  03020 93A
Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle  03025 98A
Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 03024  97A
Trovatore (Verdi) Ah si ben mio 03023 101A

Polydor, Berlin 1923-07?
Addio (Tosti) Polydor 72884 1389as
Africaine (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 72879 1371as
Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida 72881 1376as
Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina 72880 1377as
Bohème (Puccini) O soave fanciulla with Angerer  (J25037) 1475BM I
Bohème (Puccini) Sono andati with Angerer (J25036)  1474BM I
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Addio alla madre 72880 1374as
Don Sebastiano (Donizetti) Deserto in terra 72877 1373as
Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 72877 1369as
Ideale (Tosti) 70711 2592ar
Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Am stillen Herd 72883 1379as
Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner) Preislied 76547 1378as
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) No Pagliaccio non son 72882 1390as
Rigoletto (Verdi) Ella mi fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime 72881 1384as

Polydor, Berlin 1923-09?
Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Forse la soglia attinse 76535 1410as
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Addio fiorito asil 72882 1416as

Polydor, Berlin 1928
Fanciulla del West (Puccini) Ch'ella mi creda 35073 1031bm
Faust (Gounod) Es ist schon spät with Angerer (B25192) 1480BM I
Faust (Gounod) O Mondenschein with Angerer (B25193) 1481BM I
Lohengrin (Wagner) Das süsse Lied verhallt with Angerer 1477BM I (B25175)
Lohengrin (Wagner) Wenn ich im Kampfe with Angerer 66833 1476BM I
Kashmiri love song (Woodforde-Finden) 66772 1044bm
Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Non ve l'avevo detto... Addio fiorito asil with Scheidl 35073 1032bm
Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle 66770 1041bm
Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 66770 1040bm

Polydor, Berlin 1929
Di te (Tirindelli) 90150 1920BK I
Lohengrin (Wagner) In fernem Land   B22462 1613BM I
Lohengrin (Wagner) Mein lieber Schwan (B22463) 1614BM I
Requiem (Verdi) Ingemisco J22214 1616BM I

Polydor, Berlin 1930
Fidelio (Beethoven) In des Lebens Frühlingstagen 95482 231BV I
Fidelio (Beethoven) Und spür ich nicht linde, sanft säuselnde Luft 95482 232BV I
The rosary (Nevin) 35070 227BV I
Turandot (Puccini) Nessun dorma 35067 230BV I
Turandot (Puccini) Non piangere Liù 35067 1033bm

Decca, London 1931-01-19 (1932?)
At dawning (Cadman) M419 3836-2DJ

Decca, London 1932-05-18/19
Haunting perfume (Tucker) M424 4288-3DJ
Homing (del Riego) M427 4286-2DJ
I hear you calling me (Marshall) M427 4294-1DJ
The minstrel (Easthope) M435 4304-1DJ
Until (Sanderson) M426 4292-3DJ
Zinetta (Geehl) M431 4306-1DJ

Decca, Londeon 1933-05-18/19
Beauty's eyes (Tosti-Weatherley) M454 5888-1D
Dreams (Gideon-Eyton) Decca 5893-1D
Love sends a little gift of roses (Openshaw) M454 5886-11D
Your eyes have told me so (Blaufuss-Kahn) M445 5889-1D

Brunswick, London 1939-03-08
I'm in love with Vienna (Strauss-Hammerstein) 02750 DR3477
Magyar Melody (Posford-Maschwitz) Mine alone 02742 DR3365-1
Penny Serenade (Wersmer-Halifax) 02724 DR3363-1

Brunswick, London 1939-10-27
God send you back to me (Adams) 02869 DR3978-1
There'll always be an England (Parker-Charles) DR3977-1 02869
Yours for a song (Rose-Suesse-Fetter) 02878 DR3976-1

Decca, London 1940-05-10
A kiss in the dark (Herbert-de Sylva) F7544 DR4655
Thanks for your love (Chappelle-North) F7492 DR4653
Tristesse (Chopin-Miller) F7492 DR4652

Decca, London 1941-06-10
A little love, a little kiss (Silesu) F7973 DR5855
Liebestraum (Lipton-Liszt-Schipa) F8153 DR5856
Somewhere a voice is calling (Tate) F7973 DR5854-1
 

Sarah Fidelia Solari (Soprano) (Livorno, Italia 1884 - ?)

Her older sister was the famous soprano Francisca Solari (1881-1969). She made her debut at the Teatro Sociale in Schio as Norina in ‘’Don Pasquale’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1911 Bologna Comunale Arianna e Barbablu (Igrana)

1911 Parma Teatro Regio Boris Godunov (Marina)

1912 Parma Teatro Regio Carmen (Micaela)

1912 Parma Teatro Regio Mefistofele (Margherita)

1921 Bologna Teatro Comunale  I quatro rusteghi (Felice)

1921 Parma Teatro Regio I quatro rusteghi (Felice)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Edison, Milano
Carmen (Bizet): Io dico no, non son paurosa 44771 test, unpubl.


Gramophone, Milano 1914-04-04
Parsifal (Wagner): Cibate il pen (w. chorus) 053332 755m