She was trained at the Accademia di Santa
Cecilia in Roma under Alessandro Maggi and Ibilda Brizzi. She made her debut as
soprano in 1911 at Viterbo. Then she retrained and made her debut as
mezzo-soprano in 1913 at the Teatro Costanzi in Roma as Ulrica in G. Verdi’s ‘’Un
Ballo in maschera’’. The same year she appeared there in the premiere of the
opera ‘’La Leggenda delle sette Torri’’ by Alberto Gasco. Now she had a
successful career in Italy and Spain. In 1914 she sang at the Teatro Regio of Torino
in the premiere of the opera ‘’Francesca da Rimini’’ by R. Zandonai. In the 1919-1920
season she appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York (debut: Amneris in ‘’Aida’’),
where she also sang the part of Isabella in ‘’L'Italiana in Algeri’’. In 1920,
during a guest performance in Havana, she sang the part of Amneris opposite
Enrico Caruso and while she stood in the second act a bomb exploded in the
auditorium. In the 1920-1921 season she performed with success at the Chicago
Opera, in the 1921-1922 season at the Teatro Costanzi in Roma as Carmen and Dalila.
Since 1918 almost annually she appeared as a guest at the Teatro Colón of
Buenos Aires, where she was highly
acclaimed, among other things as Carmen, Mignon, Amneris, Dalila in ’’Samson et
Dalila’’ and as Glorianda in the premiere of the opera ‘’Jacquerie’’ of G. Marinuzzi (11. 8. 1918). She had similar
success in other operatic theaters of South America, above all at the Opera House
of Rio de Janeiro, where she appeared from 1922 to 1935. In the 1923-1924
season she performed at the Teatro alla Scala as Orpheus and Amneris, in 1932
as Carmen and Mignon. In 1939 she retired from the stage appearing for the last
time during the festival of the Terme de Caracalla in Roma as Carmen. She lived
temporarily in Rio de Janeiro. Later she taught singing in Roma.
Chronology of some appearances
1911 Viterbo Teatro Norma (Adalgisa)
1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Un
Ballo in maschera (Ulrica)
1919-1920 New York Metropolitan Opera Aida (Amneris)
1920 Havana Opera Aida (Amneris)
1921-1922 Roma Teatro Costanzi Carmen (Carmen)
Victrola, Camden NJ 1920-03-09
Trovatore (Verdi): Stride la vampa 64875 B23581
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Voce di donna 64876 B23583
Victrola, Camden NJ 1920-03-11
Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns): S'apre per te 64877 B23584
Victrola, Camden NJ 1921-03-02
Favorita (Donizetti): O mio Fernando 74680 C24959
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