Description

GIUSEPPINA BALDASSARRE-TEDESCHI (TRANI, 28 OCTOBER, 1881 – ROME, 30 APRIL, 1961)

 

 

 

 

She studied at the Liceo Rossini in Pesaro under Brambilla-Ponchielli and Anna Vestri. She made her debut in 1905 at Teatro Coccia in Novara in Mascagni’s opera Iris. Until 1930, she enjoyed a successful career in prominent Italian opera theaters. In 1909, she performed as a guest at Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon, where she also participated in the premiere of Arroyo’s opera Amar de perdiça. In 1912, she appeared at Teatro Real in Madrid as Nedda in Pagliacci, and in 1914 at the Budapest State Opera. She achieved great success at Teatro Costanzi in Rome, performing in Tosca and Madame Butterfly (1915–16), returning in 1920, and again from 1925–26. During her engagements there, she appeared as Maddalena in Giordano’s Andrea Chénier, Desdemona in Verdi’s Otello, Marina in Boris Godunov, and in the title role of Catalani’s La Wally. In 1914, she took part in the premiere of Lozzi’s opera L’Elisir di vita at Teatro Comunale in Bologna. She was considered one of the leading Verismo sopranos of her generation. In 1931, she retired from performing and worked as a pedagogue in Milan. From 1936 to 1938, she served as a professor at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, where her students included notable singers Licia Albanese, Pia Tassinari, and Stella Roman.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1905 Novara Teatro Coccia Iris (Iris)

1907 Messina Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Carmen (Micaela)

1909 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Amore e Perdizione di J. Arroyo (Teresa)

1912 Madrid Teatro Reale I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga (Eva)

1914 Bologna Teatro Comunale Elisir di Vita di A. Lozzi (Lorenza)

1916 Roma Teatro Costanzi Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1918 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1920 Pesaro Teatro Rossini Iris (Iris)

1922 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Manon (Manon)

1924 Padova Teatro Garibaldi Wally (Wally)

1926 Bari Teatro Piccinni La Cena Delle Beffe (Ginevra)

1928 Cagliari     Politeama Regina Margherita La Jura di G. Gabriel

1931 Torino Eiar Il Cuore di Wanda di C. Guarino (Wanda)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Manon (Massenet) Tu! Voi!… crudele fui e spietata… La tua non e la mano (w.  Polverosi) Fonotipia 152532 Pho5512,152533 Pho5513
2. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 10301 Pathé, Milano
3. Mme Sans-Gene (Giordano) Lassu in Alsazia (w. Scampini)  10321  Pathé, Milano 1914-1916
4. Otello (Verdi) Canzone del salce 152530 Pho5504 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-12-04
5. Otello (Verdi) Gia nella notte densa (w. Scampini)  12533 86249 Pathé, Milano 1912-1913
6. Piccolo Marat (Mascagni) Duetto pt 2 and  p1 (w. Abrate) 70844, 70845 Columbia, Milano
7. Piccolo Marat (Mascagni) Io non ho fatto nulla 152520 Pho5500 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-11-30
8. Piccolo Marat (Mascagni) La mamma ritrovo 152521 Pho5501 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-11-30
9. Spusarizio ‘ncampagna  (Magliani – E. A. Mario) Homokord A-6113 Homokord
10. Tosca (Puccini) Non la sospiri la nostra casetta 152528 Pho5505 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-12-04
11. Tosca (Puccini) Trionfal di nuova speme… Amaro sol per te (w. Schipa) 86565, 86563 Pathé, Milano 1914-1916
12. Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 152529 Pho5506 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-12-04
13. Walküre (Wagner) Finale, act 1 (w. Schenone) 74230 XXPh5299 Fonotipia, Milano 1922-12-01
14. Wally (Catalani) Ebben ne Andro Lontana  69257 Xph5152 Fonotipia, Milano 1917-04-10
15. Wally (Catalani) Nè mai dunque avrò pace 69258 XPh5153 Fonotipia, Milano 1917-04-12