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AMELITA GALLI-CURCI

AMELITA GALLI-CURCI THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 6 CDR

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AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (MILAN, ITALY, 18 NOVEMBER, 1882 – LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA, U.S. 26 NOVEMBER, 1963)         Her mother was from Spain; her paternal grandfather was a conductor and married to an opera singer. She studied piano at the Conservatory of Milan with Vincenzo Appiani from the age of 11 and completed this…

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AMELITA GALLI-CURCI (MILAN, ITALY, 18 NOVEMBER, 1882 – LA JOLLA, CALIFORNIA, U.S. 26 NOVEMBER, 1963)

 

 

 

 

Her mother was from Spain; her paternal grandfather was a conductor and married to an opera singer. She studied piano at the Conservatory of Milan with Vincenzo Appiani from the age of 11 and completed this training with her diploma in 1903. She initially became a piano teacher, but after her voice had been discovered, by the advice of Pietro Mascagni, she made her debut in 1906 at the Trani City Theater as Gilda in ”Rigoletto”. In 1909 she sang the part of Gilda in ”Rigoletto” at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome and had a spectacular success. Then she made guest appearances in Cairo and Alexandria in Egypt. As early as 1910 she received an invitation to La Scala in Milan. But when she found out that in ”La Sonnambula” instead of the main role of Amina, the direction intended for her only the role of Lisa, she canceled, and the great singer never appeared again at La Scala. This was followed by guest appearances at some of the leading Italian opera houses and a tour of South America. In November 1910, completely unknown in North America, she made her debut with sensational success at the Chicago Opera, where she made her debut ad Gilda in ”Rigoletto”. The artist suddenly became world famous; she sang in Chicago from 1916 to 1918 and made a guest appearance with the ensemble of this house in New York in 1918 (as Dinorah in the opera of the same name by Meyerbeer). She was engaged by the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1921 to 1931. Here she made her debut as Violetta in ”La Traviata”. Since then she has been considered the leading coloratura soprano of her time and hurried from triumph to triumph at the Metropolitan Opera as well as at guest performances and concerts all over the world. As a concert singer, she toured brilliantly in Canada, Australia and the Orient; In 1924 she was admired at a gala concert in London’s Albert Hall, in 1932 in South Africa, and again in England in 1934. In 1936, at the height of her career, she had to give up this because of a sore throat that could not be eliminated even by multiple operations. Her last role was Mimi in G. Puccini’s ”La Bohème” in Chicago in 1936. In 1908, she wed an Italian nobleman and painter, the Marchese Luigi Curci, attaching his surname to hers. They divorced in 1920. The Marchese Curci petitioned the papal council in Rome for an annulment of the marriage in 1922. In 1921, she married Homer Samuels, her accompanist. Their marriage lasted until Samuels’ death in 1956.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

  1. Abide with me (Monk, arr Samuels) 1194 BVE28463 Victor, USA 1925-12-22
  2. Air and variations (Deh! torna, mio bene) (Proch) 74557 C20663 Victor, USA 1917-09-13
  3. Air and variations (Proch) 6784 CVE20663 Victor, USA 1927-05-12
  4. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Una voce poco fa 7110 CVE20045 Victor, USA 1927-12-15
  5. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Una voce poco fa 74541 C20045 Victor, USA 1917-06-15
  6. Caro mio ben (Giordani) 64723 B20041 Victor, USA 1917-06-14
  7. Clari (Bishop) Home, sweet home 1355 BVE45149 Victor, USA 1928-05-16
  8. Clari (Bishop) Home, sweet home 74511 C19149 Victor, USA 1917-01-31
  9. Clavelitos (Valverde) 1440 BVE46387 Victor, USA 1928-12-12
  10. Clavelitos (Valverde) 64904 B24176 Victor, USA 1920-06-21
  11. Coppélia Waltz (Delibes) 1068 B30285 Victor, USA 1924-09-16
  12. Coq d’Or (Rimsky-Koesakov) Hymn to the sun 66069 B25549 Victor, USA 1921-09-08
  13. Crépuscule (Twilight) (Massenet) 64807 B21972 Victor, USA 1918-06-10
  14. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Ombra leggiera 74532 C20047 Victor, USA 1917-06-15
  15. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Ombra leggiera, pt 1 1174 BVE34246 Victor, USA 1925-12-28
  16. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Sì, Carina 6469 C30291 Victor, USA 1924-06-17
  17. Don César de Bazan (Massenet) Sevillana 66266 B28465 Victor, USA 1923-09-13
  18. Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Quel guardo il cavaliere 74599 C23169 Victor, USA 1919-09-23
  19. Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir (w. Schipa) 3034 B26890 Victor, USA 1924-09-18
  20. Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir (w. Schipa) 3056 BVE26890 Victor, USA 1928-09-06
  21. Echo song (Bishop) 74743 C25548 Victor, USA 1921-09-08
  22. Estrellita (Ponce) 1097 B30290 Victor, USA 1924-09-19
  23. Estrellita (Ponce) 1440 BVE46387 Victor, USA 1928-12-12
  24. Étoile du Nord (Meyerbeer) La, la, la, air chéri 7655 CVE63624 Victor, USA 1930-09-05
  25. Étoile du Nord (Meyerbeer) Veille sur eux toujours 74784 C26887 Victor, USA 1922-09-21
  26. Guajiras populares No 3 No te vayas te lo pido (trad, arr Guervos) 1097 B30286 Victor, USA 1924-06-18
  27. 28. Hamlet (Thomas) Ai vostri giochi… Ed ora a voi canterò una canzon 6562 6562 CVE34232 CVE34233 Victor, USA 1925-12-28
  28. Hijas del Zebedeo (Chapí) Carceleras 1167 BVE35445 Victor, USA 1926-05-07
  29. Io vi miro ancor (Cantata) (Scarlatti) 7658 CVE47428 Victor, USA 1928-09-05
  30. La Capinera (Benedict) 1338 BVE21961 Victor, USA 1928-05-15
  31. La Capinera (Benedict) 64792 B21961 Victor, USA 1918-06-11
  32. La danza (Rossini) VA8 BVE59731 Victor, USA 1930-03-28
  33. La Paloma (Yradier) 1338 BVE45147 Victor, USA 1928-05-16
  34. La Partida (Alvarez) 74500 C18586 Victor, USA 1916-10-30
  35. La Partida (Alvarez) 74500 C18586 Victor, USA 1917-03-05
  36. Lakmé (Delibes) Dov’è l’indiana bruna 74510 C18595 Victor, USA 1917-03-05
  37. Le Toréador (Adam) Variations on Mozart’s Ah! vous dirais-je maman 74734 C25552 Victor, USA 1921-09-08
  38. Lead, kindly light (Dykes) 1194 BVE28468 Victor, USA 1925-12-22
  39. Les filles de Cadiz (Delibes) 1524 BVE23134 Victor, USA 1930-03-31
  40. Les filles de Cadiz (Delibes) 64885 B23134 Victor, USA 1919-09-04
  41. Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) O luce di quest’anima 74812 C26889 Victor, USA 1922-09-22
  42. Little birdies (Buzzi-Peccia) 64724 B20040 Victor, USA 1917-06-14
  43. Little Dorry (Seppilli) 64749 B20662 Victor, USA 1917-09-12
  44. Lo! here the gentle lark (Bishop) 74608 C23131 Victor, USA 1919-09-04
  45. Lo, here the gentle lark (Bishop) 6924 CVE23131 Victor, USA 1928-12-11
  46. Long, long ago (Bayly) 1566 BVE45151 Victor, USA 1928-09-05
  47. Love’s old sweet song (Molloy) 1412 BVE45150 Victor, USA 1928-05-16
  48. Love’s old sweet song (Molloy) 66236 B24179 Victor, USA 1923-06-01
  49. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Caruso, Egener, Bada, de Luca & Journet) 95212 C19133 Victor, USA 1917-01-25
  50. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Homer, Gigli, Bada, de Luca & Pinza) 10012 CVE41232 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  51. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Il dolce suono 74509 C18587 Victor, USA 1917-02-01
  52. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Spargi d’amaro pianto 66125 B26595 Victor, USA 1922-09-21
  53. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Verranno a te sull’aure (w. Schipa) 8067 C30910 Victor, USA 1924-09-17
  54. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo 74786 C26598 Victor, USA 1922-09-20
  55. Mah Lindy Lou (Strickland) 1047 B30281 Victor, USA 1924-06-17
  56. Manon (Massenet) Obéissons quands leur voix appelle 66265 B28467 Victor, USA 1923-09-13
  57. Manon Lescaut (Auber) L’éclat de rire 64669 B19338 Victor, USA 1917-03-05
  58. Martha (Flotow) The Last Rose Of Summer 74536 C20042 Victor, USA 1917-06-15
  59. Martha (Flotow) The Last Rose of Summer 74536 C20042 Victor, USA 1921-09-10
  60. Messaggero amoroso (Chopin Buzzi-Peccia) 64991 B23132 Victor, USA 1919-09-03
  61. Mignon (Thomas) Io son Titania 7110 CVE22615 Victor, USA 1928-12-12
  62. Mignon (Thomas) Io son Titania 74653 C22615 Victor, USA 1919-09-04
  63. Mlle Modiste (Herbert) Kiss me again 66188 B28472 Victor, USA 1923-09-13
  64. My old Kentucky home (Foster) 1412 BVE46388 Victor, USA 1928-12-12
  65. Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Non so più cosa son 64748 B20661 Victor, USA 1917-09-12
  66. Ol’ Car’lina (Cooke) 66014 B25550 Victor, USA 1921-09-07
  67. Old folks at home (Foster) 1566 BVE63628 Victor, USA 1930-09-05
  68. Old folks at home (Foster) 66092 B26594 Victor, USA 1922-07-12
  69. Orange Blossoms (Herbert) A kiss in the dark 66187 B28464 Victor, USA 1923-09-13
  70. Parla! (Arditi) 1267 BVE38036 Victor, USA 1927-05-12
  71. Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Comme autrefois 74718 C25553 Victor, USA 1921-09-10
  72. Peer Gynt (Grieg) Solveig’s song 6924 CVE19339 Victor, USA 1928-05-16
  73. Peer Gynt (Grieg) Solveig’s song 74522 C19339 Victor, USA 1917-03-05
  74. Perle du Brésil (David) Charmant oiseau 74552 C20664 Victor, USA 1917-09-14
  75. Philémon et Baucis (Gounod) O riante nature 7658 CVE58128 Victor, USA 1930-03-28
  76. Pretty mocking bird (Bishop) 6469 C30283 Victor, USA 1924-06-18
  77. Puritani (Bellini) Qui la voce 74558 C20669 Victor, USA 1917-09-14
  78. Puritani (Bellini) Qui la voce 74558 C20669 Victor, USA 1920-06-22
  79. Puritani (Bellini) Son vergin vezzosa 74851 C28466 Victor, USA 1923-09-11
  80. Rigoletto (Verdi) Ah! veglia, o donna (w. de Luca) 3051 BVE41236 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  81. Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell’amore (w. Caruso, Perini & de Luca) 95100 C19132 Victor, USA 1917-01-25
  82. Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell’amore (w. Homer, Gigli & de Luca) 10012 CVE41233 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  83. Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro nome 7655 CVE18596 Victor, USA 1927-05-14
  84. Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro nome 7655 CVE18596 Victor, USA 1930-03-28
  85. Rigoletto (Verdi) E il sol dell’anima (w. Schipa) 3034 B30909 Victor, USA 1924-09-17
  86. Rigoletto (Verdi) E il sol dell’anima (w. Schipa) 3056 BVE30909 Victor, USA 1928-09-07
  87. Rigoletto (Verdi) Gualtier Maldé…Caro nome 74499 C18596 Victor, USA 1916-11-07
  88. Rigoletto (Verdi) Gualtier Maldé…Caro nome 74499 C18596 Victor, USA 1917-02-02
  89. Rigoletto (Verdi) Lassù in cielo (w. de Luca) 88595 C21973 Victor, USA 1918-06-11
  90. Rigoletto (Verdi) Piangi, fanciulla (w. de Luca) 3051 BVE41237 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  91. Rigoletto (Verdi) Piangi, fanciulla (w. de Luca) 87567 B21975 Victor, USA 1918-06-11
  92. Rigoletto (Verdi) Tutte le feste al tempio 74850 C28470 Victor, USA 1923-09-12
  93. Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Je veux vivre 74512 C19148 Victor, USA 1917-01-31
  94. Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Indian Merchant 1524 BVE26596 Victor, USA 1930-03-26
  95. Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Song of the Indian Merchant 66136 B26596 Victor, USA 1922-09-21
  96. Semiramide (Rossini) Bel raggio lusinghier DB812 C30905 Victor, USA 1924-09-16
  97. Sérénade (Pierné) 1058 B30284 Victor, USA 1924-06-17
  98. Serenata (Tosti) 1167 BVE34251 Victor, USA 1926-05-07
  99. Silver threads among the gold (Danks) 66235 B28471 Victor, USA 1923-09-12
  100. Sometime (Fiorito) 1144 BVE34235 Victor, USA 1925-12-24
  101. Sonnambula (Bellini) A te diletto…Come per me sereno 74644 C24177 Victor, USA 1920-06-21
  102. Sonnambula (Bellini) Ah! non credea mirarti 74538 C20048 Victor, USA 1917-06-15
  103. Sonnambula (Bellini) Ah! non giunge DB812 C30906 Victor, USA 1924-09-16
  104. Sonnambula (Bellini) Son geloso del zefiro (w. Schipa) 8067 C27994 Victor, USA 1923-06-01
  105. Sonnambula (Bellini) Sovra il sen 64918 B23170 Victor, USA 1919-09-23
  106. The gypsy and the bird (Benedict) 1267 BVE38034 Victor, USA 1927-05-12
  107. The last rose of summer (Moore) 1355 BVE45152 Victor, USA 1928-09-05
  108. The Nightingale (Alabiev) 1440 BVE40221 Victor, USA 1927-12-13
  109. Traviata (Verdi) Addio del passato 64945 B24178 Victor, USA 1920-06-21
  110. Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine (w. de Luca) 8089 CVE41235 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  111. Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine (w. de Luca) 88601 C21974 Victor, USA 1918-06-11
  112. Traviata (Verdi) È strano! È strano… Ah! fors’è lui 74594 C22613 Victor, USA 1919-03-07
  113. Traviata (Verdi) Follie! follie…Sempre libera 64820 B22614 Victor, USA 1919-03-07
  114. Traviata (Verdi) Imponete (w. de Luca) 8089 CVE41234 Victor, USA 1927-12-16
  115. Traviata (Verdi) Imponete (w. de Luca) 88596 C21976 Victor, USA 1918-06-11
  116. Traviata (Verdi) Parigi o cara (w. Schipa) 3038 B30908 Victor, USA 1924-09-17
  117. Traviata (Verdi) Parigi, o cara (w. Schipa) 3054 BVE30908 Victor, USA 1928-09-07
  118. Traviata (Verdi) Un dì felice (w. Schipa) 3038 B30907 Victor, USA 1924-09-17
  119. Traviata (Verdi) Un dì, felice (w. Schipa) 3054 BVE30907 Victor, USA 1928-09-06
  120. Trovatore (Verdi) Come d’aurato sogno…Tacea la notte placida 7652 CVE28469 Victor, USA 1930-09-05
  121. Trovatore (Verdi) Come d’aurato sogno… Tacea la notte placida DB813 C28469 Victor, USA 1923-09-13
  122. Trovatore (Verdi) Timor di me… D’amor sull’ali rosee DB813 C30297 Victor, USA 1924-09-16
  123. Villanelle (dell’Acqua) 74639 C24175 Victor, USA 1920-06-21
  124. When Chloris sleeps (Samuels) 64929 B23133 Victor, USA 1919-09-03
  125. Zémire et Azor (Grétry) La fauvette 6784 CVE40220 Victor, USA 1927-12-13

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