Description

ELEONORA DE CISNEROS (NEW YORK, 13 OCTOBER, 1878 – NEW YORK, 3 FEBRUARY, 1934)

Born in New York City as Eleanora Broadfoot, she received her earliest education at St. Agnes Seminary in Brooklyn. She studied singing under Mme. Murio Celli in New York, and made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in 1899. In 1901 she married Count François G. de Cisneros, a Cuban journalist. Between 1900 and 1906 she sang in more than 40 operatic roles in Rome, Milan, Madrid, Lisbon, Vienna, St. Petersburg, London, Rio de Janeiro, Sydney and Melbourne. In 1907 she was Oscar Hammerstein’s leading mezzo soprano at the Manhattan Opera House, New York. In 1910 she joined the Chicago Opera Company. During World War I she was a major promoter of liberty bonds.

Chronology of some appearances

Amneris 1/20/1911, 1/27/1911, Azucena 1/28/1911, Amneris 2/15/1911, Azucena 2/27/1911, Amneris 3/4/1911, role unknown 3/25/1911, Brangäne 2/23/1912, Ortrud 2/29/1912, Amneris 3/8/1912, Ortrud 3/15/1912, Brangäne 3/22/1912, Amneris 3/25/1912, 10/31/1912, 11/8/1912, 11/11/1912, La reine Gertrude 11/13/1912, 11/19/1912, Brangäne 11/20/1912, Fricka 2/13/1913, Marion 2/21/1913, 2/24/1913, 2/25/1913, Ortrud 12/10/1921, 12/1/1922 (in Filadelfia).

              TRACKLIST

1. A dream (Bartlett) 80042 613 Edison, New York 1912
2. Answer (Probyn) 59060 5186 Pathé, New York 1917?
3. Aida (Verdi) Fu la sorte dell’armi a’tuoi funesta… Pietà ti prenda  (w. White) Unpubl. 182-A, 182-B Edison, London 1910-08
4. Ben Bolt (Kneass) 80066 601 Edison, New York 1912
5. Carmen (Bizet) All’udir del sistro il suon 82520 2211 Edison New York 1913
6. Carmen (Bizet) Canzone boema A5653 37117 Columbia, New York 1914-10/11
7. Carmen (Bizet) Habanera 10198 Columbia, Milano 1904
8. Don Carlo (Verdi) O don fatale A5626 37077 Columbia, New York 1914-10/11
9. Faust (Gounod) Faites-lui mes aveux 82519 2133-B Edison, New York 1913
10. Favorita (Donizetti) O mio Fernando 10197 Columbia, Milano 1904
11. Favorita (Donizetti) O mio Fernando A5653 37076 Columbia, New York 1914-10/11
12. Favorita (Donizetti) O mio Fernando… Su, crudeli, e chi v’arresta Unpubl. 606-A, 606-B Edison, New York 1911-04-11
13. From the land of the sky-blue water (Cadman) 59021 Pathé, New York 1916
14. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Voce di donna A5640 37075 Columbia, New York 1914-10/11
15. Home sweet home (Bishop) BA 28145 Edison New York 1912