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. How can I leave thee (Cramer) B 20291 Pathé, New York 1917
2. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Nobil signori A5626 37078 Columbia, New York 1914-10/11
3. I’ll sing thee songs of Araby (Clay) 59085 Pathé, New York 1917
4. Juanita (Morton) 59074 Pathé, New York 1917
5. O wert thou in the cauld blast (Mendelssohn) 28040 BA 28180 Edison, New York 1912
6. Orfeo (Gluck) Che farò senza Euridice A5640 37098 Columbia, New York 1914-1011
7. Remembrance (Hamblen) 59021 Pathé, New York 1916
8. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Mon coeur s’ouvre 82518 2210-F Edison, New York 1913
9. Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saëns) Printemps qui commence 82529 2209-A Edison, New York 1913
10. Semiramide (Rossini) Ah, quel giorno 82521 2212 Edison, New York 1913
11. Still wie die Nacht (Bohm) 2213 Edison, New York 1913
12. The rosary (Nevin) 59060 Pathé, New York 1917
13. Tristan und Isolde (Wagner) Wachtlied 59016 Pathé, New York 1916
14. Trovatore (Verdi) Ah, tu de’ vivere (w. Albani) 84514 Pathé, Milano 1907?
15. Trovatore (Verdi) Ai nostri monti (w. Albani) 84512 Pathé, Milano 1907?
16. Trovatore (Verdi) Stride la vampa 82523 2128 Edison, New York 1913
17. Trovatore (Verdi) Stride la vampa 4365, 10103 Pathé, Paris 1904/1905
18. Walküre (Wagner) Ho-jo-to-ho 59016 Pathé, New York 1916