Description

CAROLINA WHITE (BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, U.S, 23 MAY, 1886 – ROME, ITALY, 5 OCTOBER, 1961)

She made her operatic debut (1908) as Gutrune in ‘’Götterdämmerung’’ at the Teatro San Carlo (Naples). She was Minnie in the first performance of ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’ at the Chicago Opera. There she sang Maliella in the American premiere of ‘’I Gioielli della Madonna’’. After 1914 she was seen mostly in operettas and concert appearances. In 1918 she appeared with Enrico Caruso in the silent film, ‘’My Cousin Caruso’’.

Chronology of some appearances

Aida 1/20/1911, Minnie Falconer 1/23/1911, Santuzza 1/30/1911, Minnie Falconer 2/3/1911, La contessa Susanna 3/14/1911, 3/25/1911, 3/28/1911, 3/29/1911, 3/30/1911, La contessa d’Almaviva 11/4/1911, 11/9/1911, Santuzza 11/11/1911, Maliella 2/14/1912, Giulietta 2/16/1912, Maliella 2/22/1912, Barbara 2/24/1912, La contessa Susanna 2/27/1912, 2/28/1912, Maliella 3/1/1912, La contessa Susanna 3/2/1912, Maliella 3/5/1912, Giulietta 3/6/1912, Aida 3/8/1912, Giulietta 3/16/1912, Maliella 3/19/1912, Manon Lescaut 11/14/1912, 11/15/1912, Maliella 11/23/1912, Aida 11/6/1913, Maliella 11/12/1913, La gioconda 11/17/1913, Salomé 2/11/1914, Fleana 2/16/1914, Donna Elvira 2/21/1914, Maliella 2/24/1914, 2/27/1914 (Filadelfia)

TRACKLIST

1. Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour 30871, H1080 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24
2. L’ultima canzone (Tosti) A5571 36941 Columbia, New York 1914-04-23 to 28
3. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo 30869 H1080 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24
4. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo 40033 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910
5. Martha (Flotow) Last rose of summer A5488 36720 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13
6. O sole mio (di Capua) A1330 38348 Columbia, New York 1912-10-17
7. Natoma (Herbert) Spring song A1432 38351 Columbia, New York 1913-05-16
8. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide A1330 38352 Columbia, New York 1912-10-18
9. Sweetest story ever told (Stults) A1432 38839 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13
10. Serenata (Tosti) A5571 36938 Columbia, New York 1914-04-23 to 28
11. A birthday (Woodman) A1591 39341 Columbia, New York 1914-04-27
12. At parting (Rogers) A1376 38837 Columbia, New York 1913-05-10
13. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Stridono lassù (Ballatella) 30897 A5353 Columbia, New York 1911-11-20
14. Nozze di Figaro (Mozart): Dove sono 30898 A5354 Columbia, New York 1911-11-20
15. Aida (Verdi): O patria mia 36722 A5499 Columbia, New York 1913-05-15
16. Sweetest story ever told (Stults) A1432 38839 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13
17. I hear a thrush at eve (Cadman) A1591 39342 Columbia, New York 1914-04-27
18. Lass with the delicate air (Arne) A1376 38838 Columbia, New York 1913-05-10
19. Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) Roberto tu che adoro A5353 30870 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24