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QUEENA MARIO (AKRON, OHIO, AUGUST 21, 1896 – NEW YORK, MAY 28, 1951)

 

 

 

 

Her real name was Queena Mario Tilotson. She initially pursued a career in journalism, writing under the names Queen Tilotson and Florence Bryan. Following the advice of the legendary tenor Enrico Caruso, she began studying singing with Oscar Saenger and the renowned prima donna Marcella Sembrich in New York. In 1918, she made her operatic debut with the San Carlo Opera Company in Les Contes d’Hoffmann by Offenbach, participating in the company’s tours until 1921. In the 1921–1922 season, she performed with the Scotti Opera Company, and in 1922, she joined the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

As a guest star at the Met in 1922, she sang Micaela in Carmen, and she continued to perform there until 1939. Her roles included Nedda in Pagliacci, Antonia in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, Marguerite in Faust, Juliette in Roméo et Juliette, Gilda in Rigoletto, and Sophie in Der Rosenkavalier. Notably, she performed as Gretel in Hänsel und Gretel during the first radio broadcast of an opera from the Metropolitan Opera on December 25, 1931.

She also made guest appearances at the opera houses of Chicago and San Francisco from 1923 to 1932, and in 1930, she performed at the San Francisco Opera in the American premiere of Ravel’s L’Enfant et les sortilèges. In 1938, she became a professor at the Curtis Institute in Philadelphia, later teaching at the Juilliard School in New York. Among her notable students were Rose Bampton and Helen Jepson. Queena Mario also pursued writing, publishing the successful crime novel Murder in the Opera House.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. La Rondine (Puccini) Waltz 1932, Broadcast
2. Long, long ago (Baylt) Nov 04, 1934, Broadcast
3. Mignon (Thomas) Legeres Hirondelles with Sigurd Nilssen, Eng. Dec 02, 1934, Broadcast
4. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Don, Din Don, Din Don Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
5. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
6. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Nedda! George Cehanovsky, Lawrence Tibbett, Queena Mario, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
7. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Recitar! Mentre preso dal delirio Giovanni Martinelli Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
8. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Son qua! ritormano Alfio Tedesco, Giovanni Martinelli, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
9. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act I Un tal gioco, credetemi Giovanni Martinelli, Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
10. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act II Alfio Tedesco, George Cehanovsky, Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
11. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act II No, Pagliaccio Non Son! George Cehanovsky, Giovanni Martinelli Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
12. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Act II Nome Di dio! Quelle stesse parole! Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
13. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Arlecchin! Alfio Tedesco, Lawrence Tibbett, Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
14. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Ebben, Se mi giudichi di te Indegna Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
15. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Fuggi! Alfio Tedesco, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
16. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Pagliaccio, Mio Marito Alfio Tedesco, Lawrence Tibbett, Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
17. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologue Lawrence Tibbett Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
18. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Qual fiamma avea nel guardo Queena Mario Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza
19. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Sei là! Credea che te ne fossi andato Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra, Vincenzo Belleza