Description

NADIA SVILAROVA (SOFIA, 1900 – ?)

 

 

 

 

She studied singing in Sofia under Efemia Ilkovo and Ivan Vulpe and made her debut in operetta in 1917. After her debut as Aida, she pursued an important career in the years following 1920, singing dramatic soprano roles in Italy. In 1924, she appeared in Verona as Marguerite in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust, and in 1928 she sang Leonora in Verdi’s Il trovatore with José Palet in Genoa. The same year, she performed the role of Marina in Boris Godunov at the Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, repeating it with great success at La Scala in 1929. In Venice, she appeared as a partner of Beniamino Gigli. Her career was relatively short, as she seems to have retired from the stage in the 1930s. Her major roles included Aida, Tosca, and Marina. She was the sister-in-law of the famous Italian bass Salvatore Baccaloni (1900–1969) and probably died young.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1924 Torino Teatro Di Torino Requiem di G. Verdi

1925 Catania  Teatro Bellini Dejanice (Dejanice)

1926 Torino  Teatro Di Torino Alceste di W. C. Gluck

1927 Genova  Teatro Carlo Felice Trovatore (Leonora)

1928 Treviso  Teatro Sociale Dejanice (Dejanice)

1929 Milano Teatro La Scala Boris Godunov (Marina)

1930 Trieste  Teatro Verdi  Loreley (Loreley)

1931 Malta Teatro Reale Walkiria (Siglinde)

1932 Milano Teatro Carcano Tosca (Tosca)

1933 Novara  Teatro Coccia Boris Godunov (Marina)

1938 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Aida (Aida)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-03/04

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza, pt 1 (w. Alabiso) D6055 WB2489

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza, pt 2 1 (w. Alabiso) D6055 WB2491

Ruy Blas (Marchetti) Grazie signor (w. Alabiso) D6061, WB2546

Ruy Blas (Marchetti) O dolce voluttà (w. Alabiso) D 6061 B 2553

Aida (Verdi) Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate P.I° D 6051 B 2505

Aida (Verdi) Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate P.II° D 6051 B 2506