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

 

 

A birthday (Woodman) A1591 39341 Columbia, New York 1914-04-27

Aida (Verdi) Fu la sorte with Eleonora De Cisneros 182-A Unpubl. Edison, Paris 18-22 July 1910

Aida (Verdi) O patria mia 36722 A5499 Columbia, New York 1913-05-15

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor 36719 36719-1 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor E 239-B Unpubl. Edison, Paris 18-22 July 1910

At parting (Rogers) A1376 38837 Columbia, New York 1913-05-10

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete o mama 221-A Unpubl. Edison, Paris 18-22 July 1910

Hérodiade (Massenet) Sul mio sen la nutrice ahimè! … Egli e bel come il ciel 269-A Unpubl. Edison, Paris 18-22 July 1910

I hear a thrush at eve (Cadman) A1591 39342 Columbia, New York 1914-04-27

Irish love song (Lang) A5488 36717-1 Columbia, New York 1913-05-10

Lass with the delicate air (Arne) A1376 38838 Columbia, New York 1913-05-10

Louise (Charpentier) Depuis le jour 30871, H1080 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24

L’ultima canzone (Tosti) A5571 36941 Columbia, New York 1914-04-23 to 28

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo 30869 H1080 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo 40033 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1910

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide A1330 38352 Columbia, New York 1912-10-18

Martha (Flotow) Last rose of summer A5488 36720 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13

Mefistofele (Boito) L’altra notte in fondo al mare 222-B Unpubl. Edison, Paris 18-22 July 1910

Natoma (Herbert) Spring song A1432 38351 Columbia, New York 1913-05-16

Nozze di Figaro (Mozart) Dove sono 30898 A5354 Columbia, New York 1911-11-20

O sole mio (di Capua) A1330 38348 Columbia, New York 1912-10-17

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Stridono lassù (Ballatella) 30897 A5353 Columbia, New York 1911-11-20

Robert le diable (Meyerbeer) Roberto tu che adoro A5353 30870 Columbia, New York 1911-10-24

Serenata (Tosti) A5571 36938 Columbia, New York 1914-04-23 to 28

Sweetest story ever told (Stults) A1432 38839 Columbia, New York 1913-05-13