Description

ELENA TEODORINI (THEODORINI) (SOPRANO) (CRAIOVA, PRINCIPALITY OF WALLACHIA, 25 MARCH, 1857 – BUCHAREST, 27 FEBRUARY, 1926)

 

 

 

 

Her real name was Elena De Monzunu. She was born into a theatrical family. She studied piano with Ratti and voice with Sangiovanni at the Milan Conservatory. Her mezzo-soprano debut was in 1877 when she sang Conde in Donizetti’s Maria di Rohan at Cuneo. For the next two years, she undertook mezzo-soprano roles in Alexandria, Bucharest, Chieti, Livorno, and Pisa. Her soprano debut took place in 1879, when she sang Marie in La Figlia del Reggimento, followed by Rachel in La Juive (probably performed as L’Ebrea) at the Dal Verme, Milan. At La Scala, Milan, in 1880, she sang Margherita in Faust, and in 1881, the part of Valentine in Gli Ugonotti. In 1882, she appeared there in the world premiere of Smareglia’s Bianca da Cervia. Her career flourished for ten years from 1884, starting with an appearance with Tamagno at the old Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. She performed at Covent Garden (1886 in Don Giovanni (Donna Anna), La Gioconda, and Ugonotti); La Scala (Gastaldon’s Mala Pasqua, based on the same Verga source as Cavalleria Rusticana); and in Lisbon and Bucharest, both in concert and opera. In 1909, she founded the Accademia Teodorini in Buenos Aires and taught singing in Brazil from 1916 to 1923, where her pupils included Bidu Sayao. In 1924, she returned to Romania and became Professor of Singing at the Academy of Music in 1925.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1877 Bucharest Opera Italiana Favorita (Leonora)

1877 Bucharest Opera Italiana Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1877 Cuneo Civico Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1877 Alessandria Municipale  Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1879 Bucharest Nazionale Favorita (Leonora)

1879 Bucharest Nazionale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1880 Bologna Comunale Favorita (Leonora)

1880 Cremona Concordia Favorita (Leonora)

1880 Piacenza Municipale Favorita (Leonora)

1880 Warsaw Imperiale Favorita (Leonora)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Carmen (Bizet) Habanera 53298 3085b G&T, Milano 1903-02
2. Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Rondo 53299 3087b G&T, Milano 1903-02
3. Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) M’odi, ah m’odi 53300 3088b G&T, Milano 1903-02
4. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Preghiera 53301 3089b G&T, Milano 1903-02
5. Parla! Valzer (Arditi) 53302 3091b G&T, Milano 1903-02