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MARIA GIUDICE (LISBON, 12 JUNE 1870 – MILAN, 17 JUNE 1953)

 

 

 

Her real name was Maria Júdice da Costa. She studied with Melchior Olivier in Lisbon and made her debut there in 1890 as a contralto. During the 1891-1892 season, she performed the roles of Amneris in Aida and Azucena in Il Trovatore at the Teatro Tacón in Havana. In 1893, she made a guest appearance in Buenos Aires, where she took part in the South American premiere of Verdi’s Falstaff as Dame Quickly. In 1897, she was engaged by La Scala in Milan, making her debut as Eboli in Verdi’s Don Carlo. The following year, she made a guest appearance at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan and returned to Argentina.

After 1900, she expanded her repertoire to include dramatic soprano roles. She later married the baritone Guglielmo Caruson, though they eventually separated. In 1907, she toured Chile and performed as Brünnhilde in Die Walküre at the Teatro Regio in Parma. During the 1907-1908 season, she made guest appearances in Havana and other Cuban cities with an Italian opera troupe that included Nicola Zerola and Giuseppe Agostini. In 1909, she performed at the Teatro Real in Madrid. After her stage career, she worked as a teacher in Milan and later resided at the Casa di Riposo per Musicisti, the retirement home for musicians founded by Verdi, in Milan from 1935. Maria Júdice da Costa was related to the Italian family of singers Lo Giudice, which includes singers Silvio Costa Lo Giudice, Franco Lo Giudice, and Pietro Lo Giudice.

 

 

 

MARIA LAIS (FORLÌ, 1892 – CASALECCHIO DI RENO/BOLOGNA, 1964)

 

 

 

Her real name was Maria Chialchia Lais. She made her debut in 1921 at the Teatro Fenice of Senigallia in ‘’Piccolo Marat’’. She studied singing in Milan under the pedagogue Cottone and probably appeared at various Italian provincial opera houses.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1921 Senigallia Teatro Fenice Il Piccolo Marat (Maria)

1922 Cesena Teatro Comunale Manon (Manon)

1923 Cagliari Teatro Civico Boheme (Mimì)

 

MARIA MANDOLESI (FIRENZE, 1882 – ?)

 

 

 

Her real name was Marianna. She studied at the Istituto Musicale of Florence, graduating in violin. She retired from the stage after her marriage to Rodolphe Junod in 1910.

 

 Chronology of some appearances

 

1904
01 Torino Teatro Carignano SONNAMBULA (Teresa)
Grosseto Teatro Degli Industri BOHEME (Musetta)

1905
01 Brescia Teatro Grande ANDREA CHENIER (Bersi)
08 Viterbo Teatro Unione AFRICANA (Ines)

1906
01 Cagliari Circolo Mario CONCERTO
01 Cagliari Teatro Civico PESCATORI DI PERLE (Leila) / IL MAESTRO DI CAPPELLA di A.Paer
08 Bahia Teatro Colon BOHEME (Mimì)
09 San Paolo Teatro Santana FOSCARINA di J.Gomes jr.

1907
05 Empoli Teatro Salvini CONCERTO
Bologna Teatro Comunale JOLANTHA di P.I.Ciaikovski (Brigida)

1909
04 Berlino Teatro Kroll CONCERTO

Parigi CONCERTO

 

MARIA SANTOLIVA VILLANI (1875 – 1948)

 

 

 

After finishing her education, she achieved her first successes in guest performances at the Teatro Politeama Garibaldi in Palermo, the Teatro Mercadante in Naples, the Teatro della Pergola in Florence, and the Teatro Coccia in Novara. In Livorno, she appeared in A. Ponchielli’s La Gioconda. In 1905, she made guest appearances at the Opera House of Odessa in Il Trovatore and Les Huguenots. In 1908, she performed at the Politeama Rossini in Tunis, and in Spain she appeared at the Teatro Principal in Valencia. In 1909, she sang at the Teatro Bellini in Naples; in 1910, with an Italian opera troupe that also included the famous baritone Mattia Battistini, she appeared in Bucharest. She was married to the bass-baritone Roberto Villani, a member of the well-known Villani family of singers. Their daughter, Renata Villani, became a noted soprano. She retired from the stage in 1924.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1903 Palermo Teatro Politeama Garibaldi Ruy Blas (Maria)

1903 Novara Teatro Coccia Germania (Ricke)

1905 Naples Teatro Mercadante Lucrezia Borgia (Lucrezia)

1905 Odessa Opera House Trovatore (Leonora)

1905 Valencia Teatro Principal Tosca (Tosca)

1906 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Tosca (Tosca)

1906 Livorno Politeama Gioconda (Gioconda)

1907 Naples Teatro Bellini Fedora (Fedora)

1908 Tunis Polietama Rossini Tosca (Tosca)

1910 Bucharest Teatro Lirico Trovatore (Leonora)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Maria Giudice Bohème (Puccini) Sì, mi chiamano Mimì 62108 XPh2776 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-06-25

Maria Giudice Mignon (Thomas) Non conosci il bel suol Fonotipia 62116 XPh2783

Maria Giudice Otello (Verdi) Ave Maria 62087 XPh2780 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-06-26

Maria Giudice Otello (Verdi) Canzone del salce 62086 XPh2779 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-06-26

Maria Giudice Trovatore (Verdi) D’amor sull’ali rosee 62114 XPh2789 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-06-26

Maria Giudice Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte placida… Di tale amor che dirsi 62106, 62107, XPh2790, XPh2791 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-06-26

Maria Lais Wally (Catalani) Quando a Solden with Carmelo Alabiso C4616 Fonografia Nazionale

Maria Lais Piccolo Marat (Mascagni) Va’ nella tua stanzetta with Carmelo Alabiso C 46034 Fonografia Nazionale

Maria Mandolesi Traviata (Verdi) Parigi o cara with Salvatore Giordano 989-I Anker

Maria Mandolesi Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) No, no Turiddu with Salvatore Giordano 2149 Homokord

Maria Martucci Aida (Verdi) Ciel, mio padre… Su dunque sorgete  with Luigi  Baldassarri 1101 1102 Fhono-Comp.-Limit.-Milano Dome Disck

Maria Martucci I Lombardi (Verdi) La mia letizia infondere with Gino Martinez-Patti 467 Phonodisc Mondial

Maria Santoliva Villani Tosca (Puccini) Vittoria! Vittoria! (w. Cunego & Badini) 054379 02330v Gramophone, Milano 1912-03-04

Maria Santoliva Villani Tosca (Puccini) Già mi dicon venal (w. Badini) 054380 02331v Gramophone, Milano 1912-03-04

Maria Santoliva Villani Bohème (Puccini) Mi chiamano Mimì D9273 11327 Columbia, Milano