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ROSINA ZOTTI (IMOLA, 1883 – PRALBOINO, 1973)

 

 

 

She studied at the Liceo Musicale of Bologna and made her debut in 1910 at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, performing in Götterdämmerung. In 1913, she appeared at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, sharing the role of Fleana with Burzio in the Italian premiere of Leoncavallo’s I Zingari, which had premiered at the London Hippodrome a year earlier.

In addition to performing in various Italian theaters, Zotti toured extensively with opera companies in Central and South America. She also visited the western United States multiple times during the 1910s and up to 1922 with the La Scala Grand Opera Company (not affiliated with Milan’s Teatro alla Scala). One of her signature roles was Cio-Cio-San in Madama Butterfly. Other notable roles in her repertoire included Mimì in La Bohème, Nedda in Pagliacci, and Micaëla in Carmen.

In the 1930s, she performed with a touring marionette theater in New York, as well as in other locations, showcasing her adaptability and continued dedication to the performing arts.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1908 Bologna Teatro Comunale Crepuscolo Degli Dei

1910 Rimini Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Africana (Ines)

1912 Asti Politeama Nazionale Sulle rive del Danubio di C. Bondonio (Lity)

1914 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Natale di A. Cadore

1916 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Mefistofele (Margherita)

1919 Detroit Teatro Schubert Pagliacci (Nedda)

1922 Como Teatro Sociale Wally (Wally)

1923 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Francesca da Rimini (Schiava)

 

 

SAFFO MICHELINI (ANCONA, 1886 – ?)

 

 

 

Chronology of some appearances

1903
Venezia – Teatro Rossini – Faust (Margherita)

1906
Matelica – Teatro Condominiale – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Fucecchio – Teatro Pavoni – L’elisir d’amore (Adina)

1907
Giulianova – Politeama Federici – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1908
Verona – Teatro Drammatico – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Montevideo – Teatro Solís – La Bohème (Musetta) / Carmen (Micaela) / Les Huguenots (Margherita)
Rosario di Santa Fé – Teatro Colón – La Bohème (Musetta) / Carmen (Micaela) / Les Huguenots (Margherita)
Massa Lombarda – Politeama Zamboni – Don Pasquale (Norina)
Russi – Teatro Comunale – Don Pasquale (Norina)
Alessandria – Teatro Finzi – L’elisir d’amore (Adina)
Barletta – Teatro Curci – I puritani (Elvira)

1909
Barletta – Teatro Curci – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Brescia – Teatro Sociale – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Verona – Teatro Ristori – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Bergamo – Teatro Donizetti – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Casale Monferrato – Politeama – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Torino – Teatro Carignano – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Parma – Politeama Reinach – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Pavia – Teatro Guidi – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Ferrara – Teatro Tosi Borghi – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Reggio Emilia – Politeama Ariosto – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Bassano del Grappa – Teatro Sociale – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Lucera – Teatro Garibaldi – Season

1910
Bergamo – Teatro Sociale – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Ancona – Teatro Vittorio Emanuele – Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia)
Forlì – Teatro Comunale – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)
Napoli – Teatro San Carlo – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1911
Milano – Teatro del Popolo – Concert

Napoli – Teatro San Carlo – Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina) / La sonnambula (Amina)

 

 

SERAFINA SCALFARO (PARMA, 1876 – ?)

 

 

 

She began her operatic career in 1907, performing in various European theaters. She made early appearances in Varna at Teatro Boris, singing as Eudossia in L’Ebrea and as Violetta in La Traviata. That same year, she performed as Mimì in La Bohème in Corfu at Teatro Della Fenice and in Athens at Teatro Nuovo Falero.

Her career continued to flourish in 1908 with a season at Teatro Solodownikoff in Kiev and a performance as Ines in L’Africana at Teatro D’Inverno in Poltava. Later that year, she appeared as Gilda in Rigoletto in Treviso, followed by a series of roles in Gand (Ghent) at Petit Théâtre, including Oscar in Un Ballo in Maschera, Mimì in La Bohème, and Micaela in Carmen.

In 1911, she made her American debut at the Metropolitan Theater in Philadelphia, singing Myrtale in Thaïs and performing in Quo Vadis by J.C. Nogues.

By 1914, she returned to Italy, where she sang Margherita in Faust at Teatro Gaffurio in Lodi.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1907 Varna Teatro Boris Ebrea (Eudossia)

1908 Treviso Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1911 Philadelphia Teatro Metropolitan Thais (Myrtale)

1914 Lodi Teatro Gaffurio Faust (Margherita)

 

 

THEA CARUGATI (MILANO, 1893 – ?)

 

 

 

Her real name was Tebea and she made her debut in 1919 at Lirico of Milan in ‘’Boheme’’. For some years she was engaged in the puppet’s company “Il Teatro dei Piccoli” organized by Arrigo Pedrotti with which she toured around the world. She spent her last years at Casa di Riposo G.Verdi in Milan.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1919 Milano Teatro Lirico Boheme (Mimì)
1922 Milano Teatro Carcano Carmen (Micaela)
1924 Brescia Teatro Del Castello Carmen (Micaela)
1926 Malta Teatro Reale Lucia di Lammermoor (Raimondo)
1928 Genova Politeama Genovese Traviata (Violetta)
1930 Sansevero Arena Giardino Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)
1933 New York Teatro Lyric Stagione Compagnia Marionette

 

 

ULDERICA PERSICHINI

 

 

 

In 1902, she appeared at the Teatro Metastasio in Reggio in a performance of Puccini’s La Bohème as Mimì, with Ariodante Quarti as Rodolfo and Amleto Pollastri as Marcello. Her husband was the famous Italian painter Giuseppe Rondini.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1902 Regio Teatro Metastasio Boheme (Mimi)

1905 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Faust (Margherita)

1906 Narni Teatro Comunale Traviata (Violetta)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Rosina Zotti Bohème (Puccini) Mi chiamano Mimì 110291 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911/1914

Rosina Zotti Carmen (Bizet) Mia madre vedo ancor (w. Albani) 110277 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911/1914

Rosina Zotti Carmen (Bizet) Ti baciava mia madre (w. Albani) 110278 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911/1914

Rosina Zotti Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Con onor muor 110289 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911/1914

Rosina Zotti Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Sai che cosa 110290 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911/1914

Saffo Michelini Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Ardon gl’incensi Favorite 2-36006

Saffo Michelini Amleto (Thomas) Nega se puoi la luce Favorite 1-29909

Serafina Scalfaro Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir (w. Salvati) 054421 553aj Gramophone, Milano 1913-02-18

Serafina Scalfaro Faust (Gounod) Permettereste a me (w. De Gregorio & Bettoni) 054433 584aj Gramophone, Milano 1913-02-28

Serafina Scalfaro Luca Botta Traviata (Verdi) Gran dio morir with Serafina Scalfaro 43171 Soc. Fonografica Napoletana, Napoli 1911/1912

Serafina Scalfaro Luca Botta Traviata (Verdi) Scena della borsa with Serafina Scalfaro 43125    Soc. Fonografica Napoletana, Napoli 1911/1912

Serafina Scalfaro Luca Botta Traviata (Verdi) Parigi, o cara with Serafina Scalfaro 43183 Soc. Fonografica Napoletana, Napoli 1911/1912

Serafina Scalfaro Luca Botta Traviata (Verdi) Alfredo, Alfredo with Serafina Scalfaro and Giorgio Schottler 43152 Soc. Fonografica Napoletana, Napoli 1911/1912

Thea Carugati Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì vedremo Fonotecnica 3041

Thea Carugati Rigoletto (Verdi) Tutte le feste al tempio 3035 Fonotecnica

Thea Carugati Mefistofele (Boito) L’altra notte 3038 Fonotecnica

Thea Carugati Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine, Boheme (Puccini) Mi chiamano Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel di Gramophone S 5004 2-0253036, S 5004 2-0253036, S 5004 2-0253036

Ulderica Persichini Ernani (Verdi) Ernani! Ernani, involami 37357 Xm682 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Ernani (Verdi) Tutto sprezzo che d’Ernani, 37364, Xm690mb Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Fra Diavolo (Auber) Grazie al ciel 37358 Xm684 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 37354 Xm 648 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Manon Lescaut (Puccini) L’ora o Tirsi 37360 Xm 686 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Mefistofele (Boito) Spunta l’aurora pallida 37361 Xm687 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03

Ulderica Persichini Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 37298 Xm 641 Odeon, Milano 1906-02/03