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EUGENIA MANTELLI (FLORENCE, 1860 – LISBON, 3 MARCH, 1926)

 

 

 

 

She studied at the Milan Conservatory and made her debut in 1883 at the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon as Urbain in Meyerbeer’s Les Huguenots. The same year, she appeared in Italy, first in Treviso as Kaled in Massenet’s Le Roi de Lahore. Successful tours followed with the celebrated Spanish tenor Julián Gayarre throughout Germany, Italy, and South America. In 1889, she appeared in Buenos Aires opposite Mattia Battistini, and in 1894 she sang in Moscow as a partner of Francesco Tamagno.

In 1896, she performed at Covent Garden in London as Brünnhilde in Wagner’s Die Walküre (still sung in French). Between 1894 and 1900, she was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where she made her debut as Amneris in Verdi’s Aida. Her repertoire there included Azucena (Il Trovatore), Emilia (Otello), Ortrud (Lohengrin), Maddalena (Rigoletto), Lola (Cavalleria Rusticana), Fidès (Le Prophète), Leonora (La Favorita), Nancy (Martha), the Queen (Hamlet), Queen Guinevere in Herman Bemberg’s Elaine (world premiere, 1894), and Dalila (Samson et Dalila).

In 1902, she appeared at the Manhattan Opera House in New York in the title role of Mascagni’s Zanetto. She was again engaged by the Metropolitan Opera for the 1902–1903 season and subsequently toured the United States with her own opera troupe during 1903–1904. In 1904–1905, she appeared in operetta performances in New York.

From 1905 onward, she resided in Lisbon. In 1908, she made a guest appearance at the Teatro Politeama in Genoa as Carmen, and in 1910 she gave her final stage performance in Lisbon.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1883 Lisbon Teatro San Carlo Huguenots (Urbain)

1883 Treviso Opera Le Roi de Lahore (Kaled)

1896 London Covent Garden Walküre (Brünnhilde)

1894-1900 New York Metropolitan Opera Aida (Amneris/Debut)

1902 New York Manhattan Opera House Zanetto (Silvia)

1902-1903 New York Metropolitan Opera

1908 Genoa Teatro Politeama Carmen (Carmen)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Cenerentola (Rossini): Nacqui all’affano 12614 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Cenerentola (Rossini): Non più mesta 12615 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Dunque io son (w. Parvis) 12575 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Una voce poco fa 12592 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti): Brindisi 12587 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Favorita (Donizetti): O mio Fernando 12591 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Favorita (Donizetti): Ah l’altro ardor (w. Parvis) 12572 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Don Giovanni (Mozart): La ci darem la mano (w. Parvis) 12573 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Canzone del paggio 12590 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): No… giammai de giovin paggio unpubl  Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Mignon (Thomas): Duetto delle rondinelle (w. Parvis) 12574 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Mignon (Thomas): Non conosci il bel suol 12622 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Faust (Gounod): Le parlate d’amor 12617 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Chanson de Stéphano unpubl Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Carmen (Bizet): Habanera 11009 Zonophone, New York 1905?