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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

 

 

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Vaga donna Bettini cylinders, New York 1899

Carmen (Bizet): Seguidilla 11012 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Carmen (Bizet): Canzone boema 12616 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Trovatore (Verdi): Stride la vampa 12593 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Gioconda (Ponchielli): Voce di donna 12586 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Pur dicesti (Lotti) 12588 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Dopo (Tosti) 12620 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Good-bye (Tosti) 12621 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Serenata (Braga) 12613 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Intermezzo 12618 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Sans toi (d’Hardelot) 11010 Zonophone, New York 1905?

Der Asra (Rubinstein) 12619 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Los ojos negros (Alvarez) 13272 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907

Me llaman la Primorosa (Nieto y Giminez) 13273 Zonophone, New York 1906/1907