Description

DUSOLINA GIANNINI (PHILADELPHIA, 19. 12. 1902 † ZURICH, 29. 6. 1986)

 

 

 

 

Daughter of Italian tenor Ferruccio Giannini (1868-1948) and the pianist Antonietta Briglia-Giannini. She studied with her father and with Marcella Sembrich. Her first performance was in a concert at Carnegie Hall (1923). She made her stage debut at the Hamburg State Opera (1925) as Aida. She appeared at the State Operas in Berlin, Vienna, and Hamburg. She also sang at Covent Garden, the Salzburg Festivals, in Zurigo, Monte Carlo, Oslo, Brussels, Amsterdam, San Francisco, and Mexico City. She finally arrived at the Metropolitan Opera in 1936, making her debut there as Aida, and remaining there until 1941. While in the States she sang in San Francisco, Chicago, and with the NY City Opera during their first season (1943, opening night Tosca). After World War II she toured Europe again. Always on the move during her stage career, she finally settled in Zurigo where she taught.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1925-1930 Hamburg Stadttheater Aida (Aida/Debut)

1928 London Covent Garden Aida (Aida)

1928 London Covent Garden Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1928 London Covent Garden Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1934-1935 Salzburg Festival Don Giovanni (Donna Anna)

1936-1941 New York Metropolitan Opera Aida (Aida/Debut)

1938-1942 Chicago Opera

1939-1943 San Francisco Opera

1943 New York City Opera

1949 Berlin State Opera

1950 Vienna State Opera Carmen (Carmen)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Die Schöne Müllerin (Schubert) Wohin 2-043119 4952-1 HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
2. Funiculi Funicula (Denza) DA4447 ORA3227 HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
3. Estrellita (Ponce) DA4447 ORA3229 HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
4. Gretchen am Spinnrade (Schubert) DB916 (2-043051) HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
5. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì DB1264 (2-053349) HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
6. Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide DB1264 (2-053350) HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
7. Von ewiger Liebe (Brahms) DB848 (2-043039) HMV, Berlin 1929-01-25
8. Lustige Witwe (Lehár): Vilja-Lied DA4446 0RA3226 HMV, Berlin 1938-09-13
9. Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa (w. chorus) HMV DB1217 (2-053343)
10. Lustige Witwe (Lehár) Lippen schweigen with Wittrisch HMV DA4446 0RA3228
11. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Wer in euren Landen (w. Wittrisch) HMV DB 1960 32-3838
12. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Willst du nun endlich mir sagen (w. Wittrisch) HMV DB 1960 32-3837
13. O sole mio (di Capua) HMV DB1247 (2-053347)