Description

EMMA TRENTINI (MANTOVA, 1878 – MILAN, 23 MARCH, 1959)

 

 

 

 

She studied singing under Fritz Feinhals in Munich. As early as 1902, she appeared at the opera house in Siena. Her first major success came in 1904 at La Scala, where she performed the role of Jane in Franchetti’s Germania. In 1905, she made a guest appearance at Covent Garden in London, singing Oscar in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera and Musetta in Puccini’s La Bohème. In 1906, she appeared at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples in the premiere of Frédéric d’Erlanger’s opera Tess.

From 1906 to 1909, she sang with great success at the Manhattan Opera House in New York, where she also took part in the North American premiere of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. In the 1910-11 season, she performed on Broadway in New York in the premiere of Victor Herbert’s operetta Naughty Marietta. Afterward, she shifted her focus to operetta, singing in two other works by Herbert—The Firefly (1912) and The Peasant Girl (1915).

She retired from the stage in 1916 and later returned to live in Italy.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1900 Casalmaggiore Teatro Sociale Boheme (Musetta)

1902 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Elisir d’amore (Giannetta)

1903 Torino Teatro Carignano Boheme (Micaela)

1904 London Covent Garden Ballo in maschera (Oscar)

1905 London Covent Garden Ballo in maschera (Oscar)

1906 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Rigoletto (Gilda)

1907 New York Manatthan Opera House Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta)

1909 Philadelphia Opera Sonnambula (Lisa)

1910 Philadelphia Opera Boheme (Musetta)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) Volta la terrea 53155 6931a G&T, Milano 1905-08
2. Bohème (Puccini) Mi chiamano Mimì 15639 1971-K Nicole, London 1904
3. Boheme (Puccini) Quando m’en vo soletta 30087 M136 Columbia, New York 1907-03-27
4. Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir with Giuseppe Acerbi 54262 7068b G&T, Milano 1905-08
5. Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Esulti pure la barbara with Emilio Perea 54253 7058b G&T, Milano 1905-08
6. Fra Diavolo (Auber) Quell’uom del fiero aspetto with Alberto Caffo 54062 7022b G&T, Milano 1905-08
7. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Sulla tomba with Gino Martinez-Patti V94130 7047¾b G&T, Milano 1905-08
8. Traviata (Verdi) Morrò la mia memoria with Germano Stoppa 54258 7044a G&T, Milano 1905-08
9. Traviata (Verdi) Prendi, quest’è l’imagine with Germano Stoppa and Gino Martinez-Patti 54256 7045½b G&T, Milano 1905-08
10. Traviata (Verdi) Un di felice with Gino Martinez-Patti 62067 Victor, USA 1905-08
11. Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) No, non è ver 53395 7023b G&T, Milano 1905-08
12. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Verranno a te with Gino Martinez-Patti 54065 7069b G&T, Milano 1905-08
13. Don Giovanni (Mozart): Vedrai carino 30122, A5026 Columbia, New York 1907-03-27