Description

ERNESTINA BENDAZZI-GARULLI (NAPLES, APRIL 18, 1864 – TRIESTE, MAY 12, 1931)

 

 

 

 

She was the daughter of the well-known soprano Luigia Bendazzi (1829–1901) and the conductor and vocal teacher Benedetto Secchi. She received her vocal training from her father and began performing quite early as a concert singer. She achieved great success as a soloist in Rossini’s Stabat Mater at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome (1884).

Her stage debut took place in 1885 at the Teatro Comunale in Trieste, where she sang the role of Zerline in Fra Diavolo. She also appeared there in Dinorah and Bianca da Cerbia by Antonio Smareglia. That same year, she performed at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in La Regina di Saba, Dinorah, and Puccini’s Le Villi. In December 1885, she made her debut at La Scala, appearing in Carmen and Meyerbeer’s Robert le Diable. In 1886, she returned to La Scala to sing in the Italian premiere of Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles.

During the 1886–87 season, she was a guest artist in Lisbon (Teatro São Carlos) and Berlin (Kroll Opera House). In 1887, she married the tenor Alfonso Garulli, with whom she frequently performed.

In 1894, she sang at the Teatro Lirico in Milan and at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome as Manon in Massenet’s opera of the same name. In 1902, she appeared at the Teatro Politeama in La Spezia, and in 1904, she made a guest appearance at the Théâtre d’Aix-les-Bains.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1885 Milano  Teatro alla Scala Carmen (Micaela)

1886 Milano   Teatro La Scala Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1886 Roma  Teatro Argentina Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1887 Perugia  Teatro Morlacchi Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1888 Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale Carmen (Carmen)

1888 Bologna  Teatro Comunale Carmen (Carmen)

1889 Bologna  Teatro Comunale Lohengrin (Elsa)

1889 Madrid Teatro Reale Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1889 Torino  Teatro Regio Traviata (Violetta)

1890 Livorno  Teatro Avvalorati Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1890 Livorno  Teatro Avvalorati Mefistofele (Margherita)

1890 Verona  Teatro Ristori Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1890 Parma Teatro Regio Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1891 Pisa Teatro Verdi Carmen (Carmen)

1891 Pisa  Teatro Verdi Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1891 Parma  Teatro Regio Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1891 Como  Teatro Sociale Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1892  Pisa  Teatro Nuovo Mefistofele (Margherita)

1892 Barcellona  Teatro Liceo Otello (Desdemona)

1892 Cremona Teatro Concordia Pescatori di Perle (Leila)

1893 Palermo  Politeama Loreley (Loreley)

1896 Trieste  Politeama Rossetti Carmen (Carmen)

1897 Lisbona  Teatro San Carlos Carmen (Carmen)

1897 Pamplona  Teatro Gayarre Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1897 La Corugna  Teatro Rosalia Lohengrin (Elsa)

1897 La Corugna  Teatro Rosalia Pagliacci (Nedda)

1901 Lucca Teatro Del Giglio Werther (Carlotta)

1902 Bologna  Arena Azeglio Carmen (Carmen)

1902 Milano  Teatro Lirico Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1902 La Spezia  Politeama Duca di Genova Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

 

TRACKLIST

 

Ernestina Bendazzi-Garulli made 8 recordings

Carmen (Bizet) Habanera 84081 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903

Manon (Massenet) Addio mio picciol desco X-1546 Zonophone, Milano 1903

Mireille (Gounod) Canzone di Magali (w. Garulli) 84085 Pathé – AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903

Mireille (Gounod) Chanson de Magali (w. Garulli) X-1548 Zonophone, Milano 1903

Ogni sabato (Gordigiani) X-1544 Zonophone, Milano 1903

Sera di paradiso (Serenata) () (w. Garulli) X-1543 Zonophone, Milano 1903