Description

GIUSEPPINA PICCOLETTI (MILAN, 1876 – ? 1952)

 

 

 

 

She studied singing with Melchiorre Vidal and made her debut in 1893 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan in Promessi Sposi by A. Ponchielli. By 1900, she had already appeared at the Teatro Municipal in Santiago de Chile, where she performed as Gilda in Rigoletto, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor by G. Donizetti, Oscar in Un ballo in maschera, and Ines in L’Africaine by G. Meyerbeer.

Later, she opened a vocal studio in Milan, where she taught for many years. Among her notable pupils was soprano Antonietta Pastori.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1893 Milano Teatro Dal Verme I Promessi Sposi di A. Ponchielli (Lucia)

1896 Odessa Teatro Municipale Ballo in Maschera (Oscar)

1898 Caltagirone Teatro Garibaldi Rigoletto (Gilda)

1900 La Spezia Politeama Duca di Genova Traviata (Violetta)

1903 Tunisi Politeama Rossini Boheme (Musetta)

1905 Genova Politeama Genovese Tosca (Tosca)

1907 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Mefistofele (Margherita/Elena)

1909 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1912 Modena Teatro Municipale Fanciulla del West (Minnie)

1914 Trapani Teatro Garibaldi Fanciulla del West (Minnie)

1915 Messina Teatro Mastroieni   Ernani (Elvira)

1917 Vicenza Teatro Eretenio Fedora (Fedora)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Bohème (Puccini) Addio dolce svegliare…Che facevi (w. Salvaneschi, Tegani & Vaccari) 37893 Xm1327 Odeon, Milano 1910
2. Bohème (Puccini) O soave fanciulla (w. Salvaneschi) 37895 Xm1339 Odeon, Milano 1910
3. Traviata (Verdi) Addio del passato 53428 7613½b G&T, Milano 1905
4. Traviata (Verdi) Invitato a qui seguirmi (w. de Tura) 054169 1202c G&T, Milano 1907
5. Traviata (Verdi) Non sapete (w. Della Torre) 054219 1573c Gramophone, Milano 1908
6. Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Non hai compreso (w. Zaccari) 054064, 577c G&T, Milano 1905
7. Traviata (Verdi) Prendi, quest’è l’imagine (w. de Tura & Cigada) 54344 10588b G&T, Milano 1907