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JUANITA CARACCIOLO (RAVENNA, 25 OCTOBER, 1888 – MILAN, 5 JULY, 1924)

 

 

 

 

She received her musical education at the Milan Conservatory, studying under Clelia Sangiorgi. Her operatic debut came in 1908 at the Teatro Politeama in Genoa, where she performed as Nedda in Pagliacci and also appeared in Mascagni’s Le Maschere. In 1911, she married the conductor Giacomo Armani.

For the next twelve years, she performed primarily in Italian provincial theaters. However, in 1920, she achieved a breakthrough with a sensational performance in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. That same year, she garnered further success at the Teatro Costanzi, portraying Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly, Margherita in Boito’s Mefistofele, and participating in the premiere of R. Zandonai’s opera La via delle finestre.

In 1919, she made a guest appearance at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, and in 1920, she performed at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna as Manon Lescaut. That same year, she took on the title role in Catalani’s La Wally at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa. Her international career flourished in 1920 with appearances at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Opera House of Rio de Janeiro, where she performed as Butterfly and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier. She also appeared at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

In 1922, she made her debut at La Scala in Milan as Eva in Wagner’s Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. At La Scala, she also performed as Manon in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut and as Louise in Charpentier’s opera Louise.

Tragically, after falling ill following the birth of a child in the autumn of 1923, she passed away in 1924 at the young age of 36.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1908 Pisa Teatro Verdi Adriana Lecouvreur (Adriana)

1909 Sanremo Teatro del Casinò Boheme (Mimi)

1909 Venezia Teatro Rossini Boheme (Mimi)

1909  Mantova Teatro Sociale Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1909 Alessandria Teatro Municipale Lohengrin (Elsa)

1909 Macerata Teatro della Societa Filarmonica Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1910 Modena Teatro Municipale Boheme (Mimi)

1910 Torino Politeama Chiarella Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1911 Il Cairo Teatro Kedivhiale Lohengrin (Elsa)

1915 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Boheme (Mimi)

1915 Montevideo Teatro Urquiza Boheme (Mimi)

1915 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)

1915 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Boheme (Mimi)

1916 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)

1916 Lima Teatro Nacional Boheme (Mimi)

1916 Antofagasta Teatro Principal Boheme (Mimi)

1917 Zurigo Opernhaus Boheme (Mimi)

1917 Brescia Teatro Sociale Boheme (Mimi)

1918 Livorno Politeama Boheme (Mimi)

1919 Palermo  Teatro Massimo Boheme (Mimi)

1919 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Boheme (Mimi)

1921 Montecarlo Grand Theatre Boheme (Mimi)

1922 Palma di Majorca Teatro Principal Boheme (Mimi)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Lodoletta (Mascagni): Flammen perdonami S3376 2-0253026 Gramophone, Milano 1918-06-28
2. Lodoletta (Mascagni): Bimbi del mio villaggio S3376 2-0253027 Gramophone, Milano 1918-06-28
3. Boheme (Puccini); Si, mi chiamano Mimi D9419 70799 Columbia, Milano 1923?
4. Boheme (Puccini); Donde lieta usci D5389 70810 Columbia, Milano 1923?
5. Traviata (Verdi): Ah! fors’è lui G2045 2045 Fonografia Nazionale
6. Traviata (Verdi): Addio del passato G2046 2046 Fonografia Nazionale
7. Mefistofele (Boito): L’altra notte 10375 Pathe, Milano 1923?
8. Mefistofele (Boito): Calma il tuo cuor with Aureliano Pertile 12595 86919 Pathé, Milano 1923?
9. Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Via dall’anima with Aureliano Pertile 12595 86920 Pathé, Milano 1923?
10. Manon (Massenet) Addio nostro picciol Columbia D5388 70797
11. Mefistofele (Boito) L’altra notte Columbia D5388
12. Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte Columbia D9423 70814
13. Wally (Catalani): Ebben ne andrò lontana Columbia D9423 70812