Description

VALENTINA BARTOLOMASI (MODENA, 1889 – MILAN, 1932)

She studied singing under her father, Bernardo Bartolomasi, a well known voice teacher. She made her professional opera debut in 1911 at the Teatro Verdi in Salerno. Early on in her career she appeared at the Teatro Dal Verme (1913) in Milan and at the Teatro Scribe in Turin. Her career ended prematurely due to illness in 1926. After retiring from the stage, Bartolomasi lived with her husband, Count Antoniani of Padua, in Milan. She spent the last several years of her life fighting endometrial cancer from which she eventually died.

Chronology of some appearances

1911 Salerno Teatro Verdi Manon Lescaut (Manon)
1913 Barletta Teatro Curci Faust (Margherita)
1914 Prato Teatro Metastasio Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)
1916 Novara Teatro Coccia Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1918 Milano Teatro Carcano Forza del Destino (Leonora)
1919 Mantova Teatro Andreani Trovatore (Leonora)
1920 Roma Teatro Nazionale Ballo in Maschera (Amelia)
1921 Bari Teatro Margherita Ballo in Maschera (Amelia)
1922 GEnova Politeama Genovese Ballo in Maschera (Amelia)
1924 Como Politeama Lariano Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)
1925 Sampierdarena Politeama Sampierdarenese Ernani (Elvira)
1926 Voghera Teatro Sociale Ernani (Elvira)

TRACKLIST

1. Aida (Verdi) La fatal pietra with Enrico Trentini  Gramophone 2-0254148 971Aj
2. Aida (Verdi) Morir si pura e bella with Ismaele Voltolini Pathé 15113 84923
3. Aida (Verdi) Presago il cor…Morir sì pura… O terra addio with Enrico Trentini and Rosita Pagani
4. Aida (Verdi) Rivedrai le foreste… Pur ti riveggo… Si, fuggiam with Matteo Dragoni and Gennaro De Tura 2-054112 909aj, 7-54014 4156ah, 2-054111 883aj Gramophone, Milano 1919-10-08
5. Ernani (Verdi) Ernani involami Fonotecnica 3059
6. Ernani (Verdi) O sommo Carlo with Carlo Ballin and Alfredo Gandolfi Gramophone 2-0254082 3415c
7. Fanciulla del west (Puccini) Laggiu nel Soledad Gramophone R 5201  2-253070
8. Forza del destino (Verdi) Pace mio dio Gramophone S 5310  2-0253012
9. Isabeau (Mascagni) Dormivi Sognavo! with Bernardo De Muro Gramophone 054346 02352v
10. Isabeau (Mascagni) I tuoi occhi with Bernardo De Muro Gramophone 054347  02354v
11. Isabeau (Mascagni) Mio Padre… e Re Gramophone 053291 02350v
12. Isabeau (Mascagni) Venne una vecchierella  Gramophone S 5366 053293
13. Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte Pathé 10406 84927
14. Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe lagrime… Vivrà, contende  with Giulio Fregosi Pathé 12630 88422, 12630 88423
15. Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere with Aureliano Pertile Pathé 12629
16. Wally (Catalani) Ebben Ne andro lontana Pathé 10406 84928