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MAFALDA SALVATINI (BAIAE, ITALY 17 OCTOBER 1886 – LUGANO, SWITZERLAND 13 JUNE 1971)

Her father was an officer in the Neapolitan army, and she was orphaned when she was only four years old. She studied singing under Jean de Reszke and Pauline Viardot-Garcia in Paris. In 1908, during a guest performance at the Berlin Court Opera, she caused a sensation as Aida. From 1911 to 1914, she was a member of this opera house. In 1912, she performed at the Hofoper in Munich, and in 1913 at the Grand Opéra in Paris, where she portrayed Valentine in Les Huguenots by G. Meyerbeer. During the 1914-1923 seasons, she was engaged by the German Opera House in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Although she appeared again at the State Opera (formerly Hofoper) in Berlin during the 1924-1926 seasons, she returned to the German Opera House in 1926, where she continued her career until 1932. In 1926, she created the title role in G. Puccini’s Turandot for Berlin, achieving one of her greatest successes. In 1927, she was a guest at the Dresden State Opera, and in 1922 and 1928 at the Vienna State Opera. She also performed at the Riga Opera House in 1928. She made guest appearances in Holland and Belgium but never in her native Italy. In the early 1930s, she married the Lithuanian Ambassador in Germany. After her retirement, she lived in the Swiss canton of Ticino.

TRACKLIST

1. Fedora (Giordano) Gott, der gerecht ist O-4109a Be8911 Odeon
2. Fedora (Giordano) Welch ein Duft O-4109b Be8912 Odeon
3. Juive (Halévy) Er kommt zurück O-8712 xxB7667 Odeon, Berlin 1927-04-01
4. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Die prunkende Schleife (w. Talén) 80653 xxB7401 Odeon, Berlin 1925-12-11
5. Mignon (Thomas) Kennst du das Land O-8610 xxB7430 Odeon, Berlin 1926-02-23 (ac)
6. Morgen (Strauss) O-4114a Be8948 Odeon
7. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Warum denn hielt’st du mich sehnend umfangen (w. Schlusnus) 044329 1417s Grammophon, Berlin 1919/1920
8. Rusalka (Dvořák) Du lieber Mond, so silberhell 80746 xxB7102 Odeon, Berlin 1924-12-11
9. Tosca (Puccini) Qual occhio al mondo (w. Jadlowker) 054485, 1399s Grammophon, Berlin 1919 1920
10. Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 80796 xxB7156 Odeon, Berlin 1925-04-08
11. Trovatore (Verdi) Wilde Eifersucht im Herzen (w. Salvatini & Hutt) 65642 (B25012) Grammophon, Berlin
12. Turandot (Puccini) Die ersten Tränen O-8706 xxB7626 Odeon, Berlin 1927-04-01
13. Turandot (Puccini) In diesem Schlosse O-8706 xxB7625 Odeon, Berlin 1927-04-01
14. Verratene Liebe (Cornelius) (w. Hofmann) O-8723, xxB7852 Odeon, Berlin 1927-11-19
15. Saffo (Pacini) L’ama ognor qualio 80747xxB7103 Odeon, Berlin 1925-04-08