Description

MARIA GALVANY (MANCHA REAL, ANDALUSIA, SPAIN, 1875 – MADRID, SPAIN, 1927 or RIO DE JANEIRO, 1949)

 

 

 

 

She studied at the Madrid Conservatory with the renowned singing teacher Lázaro María Puig and Napoleone Verger. She made her debut as Lucia at Cartagena in 1897. Specializing in coloratura roles, she sang with great success in Spain and Italy, gaining her greatest popularity in South America. She also toured with a company that performed throughout Europe, including Russia (where she was a favorite singer), visiting London 1909, where she appeared at Drury Lane as Amina, Rosina and in the title role of Meyerbeer’s ”Dinorah”. In Lisbon she sang uninterruptedly for 15 years at the Coliseu. She gained great success in Parma, Venezia, and Genoa. It seems rather strange, however, that she never managed to appear at La Scala, the Met, the Teatro Cólon or at Covent Garden. She retired to Brazil and died there in poverty. Comment: Vocally, Maria Galvany represents an extreme case. Her virtuosity, the limpidity of her trills, roulades, and above all, her staccati lead us to think, more of an instrument than of a voice. One might get the impression to listen to a canary. Nevertheless, some of her recordings are remarkable for the sweetness of her voice. Listen to the duets she made opposite Tita Ruffo. You will hear a singer capable to adapt the musicality of her great br. colleague. In the following title she “invented” a breathtaking cadenza.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1896 Barcellona Gran Via Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1898 Madrid Reale Crispino e la Comare (Annetta)

1899 Madrid Reale Africana (Ines)

1901 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1901 Kischineff Nazionale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1902 Montevideo Solis Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1902 Buenos Ayres Odeon Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1903 Nice Jetee Promenade Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1903 Kiev Soloznikoff Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1903 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1904 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1904 Domodossola Galletti Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1904 Napoli Bellini Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Boheme (Mimi)

1905 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Crispino e la Comare (Annetta)

1905 Rio de Janeiro Lirico Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 San Paolo Vittoria Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 Amsterdam Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 San Paolo Santana Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 Santa Fè Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1906 San Pietroburgo Nuovo Conservatorio Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1906 San Pietroburgo  Nuovo Conservatorio Don Pasquale (Norina)

1906 Kiev Soloznikoff Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1906 Odessa Municipale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1906 San Pietroburgo Aquarium Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1907 Bucarest Nazionale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Allegretto della cavatina 4132 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Biondo (Marino) 4131 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Valzer 4125 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Fado portuguez (Neuparth) 4128 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Mireille (Gounod) Valzer 4123 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Puritani (Bellini) Rondò 4129 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro nome 4118 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Sonnambula (Bellini) Rondò allegro 4127 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Traviata (Verdi) Sempre libera 4119 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

Zauberflöte (Mozart) Aria della regina della notte 4126 Pathé cylinders & discs, Paris 1904?

 

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Ah qual colpo with Fernando de Lucia 54384 11168b Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Dunque io son with Titta Ruffo 054181 1328½c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Io sono docile 53297 3056b G&T, Milano 1903-02-1228

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Una voce poco fà 53484 4732h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Crispino e la Comare (Ricci) Io non sono più l’Annetta 53550 11191b Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Ombra leggiera 053180 1451½c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir  with Aristodemo Giorgini 054111 549i G&T, Milano 1906-1011

Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Chiedi all’aura  with Aristodemo Giorgini 054110 551i G&T, Milano 1906-1011

Hamlet (Thomas) Nega se puoi le luce with Titta Ruffo 054180 1312½c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Hamlet (Thomas) Ora a noi 053162 1307c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Hijas del Zebedeo (Chapi) Carceleras (Sp) 53527 10895b G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Huguenots (Meyerbeer) O lieto suol 053164 1340c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Lakmé (Delibes) Aria della campanelle 053182 1455½c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

L’eco (Eckert) 53294 3049b G&T, Milano 1903-02-1228

L’incantatrice (Arditi) 053165 1399½c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Linda di Chamounix (Donizetti) O luce di quest’anima 53549 11190b Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Splendon le sacre faci… Spargi d’amaro pianto 053181 1453½c, 053200 1454c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Maggio, Valzer (Dufau) 053193 1450c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Maggio, Valzer (Dufau) 053193 1450c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Mireille (Gounod) O d’amor messagera (Valzer) 53483 4731h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Ouvi dizar (Fado Portuguez) (Neuparth) 53558 11187½b Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Puritani (Bellini) Piangi o figlia with Andres de Segurola 54370 10852b G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Puritani (Bellini) Qui la voce 53485 4734h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Puritani (Bellini) Vieni fra queste braccie with Francesco Marconi 054208 1446c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Rigoletto (Verdi) Ah veglia o donna with Titta Ruffo 54315 4727h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Rigoletto (Verdi) Caro nome 53293 3048b (-R) G&T, Milano 1903-02-1228

Rigoletto (Verdi) Piangi fanciulla with Titta Ruffo 054100 545i G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Rigoletto (Verdi) Si, vendetta (w. Ruffo) 54316 4730h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) Nella calma 053163 1308c G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Sonnambula (Bellini) Ah non giunge 53551 11192b Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Sonnambula (Bellini) Ah, non giunge (Rondo) 53295 3052b G&T, Milano 1903-02-1228

Sonnambula (Bellini) Duetto Annina-Rodolfo with Andres de Segurola 54371 10901b G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Sonnambula (Bellini) Prendi, l’anel ti dono with Fernando de Lucia 054217 1443c Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Sonnambula (Bellini) Son geloso (w. de Lucia) 054215 1444c Gramophone, Milano 1908-06

Sonnambula (Bellini) Son geloso with Aristodemo Giorgini 054112 548i G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine with Titta Ruffo 054101 546i G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

Traviata (Verdi) Sempre libera with Remo Andreini 054209 1456c

Variazioni (Proch) 53296 3053b G&T, Milano 1903-02-1228

Variazioni (Proch) 53526 10894b G&T, Milano 1907-1011

Zauberflöte (Mozart) Gli angui d’inferno 53482 4728h G&T, Milano 1906-10-20

 

Aria e variazione, op. 64 (Proch) Edison wax master unpublished 398-A 20 London October 1910

L’ incantatrice (Arditi) Edison wax master unpublished 410-A 21 London, October 1910

Sonnambula (Bellini) Son geloso del’zeffiro errante (w. Macnez) Edison wax master unpublished 402-B 26 London, October 1910

 

L’incantatrice (Arditi) 35020 Edison 4-min cylinders, USA? 1911?

Sonnambula (Bellini) Come per me sereno BA 28123 Edison 4-min cylinders, USA? 1911?

Traviata (Verdi) Sempre libera 35018 Edison 4-min cylinders, USA? 1911?

Zauberflöte (Mozart) Aria della regina della notte 35012 Edison 4-min cylinders, USA? 1911?