Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Nov 27, 2011

Laura Del Lungo (Mezzo-Soprano) (Rome 1883 - Milan 1922)




She made her debut at the Teatro Unione in Viterbo, 1906. She was subsequently a leading singer at the Khediviale in Cairo for several seasons, in addition to being heard in various Italian houses in operas such as ‘’Aida’’, ‘’Carmen’’, ‘’Mignon’’, ‘’Lohengrin’’, ‘’Favorita’’, and Mascagni’s ‘’Parisina’’.

Chronology of some appearances

1906 Viterbo Teatro Unione Fra' Diavolo (Pamela)
1909 Brescia Teatro Grande Erodiade (Erodiade)
1914 Livorno Teatro Goldoni Parisina di P.Mascagni (Stella)
1916 Bologna Teatro Del Corso Mignon (Mignon)
1922 Lecce Politeama Greco Ivan di P. La Rotella


RECORDINGS FOR SALE









Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909
Rigoletto (Verdi): Quartetto P.I° with Giuseppe Acerbi, Linda Brambilla and Luigi Baldassarri 165
Rigoletto (Verdi): II° with Giuseppe Acerbi, Linda Brambilla and Luigi Baldassarri 166
Ruy Blas (Marchetti): Dal suo labbro with Ernesto Caronna 364
Favorita (Donizetti): O mio Fernando 16

Fonotipia Milano, 11-10-10
Aida (Verdi): Di Napata Le gole with Icilio Calleja, Domenico Viglione Borghese and Ester Mazzoleni 92673  XPh 4366

Fonotipia Milano, 1914-03-01
Parisina (Mascagni): Stella, O tristo, tristo with Alessandro  Dolci 69131XPh 5053
Parisina (Mascagni): O Parisina Malatesta 69132  XPh 5054

Fonotipia Milano, 1914-04-25
Parisina (Mascagni): Giungesti in punto with Alessandro Dolci 74180 Xph5060

Fonotipia Milano, 1914-04-27
Parisina (Mascagni): Ave Maria, gratia plena with Francisca Solari and Ida Rappini 69136 XPh 5064

Fonotipia Milano, 1914-04-29
Parisina (Mascagni): O fiore di mia vita with Alessandro  Dolci 74179 XXPh 5059

Fonotipia Milano, 1910-05-25
Ballo in maschera  (Verdi): Re del abisso  92652 Xph 4352

Fonotipia Milano, 1910-05-21
Don Carlo (Verdi): O don fatale 92651 Xph 4345 

Fonotipia Milano, 1910-05-10
Ruy Blas (Marchetti): C'era una volta una duchessa 92641XPh 4332
Samson e Dalila (Saint-Saens): Romanza 92788 XPh 4418
Samson e Dalila (Saint-Saens): Amour, viens aider 92789 XPh 4359

Edison 2-min cylinders, 1912?
Mignon (Thomas): Non conosci il bel suol  test, unpubl 44903




















1 comment:

  1. MOLTO BELLO!!! Thank you for sharing this Wonderful Biographical notes.

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