Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 1893 – 26 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano, and a favourite of Arturo Toscanini. Events 1358 - Republic of Dubrovnik is founded 1709 - Peter the Great defeats Charles XII of Sweden Year 1893 ( MDCCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto This article is related to a series of articles under the main article Voice type. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Arturo Toscanini (ɑrˈturɔ ˌtɔskɑˈnini (March 25 1867 &ndash January
Born in Mogliano Veneto, in the Province of Treviso, she made her debut at La Scala, Milan at the age of seventeen as Biancofiore in Riccardo Zandonai’s Francesca da Rimini. Mogliano Veneto is a town in the Province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy located halfway between Mestre (Venice and the town of Treviso The Province of Treviso ( Provincia di Treviso) is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. Riccardo Zandonai ( 28 May 1883 - 5 June 1944) was an Italian Opera Composer. Francesca da Rimini is an opera in four acts composed by Riccardo Zandonai, with libretto by Tito Ricordi, (1865-1933 after a play by Gabriele D'Annunzio She was an immediate success, and her clear ‘nightingale-like’ voice came to be highly appreciated throughout the world. Her best-known roles included Amina (in Bellini’s La sonnambula), Lucia (in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor) and Gilda (in Verdi’s Rigoletto). Vincenzo Salvatore Carmelo Francesco Bellini ( November 3, 1801 &ndash September 23, 1835) was a Sicilian Opera Composer La sonnambula ( The Sleepwalker) is an Opera semiseria in two acts music by Vincenzo Bellini to an Italian Libretto by Felice Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (29 November 1797 &ndash 8 April 1848 was an Italian composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based She is perhaps best-known for her performances as Cio-cio-san (in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly), and her recording of this role (with Beniamino Gigli as Pinkerton) is an interesting souvenir of her interpretation. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Beniamino Gigli ( March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was an Italian Singer, widely regarded as one of the very greatest
In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, Nellie Melba engaged her as a star for her second opera company to tour Australia. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Nellie Melba GBE (19 May 1861 &ndash 23 February 1931 born Helen Porter She was a popular and critical success and there was no rivalry between the ageing Melba and Dal Monte. Rather they threw bouquets after each other's performances. In 1928, on her third visit to Australia, Dal Monte married the tenor Enzo de Muro Lomanto in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. Enzo de Muro Lomanto ( April 11, 1902, Canosa di Puglia - February 15, 1952, Naples) was an Italian operatic Tenor St Mary’s Cathedral is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Sydney currently Cardinal Archbishop George Pell.
She retired from the operatic stage in 1943 at the age of fifty. However, she continued to work in the theatre (as well as to make the occasional recording) and appeared in a number of films, of which the best known is perhaps her last, Enrico Maria Salerno’s Anonimo veneziano, a 1970 story about a musician at La Fenice. Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one Enrico Maria Salerno ( Milan, September 18 1926, Rome - September 18 1994) was an Italian theatre & film actor Teatro La Fenice ("The Phoenix " is an Opera house in Venice, Italy.
“La Toti” died at the age of 81, in Pieve di Soligo, as a result of circulatory disorders. Pieve di Soligo is a town in the Province of Treviso, Veneto, Italy.
References
- This text was based, in part, on the equivalent article in the Italian Wikipedia. Antonietta Meneghel ( 27 June 1893 – 26 January 1975) better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian The Italian Wikipedia (Wikipedia in italiano is the Italian-language edition of Wikipedia.
- Toti del Monte at operaitaliana. com.
- Toti Dal Monte at imdb.
Bibliography
- The Last Prima Donnas, by Lanfranco Rasponi, Alfred A Knopf, 1982. ISBN 0-394-52153-6
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