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(9) Gemma Bellincioni
in Tasca's Santa Lucia.
(10) Rosina Storchio and Mario Sammarco
in Zazà.
(11) Annie Krull as Elektra. Elektra
by Richard Strauss. Premiered at the Hofoper in Dresden 25 Jan 1909. Also with
Siems, Schumann-Heink, and Perron.
(12) Bernardo De Muro
as Folco, the falconer, in Mascagni's Isabeau.
(13-15) Marie Van Zandt (1858 - Cannes: 31
Dec 1919). American soprano. Two birth dates and locations have been
attributed to her: Texas: 8 Oct 1861 and New York: 8 Oct 1858. I'll stick to
the latter from The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. She is seen here in her
world premiere role of Lakmé (Opéra-Comique: 14 Apr 1883), which was specially
written for her by Delibes. It was reported that her success in this role
caused her jealous Opéra-Comique colleagues to wrongfully accuse her of being
drunk on stage. She studied with her mother, Jennie Van Zandt, and in
Milan with Lamperti. Her debut was in Turin (1879) as Zerlina.
"We have had
French opera at the Gaiety Theatre; but it has only served to show the
remarkable natural talent of Mlle Van Zandt, whose sole extraordinary
qualification is an agile soprano voice with a range that includes E natural
in alt. She is supported by a company of striking examples of the defects of
the French school of singing, from which she is herself by no means free."
Bernard Shaw, Our Corner, July 1885. A Benque photo.
(16) Eva von der Osten (Octavian), (17)
Minnie Nast (Sophie), and (18) Margarethe Siems (Marschallin) in
the world premiere of Der Rosenkavalier.
(19) Maria Kuznetsova as Cléopâtre.
Cléopâtre by Massenet. Premiered (posthumously) at the Opera de Monte
Carlo, 23 Feb 1914.
(20) Maria Kuznetsova as Cléopâtre.
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