10½” FONOTIPIA – GIANNINA RUSS / RAMON BLACHART 78 RPM

$ 34

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Sep 9, 2009 Sold Date

Sep 2, 2009 Start Date

$ 10 Start price

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10½” FONOTIPIA – GIANNINA RUSS / RAMON BLANCHART

39535 GIOCONDA (Ponchielli) – Cosi mantieni il patto (Mx: Xph 427)

Recorded 6th November 1905

39862 GIOCONDA (Ponchielli) – Fissa il timone (Mx: Xph 2138) – La Scala Chorus

Recorded 15th October 1906

Very light scuffs,

CONDITION : E

Giannina RUSS (March 27, 1873, Lodi – February 28, 1951, Milan)

Was an Italian operatic soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.Russ studied piano and voice at the Milan Music Conservatory with Leoni. She made her debut in Bologna, as Mimi, in 1903, at La Scala in 1905, as Aida, and in Florence in 1908, as Norma. She was quickly invited abroad, making debut in 1904 at both the Royal Opera House in London, and the Monte Carlo Opera, also appearing at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and the Manhattan Opera in New York, in 1907. Russ performed in a wide range of roles, from bel canto to verismo, her repertory included; Semiramide, Giulia, Amaltea, Paolina, Abigail, Elvira, Leonora, Amelia, Wally, Gioconda, Santuzza, etc. She possessed a beautiful and grand voice, if somewhat uneven, and a strong dramatic temperament, she enjoyed more success in Latin countries than in Anglo-Saxon countries. After retirement she became a respected voice teacher, amongst her pupils were Margherita Grandi and Clara Petrella.

Ramon BLANCHART ( Barcelona, 1860 – El Salvador, 1934)

Blanchart made his debut in 1885 as Valentin in Faust at the Liceo in Barcelona. He appeared with much success in other houses in Spain and at Covent Garden in 1891 as Daland in Die Fliegende Hollander. The following seasons he was Iago in Verdi’ Otello at La Scala. He made his American debut in 1907with the Manhattan and was particularly successful with the Boston opera, beginning in 1909, Blanchart’s huge reperoire included principal baritone parts in works as diverse as Converse’s The sacrifice (which he sang in English in the 1911 Boston world premiere), Sonora in the Italian premiere of Puccini’s Fanciulla del west (Rome, Teatro Costanzi, 1911) Hans Sachs in Die Maeistersinger and Dr. Dulcamara in Donizetti’s Elisir D’amore. In later years, Blanchart taught in Boston and then in Panama.

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