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Armida Parsi-Pettinella (Mezzo-Soprano) (Gallese, near Rome 1868 - Milan 1949)
She made her debut in 1893 and had a successful career in different italian opera theaters. She often sang at La Scala where in 1895 she appeared as Anna Bolena in ‘’Henri VIII’’ of Saint-Saéns. The next year, she again sang at La Scala, but this time as Dalila in ‘’Samson et Dalila’’ of the same composer. As Dalila she performed aslo in 1902 at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa. The singer who was married to conductor Pettinella guested among other things in London, Paris, Madrid and Buenos Aires; already in 1896 she made guest appearance at the Academy of Music in New York where she sang the role of Madelon in the American premiære of the opera ‘’Andrea Chenier’’ of Giordano. Guest apperances followed in Monte Carlo as Eboli in Verdi’s ‘’Don Carlo’’ (1906), at the Teatro Real in Madrid in ‘’Amleto’’ of A. Thomas (1908). She spent her old age at the Casa di Riposo Giuseppe Verdi In Milan.
Samson et Dalila: Aprile foriero Fonotipia 69006 xxxph 123
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