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This is the complete recording of La Traviata, produced in Milano 1915. The record-set contains records of 30 cm and in 25 cm. The records here are green HMV's.
The interpreters:
Margherita Bevignani, soprano (1887 - 1921).
In the beginning of her carreer she appeared in a number of Italian citys. She recorded this La Traviata in Milano in 1915. In that year she came to the Netherlands and she scored great success with her interpretation of La Traviata. As a result of WW 1 the borders were closed and she could not return. She stayed in the Netherlands during the rest of the war and gave many concerts. In 1918, just at the end of the war she felt ill: Spanish influenza, who took tenthousands of victems in the Netherlands. She died in 1921 in Milano
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Franco Tumminello, tenor (1880 - ?)
There is little known about this tenor. He made his debut in 1911 and appeared in Jesi, Torino and Roma. Anyway, he was the Tiruddi in the first recording of the complete Cavalleria Rusticana, also in 1915.
Ernesto Badini, bariton (1876 – 1937)
This world-famous bariton was guest in all the great theatres of Italy and de rest of Europe, as well in South America. He participated in some Opera-premieres, so as Piccolo Marat (Mascagni), La cena delle Beffe (Giordano) and Sly (Wolf-Ferrari).
This is the complete recording of La Traviata, produced in Milano 1915. The record-set contains records of 30 cm and in 25 cm. The records here are green HMV's.
The interpreters:
Margherita Bevignani, soprano (1887 - 1921).
In the beginning of her carreer she appeared in a number of Italian citys. She recorded this La Traviata in Milano in 1915. In that year she came to the Netherlands and she scored great success with her interpretation of La Traviata. As a result of WW 1 the borders were closed and she could not return. She stayed in the Netherlands during the rest of the war and gave many concerts. In 1918, just at the end of the war she felt ill: Spanish influenza, who took tenthousands of victems in the Netherlands. She died in 1921 in Milano
.
Franco Tumminello, tenor (1880 - ?)
There is little known about this tenor. He made his debut in 1911 and appeared in Jesi, Torino and Roma. Anyway, he was the Tiruddi in the first recording of the complete Cavalleria Rusticana, also in 1915.
Ernesto Badini, bariton (1876 – 1937)
This world-famous bariton was guest in all the great theatres of Italy and de rest of Europe, as well in South America. He participated in some Opera-premieres, so as Piccolo Marat (Mascagni), La cena delle Beffe (Giordano) and Sly (Wolf-Ferrari).
