Emma Trentini
Emma Trentini (born April 12, 1878 in Mantua , † March 23, 1959 in Milan ) was an American opera singer (soprano) of Italian origin.
Life
Trentini studied singing with Fritz Feinhals in Munich. As early as 1902 she appeared in the Siena Opera House. She had her breakthrough in 1904 as Jane in Alberto Franchetti's opera Germania at the Teatro alla Scala . In 1905 she appeared at the Covent Garden Opera in Un ballo in maschera by Giuseppe Verdi and as Musetta in Puccini's La Bohème . In 1906 she appeared at the Teatro San Carlo in the world premiere of Frédéric d'Erlangers opera Tess .
From 1906 to 1909 Trentini was engaged at Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera House in New York, where she appeared in the American premiere of Claude Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande . In the 1910-11 season she sang on Broadway in the world premiere of Victor Herbert's operetta Naughty Marietta , and in Philadelphia she sang again the Musetta in La Bohème .
From 1911 she devoted herself exclusively to the operetta and appeared on Broadway in Rudolf Friml's The Firefly (1913) and Oskar Nedbal's The Peasant Girl (1915). In 1916 she retired from the stage and returned to Italy.
literature
- Stanley Appelbaum, James Camner: "Stars of the American Musical Theater in Historic Photographs" , Courier Corporation, 2013, ISBN 9780486149301 , p. 47
Web links
- Emma Trentini in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Emma Trentini in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Emma Trentini at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- Forgotten Opera Singers - Emma Trentini
- Oxford Reference - Emma Trentini
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Trentini, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (soprano) of Italian origin |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mantua |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1959 |
| Place of death | Milan |