Ester Adaberto
Ester Adaberto , birth name Ester Nunez de Arce (* 1872 in Naples , Italy , † 1951 in Milan , Italy) was a Spanish- Italian opera singer with a soprano voice .
Life
Ester Adaberto was born in Naples in 1872. Her father was Spanish, her mother Italian. At the age of two, she moved to Milan with her family. She studied singing with Emma Dotti. After taking part in several recitals in Milan, she made her debut in 1897 at the Mirandola Theater in Pagliacci . From 1897 to 1900 she sang roles like Mimi in La Bohème , Gilda in Rigoletto , Aida and Nedda in Pagliacci at theaters in various Italian cities such as Messina, Pavia, Novara and Turin . In 1901 she went to Russia with the Castellano Opera Company, where she first sang in Minsk, Kiev, Odessa and Kharkiv , and in 1902 in Ekaterinoslaw , Saint Petersburg , Rostov and Vilnius . After another year in Russia, she returned to Italy in 1904.
In 1905 she went to the United States . She had engagements with the San Carlo Opera Company and the Lambardi Opera Company. In 1906 she sang in Los Angeles and San Francisco. She sang with success for a number of years, although she turned out to be a difficult character and unreliable. So she often refused to sing for no reason and thus caused difficulties for the concert organizers. She often sang in vaudeville theaters and other even less prestigious places during these years. In spite of her escapades, she sang Leonora in Il trovatore at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1909 . In 1910 and 1911 she was in Europe and also sang in Cairo, Alexandria and Constantinople. After a trip to Cuba in February 1912, she sang again in the United States until 1915. After her son fell in World War I, she retired from the opera stage in 1917. She sang the great soprano parts of the operas played in her time. She often sang the Aida, but the title roles of Tosca and Carmen were also part of her repertoire of around thirty operas.
Recordings
Published on Rex Record:
- Ernani involami from Ernani F 2011
- No, se un pensier from Siberia F 2019
- Quando men vò from La Bohème F2020
- Habanera from Carmen 3105 B
Web links
- Ester Adaberto at Forgotten Opera Singers with a short biography, a short list of her important stations and No, se un pensier from the opera Siberia as a sound sample. (English)
- Newspaper articles at newspapers.com: Mme. Ester Adaberto, Dramatic Soprano Andre Chenier is musical, Adaberto and Agostini sing together for first time Ester Adaberto rescues opera as failure threatens New Year to open with Grand opera Alice Eversman in opera Aida Music lovers enjoy opera
- Ester Adaberto impresses crowd [Ester Adaberto impresses the crowd] Newspaper article at California Digital Newspaper Collection
Individual evidence
- ↑ ester Adaberto (Soprano) (Naples 1872 - Milan 1951). Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
- ↑ ester Adaberto (description) . In: Springfield Missouri Republican . Springfield, Missouri November 15, 1914, p. 15 ( newspapers.com [accessed October 20, 2017]).
- ↑ a b Adaberto Ester. La voce antica, accessed on October 20, 2017 .
- ↑ Il trovatore. Retrieved October 20, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Adaberto, Ester |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nunez de Arce, Ester (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish-Italian opera singer with a soprano voice |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples , Italy |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1951 |
| Place of death | Milan , Italy |