Hariclea Darclée

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Hariclea Darclée

Hariclea Hartulari Darclée (born as Hariclea Haricli * June 10, 1860 in Brăila ; † January 10, 1939 in Bucharest ) was a Romanian opera singer in the soprano vocal range and first interpreter of Floria Tosca on January 14, 1900 in the Teatro Costanzi in Rome premiered opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini .

Hariclea Darclee in the role of Elisabeth in Tannhäuser at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan

Life

As the daughter of the landowner Ion Haricli and his wife Mary Aslan, a granddaughter of Princess Smaragda from the house of the Mavrokordatos , she studied piano and took singing lessons at the Lobkowicz Conservatory in Vienna with the German music teacher Mathilde Marchesi de Castrone , in Bucharest with the French teacher Madame La Kerre and at the Paris Conservatory with Edmond Duvernoy . She made her debut on December 14, 1888 in the role of Marguerite in Charles Gounod's opera Faust , at the Paris Grand Opera . After this performance, she began a summer tour of the major opera houses in Europe.

Hariclea Darclée

On December 26, 1890, she first appeared at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan . Here she took on the role of Chimène in the piece Le Cid by the French opera composer Jules Massenet . There is evidence that Giuseppe Verdi personally attended this performance . On this prestigious stage, she completed 116 appearances, such as those in St. Petersburg , Madrid and Bucharest. Her successful stage presence from 1893 to 1910 made her a famous opera personality. Darclée quickly conquered the most important stages in Paris , Berlin , Florence , Rome, Buenos Aires , Lisbon , Monte Carlo , New York and Moscow . Giacomo Puccini tailored the role of Floria Tosca for her and composed the title Vissi d'arte, Vissi d'amore for her voice. Her language skills in German, French, Italian, Spanish, English, Greek and Russian made her much appreciated by great composers such as Verdi, Ruggero Leoncavallo , Massenet, Catalani and Puccini. She has also worked with other well-known opera greats such as Enrico Caruso , Emilio de Marchi, Eugenio Giraldoni, Titta Ruffo and the conductor Arturo Toscanini . After 25 successful years she made her last stage appearance at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence.

In the course of time, the press referred to her as the “Nightingale of the Carpathians”, “the revered nightingale”, “Maiastra fairy tale bird”, “Voice at the beginning of the century”, “the greatest singer of our time” and the Encyclopedia dello Spettacolo as “the greatest singer in the world for 25 years. ”She has received several awards, including the order of“ Bene Merenti ”class from Charles I , as well as the Ottoman “ Artistic Medal ”and the“ Grand Officer Sefakatului ”. Completely forgotten in her country of birth, she finally returned to Romania in September 1936 with the intention of finding a job at a conservatory or at the Romanian Opera. Her even greater wish was to found a school for singing, and she hoped for government support, but this did not materialize.

She died impoverished on January 10, 1939 in Bucharest and was buried there in the " Bellu " cemetery. The funeral was funded by the Italian embassy.

repertoire

Hariclea Darclée sang 58 roles in 56 operas (32 older operas, twelve world premieres and 16 operas in major premieres) by 31 composers (12 older composers and 19 young composers with world premieres of new operas); thus the artist occupies a unique position in the entire history of opera.

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SURNAME Darclée, Hariclea
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Darclée, Hariclea Hartulari (full name); Haricli, Hariclea (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1860
PLACE OF BIRTH Brăila
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1939
Place of death Bucharest