Maria Caniglia

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Maria Caniglia (born May 5, 1905 in Naples , † April 16, 1979 in Rome ) was an Italian opera singer ( soprano ) of the 1930s and 1940s.

Life

Maria Caniglia first studied at the Conservatory of Music in San Pietro a Majella in Naples with Agostino Roche. Her stage career began in Turin in 1930 in the role of Chrysothemis in the opera Elektra . In the same year she appeared in Genoa in the role of Magda in the opera La campana sommersa (Eng. Title The Sunken Bell ), in Rome as Elsa in Lohengrin and at La Scala in Milan as Maria in Lo straniero by Ildebrando Pizzetti . In the dramatic leading roles of the soprano Caniglia appeared regularly at La Scala until 1951, where she was seen in the following roles, among others: Un ballo in maschera , La forza del destino , Aida (all by Giuseppe Verdi ), Andrea Chénier ( Umberto Giordano ) , Tosca ( Giacomo Puccini ), Adriana Lecouvreur ( Francesco Cilea ).

She has performed internationally, for example, in the Palais Garnier ( Paris ), the Royal Opera House Covent Garden ( London ) and the Teatro Colón ( Buenos Aires ). As Desdemona in Verdi's Otello , she made her debut at the Met on November 21, 1938 .

Caniglia promoted the "resurrection" of long forgotten operas such as Gaetano Donizetti's Poliuto and Verdi's Oberto .

As the leading opera singer of her time, she met well-known fellow singers and conductors with whom she recorded records. Beniamino Gigli , Oliviero De Fabritiis and Tullio Serafin should be mentioned here .

In 1939 Caniglia married Pino Donati , the Italian composer and musical director of the Verona Arena , the Teatro Comunale di Bologna and the Chicago Lyric Opera .

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personal data
SURNAME Caniglia, Maria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH May 5, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 1979
Place of death Rome