Teresa Belloc

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Teresa Belloc

Teresa Belloc or Teresa Belloc-Giorgi (born Maria Teresa Ottavia Faustina Trombetta ; * July 2, 1784 in San Benigno Canavese ; † May 13, 1855 in San Giorgio Canavese ) was a famous Italian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ), who appeared in operas by Rossini , Mayr and Paër performed.

Life

Her parents were Carlo Trombetta and Agnese Clerc; her father was a Jacobin and was in French service and her mother is said to have Georgian roots according to Regli (who is not always reliable) . Teresa received her first musical education in Turin and possibly Paris (according to Regli).

She made her debut on September 1, 1801 at the Teatro Carignano in Turin as Laurina in Giovanni Simone Mayr's L'equivoco, ossia Le bizzarrie d'amore , under the name "Maria Teresa Giorgi". There she also sang in Paër's La Virtù al cimento . Mayrs Laurina sang it in her first appearance at La Scala in Milan on April 2nd, 1803, this time under the name "Belloc-Giorgi", since she had apparently married Angelo Belloc, a doctor in the French army. At that time she already had "around 17 main roles" in her repertoire. Milan remained the center of her career for more than two decades.

She had great success in Paisiello's Nina , with whom she became known and which she sang in Paris in 1803. There she was also admired in Martín y Solers Una cosa rara and as Griselda von Paër . According to Fétis, her voice was "a mezzo-soprano of small volume but very pure tonal quality, and her style was generally expressive and moving" (" son accent était en général expressif et touchant ").

As a result, the Belloc went back to Italy, where it performed in Genoa , Venice and again in Milan. Her most important roles included some of the operas that Giovanni Simone Mayr wrote for her: Zeliska in Mayr's L'amor coniugale (premiered July 26, 1805 in Padua), and the female title role in Adelasia ed Aleramo at La Scala in Milan. After the first performance of the latter on December 26, 1806, the Giornale di Milano wrote: “Signora Belloc has masterly skills and a voice - although perhaps a little weak for our theater - of very large scope and very rare flexibility. She also masters the art of acting wonderfully ”. The interpretation of Adelasia was a personal “triumph” for Teresa Belloc, and she also sang this role in Turin (1807), Genoa (1809), Naples (1810) and Rome (1814).

Stage design for Rossini's La Gazza ladra in La Scala in Milan on May 31, 1817

In Turin in 1808 she was the prima donna in the premiere of Vincenzo Federici's La conquista delle Indie Orientali ; a few years later she also sang in Turin in the world premieres of Berenice di Armenia by Soliva (December 1816) and Bonfichi's Abradate e Dircea (January 1817).

Between June 1810 and March 1811 she was in Naples , where she did not appear again because of Isabella Colbran's "almost unrestricted rule".

Rossini wrote the roles of Isabella in L'inganno felice (1812, Venice) and Ninetta in his Semiseria La gazza ladra (1817, Milan) for the Belloc . Another important role of the Belloc was the title role in Rossini's Tancredi .

In 1818 she traveled to London , where she performed under the name "Bellochi". Then she went back to Milan, and in the following years sang as prima donna in the world premieres of Mercadante's Elisa e Claudio (premiered October 30, 1821) and Amleto (premiered December 26, 1822). Belloc was also the first interpreter of Giulia in Giovanni Pacini's opera La Vestale on February 6, 1823.

After a brilliant career, she retired from the stage in 1828 and lived in San Giorgio Canavese from then on. She is said to have been rich and a special darling of the Duchess of Parma Maria Luigia. Teresa Belloc-Giorgi died on May 13, 1855 after suffering from gout .

literature

  • Susan Blyth-Schofield: "BELLOC-GIORGI, Bellochi, (Maria) Teresa", in: MGG 2 Online , ed. by Laurenz Lütteken, Kassel, Stuttgart, New York: 1999 / 2016ff., preview of MGG-online (whole article only by subscription; seen on July 28, 2019)
  • François-Joseph Fétis: "Belloc (Thérèse Giorgi)", in: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique , Vol. 1, Paris, 1866–68, p. 329. Online at gallica.bnf.fr (French; as seen on July 28, 2019)
  • Francesco Regli: “Belloc-Trombetta Teresa”, in: Dizionario biografico: dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalisti, impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860 , Turin, E. Dalmazzo, 1860, pp. 52–53, online on Google-Books (Italian; viewed July 28, 2019)

Individual notes

  1. ↑ Name also appears the other way around, see e.g. B. "Giorgi-Belloc, Teresa" in the List of Mercadante Role Creators on the opera.stanford.edu website (viewed July 27, 2019). On the same website, however, she appears in Pacini operas under the name “Belloc-Giorgi, Teresa”!
  2. ↑ Also “Belloc-Trombetta”, see: Francesco Regli: “Belloc-Trombetta Teresa”, in: Dizionario biografico: dei più celebri poeti ed artisti melodrammatici, tragici e comici, maestri, concertisti, coreografi, mimi, ballerini, scenografi, giornalist , impresarii, ecc. ecc. che fiorirono in Italia dal 1800 al 1860 , Turin, E. Dalmazzo, 1860, pp. 52–53, online on Google-Books (Italian; viewed July 28, 2019)
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Susan Blyth-Schofield: "BELLOC-GIORGI, Bellochi, (Maria) Teresa", in: MGG 2 Online, ed. by Laurenz Lütteken, Kassel, Stuttgart, New York: 1999 / 2016ff., preview of MGG-online (whole article only by subscription; seen on July 28, 2019)
  4. ↑ See also under "Belloc-Giorgi, Teresa" in the List of Pacini Role Creators on the website opera.stanford.edu (as of July 28, 2019)
  5. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Francesco Regli: "Belloc-Trombetta Teresa", in: Dizionario biografico ... , Turin, ..., 1860, pp. 52–53, online on Google Books (Italian; viewed on July 28, 2019)
  6. ↑ Regli claims, however, that she only met him in Turin around 1808. Francesco Regli: "Belloc-Trombetta Teresa", in: Dizionario biografico ... , Turin, 1860, pp. 52–53, online on Google Books (Italian)
  7. ^ A b c d e f g François-Joseph Fétis: "Belloc (Thérèse Giorgi)", in: Biographie universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique , Vol. 1, Paris, 1866-68, p. 329. Online gallica.bnf.fr (French; accessed July 28, 2019)
  8. ↑ Jeremy Commons: "Giovanni Simone Mayr: L'amor coniugale", booklet text for the CD box: A hundred years of italian Opera (various artists under David Parry), Opera rara: ORCH 101, pp. 112–119, here : P. 112
  9. ↑ a b Jeremy Commons: “Giovanni Simone Mayr: Adelasia ed Aleramo”, booklet text for the CD box: A hundred years of italian Opera (various artists under David Parry), Opera rara: ORCH 101, pp. 133-139, here: pp. 133–135
  10. ↑ See under “Giorgi-Belloc, Teresa” in the List of Mercadante Role Creators on the opera.stanford.edu website ( accessed July 28, 2019).
  11. ↑ See "Belloc-Giorgi, Teresa" in the List of Pacini Role Creators on the opera.stanford.edu website ( accessed July 28, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Belloc, Teresa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belloc-Giorgi, Teresa; Bellochi, Teresa; Maria Teresa Giorgi; Belloc-Trombetta, Teresa; Giorgi Belloc, Thérèse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1784
PLACE OF BIRTH San Benigno Canavese
DATE OF DEATH May 13, 1855
Place of death San Giorgio Canavese