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| Id |
9008 |
| Category |
artwork |
| Author / Composer |
ANGIOLINI, Napoleone (1797-1871), lithographer |
| Title |
Erminia Frezzolini. [Lithographed portrait of the soprano Erminia Frezzolini (1818-1884)]. |
| Place |
Bologna |
| Publisher |
Angiolini |
| Publication Date |
[ca 1840] |
| ISBN / Plate No. |
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| Series |
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| Size |
335 x 257mm. (image = 202 x 166mm). |
| Description |
Image affixed to a larger printed sheet with verse beginning "Tanta dolcezza e si soave incanto ...".. Lithograph by Angiolini after a drawing by Achille Frulli (fl.1829-fl.ca 1840), depicting the Italian soprano half-length. "Trained mainly by her father, Giuseppe Frezzolini and Domenico Ronconi, she had bel canto skills but sang in the new manner called for by Verdi's works, uniting smooth legato and dramatic power. Her sensational début, at Florence in 1837, was in the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda; this remained one of her most effective parts, along with Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia (in which she caused another sensation, at La Scala in 1840), Bellini's Elvira (I puritani), and Verdi's Giselda, Gilda (Rigoletto) and Leonora (Il trovatore). She also created the title role in Coccia’s Giovanna II, regina di Napoli (1840, Milan). She was compared to Maria Malibran for boldness, intensity and pathos, with an added sweetness of timbre" (Grove Online). |
| Reference |
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| Price |
£36.00 |
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