Gianna Pederzini
Gianna Pederzini (10 February 1900 - 12 March 1988) was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Pederzini was born in Trento. She studied in Naples with Fernando de Lucia, and made her stage debut in Messina, as Preziosilla, in 1923. She sang widely in Italy, notably as Mignon and Carmen, and made her debut at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, as Adalgisa, in 1928, and at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, in 1930. Abroad, she appeared at the Royal Opera House in London in 1931, the Opéra de Paris in 1935, the Teatro Colón in 1938, and the Berlin State Opera in 1941. She defended a wide repertoire, she took part in the 1930s in revivals of rare operas by Rossini and Donizetti, while singing the standard mezzo roles; Azucena, Ulrica, Amneris, Laura, but also a few dramatic soprano roles such as Santuzza and Fedora, etc. She also often sang Charlotte in Massenet's Werther with Tito Schipa. A live recording exists of one such performance. In the 1950s, she began concentrating on "character roles" such as the Countess in The Queen of Spades, Mistress Quickly in Falstaff, Madame Flora in The Medium, and took part in the creation of Dialogues of the Carmelites at La Scala, in 1957. She died, aged 88, in Rome. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | CAVE-012839 | 12-in. | between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 | Aprile | Antonio Marranti ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Victor | CAVE-012840 | 10-in. | 7/4/1939 | Catari | Antonio Marranti ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Victor | BAVE-012841 | 10-in. | between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 | Mattinata | Antonio Marranti ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Victor | BAVE-012842 | 10-in. | between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 | Vieni! | Antonio Marranti ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Victor | BAVE-012847 | 10-in. | between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 | Ninna nanna istriana | Mafalda Napolitana de Quaratino ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Victor | BAVE-012848 | 10-in. | between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 | L' amor xe una pietanza | Mafalda Napolitana de Quaratino ; Gianna Pederzini | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, mezzo-soprano | |
Gramophone | CF2515 | 12-in. | 12/5/1928 | Re dell'abisso, affrettati | Giuseppe Garutti ; Orchestra Milano [i.e., Teatro alla Scala Orchestra] ; Gianna Pederzini ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Coro | Contralto and tenor vocal duet, with vocal chorus and orchestra | vocalist, mezzo-soprano |
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Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Pederzini, Gianna," accessed November 24, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104464.
Pederzini, Gianna. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 24, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/104464.
"Pederzini, Gianna." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Pederzini, Gianna, 1900-1988 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n84011393
Wikidata: Gianna Pederzini - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q3763400
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