Toti dal Monte

Toti dal Monte (actually Antonietta Meneghelli; * June 27, 1893 in Mogliano Veneto in the province of Treviso, Italy, † January 25, 1975 in Pieve di Soligo, Treviso, Italy) was an Italian soprano ( coloratura soprano), the lot with Arturo Toscanini worked.

Dal Monte originally wanted to study piano, but after an accident left her at Barbara Marchisio trained as a singer. She made her debut in a small role at La Scala ( 1910 Bianco Fiore in Francesca da Rimini), first in the compartment of the lyric soprano. Then she changed the subject for coloratura soprano and studied with the baritone Antonio Pini - Corsi. In 1918 she sang Gilda in Rigoletto at the Arturo Toscanini at La Scala, where she sang soon Rossini ( Rosina in The Barber of Seville ) and Donizetti roles. In addition, she also sang a lot in Rome and Naples (La Traviata, La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, which she recorded with Beniamino Gigli ). From 1924 she also appeared in Paris ( Rigoletto ) and from 1925 in Covent Garden ( The Barber of Seville, Lucia di Lammermoor ). In 1924 she toured with Nellie Melba on invitation in Australia. The same year she made ​​her debut at the Metropolitan Opera. She also sang in the 1920s regularly in Chicago. In 1943, she retired from the opera stage back, but still took occasional records and gave lessons. In addition, she appeared in several films, such as Anonimo veneziano 1970 by Enrico Maria Salerno ( about a musician at La Fenice ).

In 1928 she married the tenor Enzo de Muro Lomanto in Sydney.

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• Coloratura soprano
• Opera singer
• Italian
• Born in 1893
• Died in 1975
• Woman