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Ester Mazzoleni--Elena
1909 Date (?)
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"Ester Mazzoleni ( Sebenico , 12 March 1883 – Palermo , 17 May 1982 ) was an Italian soprano .
She was born in Sebenico, Dalmatia , the daughter of two native Italians, Paolo and Filomena Rossini. The family was one of the richest in the city, so much so that the main theater in Sebenico was named after its patron ancestor Francesco Mazzoleni. This title was changed only in 1945. Ester Mazzoleni had a sister, Ida, and two brothers, Giovanni and Enrico.
After studying with the soprano Amelia Pinto , she made her debut in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome where on 24 March she was Rachele in L'ebrea conducted by Rodolfo Ferrari and on 3 April Fricka in the premiere of L'oro del Reno conducted by Ferrari with Giuseppe Borgatti and Giuseppe De Luca (baritone) . In 1907 lei è Lei loreley directed by Cleofonte Campanini with Mansueto Gaudio at the Teatro Regio in Parma .
Her career was exceptional, making her debut in 1908 as Isabella/Iguamota in Cristoforo Colombo (opera) directed by Arturo Toscanini at La Scala in Milan followed by Leonora in the unsuccessful La forza del Destino directed by Toscanini with Rosa Raisa and as Giulia in La Vestale (Spontini) with Emilio De Marchi (tenor) , Riccardo Stracciari and Nazzareno De Angelis also sung in the premiere at the Palais Garnier in Paris in 1909with De Marchi, Stracciari and De Angelis. Also at La Scala he sang in the first Italian performance of Luigi Cherubini 's Medea with De Angelis, on 30 December 1909 . In her footsteps there were also very different characters, such as Isotta and Norma sung in 1910 directed by Ferrari with Edoardo Ferrari Fontana at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna and in 1912 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice where in the same year she was Elisabetta di Valois in Don Carlo directed by Ferrari with Carlo Galeffi . Her Aida remains famousdirected by Tullio Serafin with Giovanni Zenatello , Maria Gay , Mansueto Gaudio and Giuseppe Danise , on the occasion of the opening of the Verona Arena in 1913 . Ester Mazzoleni returned to the city of Verona with great acclaim on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the event. Also in 1913 she was directed by Ferrari in Bologna, she was a young girl in the premiere of L'amore dei tre re with Giulio Crimi and Giselda in I Lombardi alla prima crociata with Edoardo Garbin .
In 1925 she married a gentleman from Palermo and therefore moved to Palermo , going to live in a charming villa in via Marchese Ugo which was later sold and has now disappeared. After her marriage, she announced her retirement from the stage in 1926 .
He died in Palermo on 17 May 1982 at the age of ninety-nine.
In his memory, the "E. Mazzoleni" Friends of the Opera Association was founded in Palermo; it established the Ester Mazzoleni "A life for opera" award, which is awarded every year to prestigious opera personalities."; Wikipedia
