It was then at the Manhattan Opera House in 1909 with Luisa Tetrazzini, John McCormack, and Charles Gilibert, and again with Frieda Hempel and Antonio Scotti in the same roles at the Met on December 17, 1917.

Luisa Tetrazzini ( June 29, 1871 – April 28, 1940 ) was an Italian coloratura soprano of great international fame.

Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini ( 1862 – 1938 ), who also was a successful singer.

In 1907 Tetrazzini made a sensational debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, where she was completely unknown, and from that point on she was an international operatic superstar, commanding the highest fees and selling out opera houses and concert halls wherever she performed.

At Boston, the Australian soprano Evelyn Scotney deputised for her in Lucia di Lammermoor, and the critics considered her " even better than Tetrazzini ", an indication of the esteem in which Tetrazzini's name was held.

Tetrazzini was short and grew stout as she aged ; but she could act effectively on stage, especially in lively or comic roles.

Tetrazzini had a bitter feud with Nellie Melba at Covent Garden but was generally well liked by other colleagues, including Enrico Caruso and Frieda Hempel.

Tetrazzini later studied at the Istituto Musicale in Florence.

* April 28 – Luisa Tetrazzini, Italian opera singer ( b. 1871 )

Indeed, Adelina Patti and Luisa Tetrazzini were the only Italian sopranos to enjoy star status in London and New York in the late-Victorian and Edwardian eras, while such well-known compatriots and coevals of theirs as Gemma Bellincioni and Eugenia Burzio ( among several others ) failed to please Anglo-Saxon ears because, unlike Patti and Tetrazzini, they possessed unsteady, vibrato-laden voices — see Scott for evaluations of their respective techniques.

Tetrazzini made her American debut in San Francisco in 1905.

On a crystal clear Christmas Eve in 1910, at the corner of Market and Kearney near Lotta's Fountain, Tetrazzini climbed a stage platform in a sparkling white gown, surrounded by a throng of an estimated two to three-hundred thousand San Franciscans, and serenaded the city she loved.

In 1908, Tetrazzini finally appeared in New York, not at the Metropolitan, but at Oscar Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, again as Violetta and again with great success.

Tetrazzini possessed an extraordinary vocal technique that enabled her to surmount any vocal challenge with almost insolent ease.

After World War I, Tetrazzini largely abandoned the opera stage for the concert platform.

She would often say, " I am old, I am fat, but I am still Tetrazzini.

Tetrazzini died in Milan on April 28, 1940.

Luisa is thought to be eponymous of the popular American dish Turkey Tetrazzini, which allegedly originated in San Francisco, where she resided for years.

Additionally, there is a reference to Tetrazzini in the 1916 song " When Priscilla Tries to Reach High C ", written by Harry von Tilzer.

* Luisa Tetrazzini, 2 volumes: 1, 2 ; Nimbus.

* Luisa Tetrazzini: The Complete Zonophone ( 1904 ) and Victor Recordings ( 1911 – 20 ); Romophone.

* Tetrazzini at archive. org

* Luisa Tetrazzini singing along to a Caruso record of " M ' appari, Tutt ' Amor " when she retired in 1932.

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