Toti Dal Monte
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Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 1893 – 26 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian
Career
Born in
In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, she was engaged by Dame Nellie Melba to be one of the star singers of an Italian opera company that Melba was organising to make a tour of Australia. She proved a popular and critical success on the tour, and there was no rivalry between the ageing Melba and the much younger Dal Monte. Rather, they threw bouquets after each other's performances. On 23 August 1928, on her third visit to Australia, she married tenor Enzo de Muro Lomanto in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney.[1]
On 12 January 1929 at La Scala she created the role of Rosalina, in the world premiere of Umberto Giordano's Il re.
She retired from the operatic stage in 1945. However, she continued to work in the theatre (as well as to make the occasional recording) and appeared in a number of films, of which the best known is perhaps her last, Enrico Maria Salerno's Anonimo veneziano, a 1970 story about a musician at La Fenice. She became a singing teacher and coach; her pupils included Dodi Protero, Dolores Wilson, Maaria Eira and Gianna D'Angelo.[citation needed]
Death
Dal Monte died in 1975 at the age of 81, in Pieve di Soligo, as a result of circulatory disorders.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Toti Dal Monte: Marriage in Sydney". News: 1. 23 August 1928.
Sources
- This text was based, in part, on the equivalent article in the Italian Wikipedia.
- Toti del Monte at operaitaliana.com.
- Toti Dal Monte at IMDb
- "Remembering Toti" at thewaythefutureblogs.com
Bibliography
- The Last Prima Donnas, by ISBN 0-394-52153-6