Pasini-Vitale, Lina. (1872-1959)
Signed Photograph Postcard
An elegant photograph postcard of the Italian soprano, boldly signed at the right in blue ink. On the verso, the postcard is addressed to the Argentinian collector Ramona Imaz Otaño. In very fine condition. 3.5 x 5.5 inches (8.5 x 13.5 cm)."After study in Rome [Pasini-Vitale] made her début at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan, as Cecilia in La tilda by Cilea (1892). Early in her career she was successful at La Scala and in Rome and Turin as Mascagni’s Iris and Suzel (L’amico Fritz), Micaëla, Mimì and Gretel. In 1897 she married the conductor Edoardo Vitale. From 1914 she was widely known in operas by Wagner, singing Kundry in the South American première of Parsifal at Buenos Aires, and appearing as Brünnhilde at Rome in 1926. She retired in 1928, after singing Kundry at Naples." (David Cummings, New Grove Dictionary of Opera) (13502)
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