Armida Parsi Pettinella AUTOGRAPHED

ARMIDA PARSI-PETTINELLA
1868-1944
Italian Contralto

Debut at Teatro Costanzi 1892 as Azucena 'Il Trovatore". At La Scala, in 1895 as Anna Bolena "Henri VIII." Saint-Saëns, and also sang Delilah "Samson and Delilah" Saint-Saëns, ,Gertrude "Amleto" She repeated her Delilah at the lirico Barcelona in 1897 .She appeared in the premiere of 'Gugliemo Ratcliff" by Mascagni . Between 1897-1901 she visited South America , Lisbon , Trieste,Odessa and Madrid adding to her repertory Leonora 'Favorita" ,Laura,Amneris,Ortrud,Mignon,Fricka , Fides , Carmen . In 1903 she was back at La Scala as Ulrica in Verdi's "Masked Ball" . Her final appearance at La Scala was 1910 as Dalilah.She retired from the stage after a performance as Dame Quickly 'Falstaff" at Reggio Turin in 1911