Emma Zilli (pronounced [ˈɛmma dˈdzilli]) (11 November 1864 – January 1901) was an Italian soprano, possibly best known for creating the role of Alice in Verdi's Falstaff in 1893.
Emma Zilli in 1896
Life
Zilli was born in Fagagna, Udine.[1] She was trained as a pianist and began singing only after her marriage to the painter Giacomo Zilli, in 1882.[2] She made her stage debut in 1887 at Ferrara as Paolina in Donizetti's Poliuto and in 1889 first sang at La Scala, Milan, as Camille in Hérold's Zampa.[3] In the same house she created the role of Alice Ford in Verdi's Falstaff (1893), and made her Covent Garden debut in the same role in the British premiere of the opera (1894).[3]
Zilli was a powerful singing actress, though her voice had a prominent vibrato not to everyone's taste.[4] Her favourite roles included Puccini's Manon Lescaut and Fidelia in his Edgar.
At the height of her career Zilli caught yellow fever while performing in South America and died in Havana, Cuba.[3]
References
^. Dizionario biografico dei personaggi citati a cura di Gaspare Nello Vetro (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2012-02-23.
^ abcForbes, Elizabeth. "Zilli, Emma", The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed Stanley Sadie, Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, accessed 27 July 2013 (subscription required)
^Budden, p. 140; and "Royal Opera", The Times, 21 May 1894, p. 7
Further reading
Nicolò, Cecilia (2019). Emma Zilli. Una carriera di fine Ottocento (in Italian). Rome: NeoClassica. ISBN9788893740296.
Budden, Julian (2008). Verdi (third ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0195323429.
Busch, Hans, ed. (1997). Verdi's Falstaff in letters and contemporary reviews. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN0253329809.
January 27, 2023
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