Teresa Stolz (born 2 June 1834, Elbekosteletz (Czech: Kostelec nad Labem), Bohemia – died 23 August 1902, Milan) was a Bohemiansoprano, long resident in Italy, who was associated with significant premieres of the works of Giuseppe Verdi, and may have been his mistress. She has been described as "the Verdian dramatic soprano par excellence, powerful, passionate in utterance, but dignified in manner and secure in tone and control".[1]
Teresa Stolz was born Tereza Stolzová[1] (Tereza is sometimes seen in diminutive versions such as Teresina, Teresie or Terezie) in Kostelec nad Labem in the Austrian Empire in 1834. This is now in the Czech Republic. She studied under Josef Neruda then at the Prague Conservatoire under Giovanni Battista Gardigiani.
She was expelled from the Conservatoire in October 1851 but continued her study with Vojtěch Čaboun. She moved to Trieste to be with her brother, and where she studied with Luigi Ricci (who had conducted the 1848 premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's Il corsaro[2] and later became her brother-in-law).
She made her debut in Tiflis in 1857 and also appeared in Odessa, Constantinople, Nice, Granada and other places. In 1864 she went to Italy, where she was a pupil of Francesco Lamperti in Milan. She made her European debut in Turin in 1864. She appeared regularly at La Scala, Milan, between 1865 and 1877. She created the role of Leonora in the revised version of Verdi's La forza del destino in Milan on 27 February 1869.
Teresa Stolz as the title role of Aida, Parma, 1872
She was the first to sing the title role of Aida in Italy (La Scala, 8 February 1872; also its European premiere). Verdi did not attend the world premiere in Cairo the previous December, and considered the Milan performance, in which he was heavily involved at every stage, to be its real premiere.
Stolz was also the soprano soloist at the premiere of Verdi's Requiem on 22 May 1874. She also appeared in the Requiem under Verdi's direction at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1875. She reprised Aida under Verdi in Vienna in 1875 and in Paris in 1876. Other roles included the title roles in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, Bellini's Norma, and Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco; Mathilde in Rossini's Guillaume Tell, Alice in Meyerbeer's Robert le diable, Amelia in Un ballo in maschera, Gilda in Rigoletto and Desdemona in Otello. Her career took her to such places such as Moscow, St Petersburg, Cairo, the major Italian opera houses, as well as Vienna, Paris and London.
She was the mistress and later the fiancée of the conductor and composer Angelo Mariani. That relationship ended around 1871 but there were a number of complicating factors that led up to it. Mariani had formerly been a good friend of Verdi's, but they parted company in 1871 after Mariani's indecision when he was asked by Verdi to conduct the premiere of Aida in Cairo. Stolz was accused of having an affair with Verdi, but whether this charge is true cannot be said with certainty. Verdi did spend an unusual amount of time working with her leading up to the Milan premiere of Aida in 1872.[3] Mariani died of cancer in 1873. On 4 September 1875, a Florence newspaper, the Rivista indipendente, published the first of five articles with intimate details of her private life, and accused her of immoral relations with both the late Mariani and with Verdi.[citation needed]
Group portrait at Verdi's house at Sant'Agata in 1900. Teresa Stolz is standing at the left, with Verdi's adopted daughter below left of her and his sister-in-law below right, with Verdi in the middle.
What can be said with confidence is that Stolz's break with Mariani came with the encouragement of both Verdi and his second wife Giuseppina Strepponi, the supposedly wronged party, who had herself previously referred in her letters to the "continual deception" of Stolz. It was a very complicated affair, made even more complicated by the publication of supposed letters by Strepponi which referred to "my dear friend Teresina ... who has always behaved as a faithful friend should". These letters are now known to be forgeries; and the exact truth of the matter has been debated ever since. Stolz became Verdi's companion after Strepponi's death in 1897, [4] but whether this was platonic or romantic is not known.
She died in Milan in 1902, the year after Verdi, and is buried there. A hall in Kostelec is named after her.
Family
She had identical twin elder sisters, Francesca (Fanny) and Ludmila (Lidia), both singers. They both lived openly with her former teacher, the conductor and composer Luigi Ricci, who married Ludmila, but maintained a relationship with Francesca. By Ludmila, Ricci had a daughter Adelaide (Lella) Ricci, who was also a singer. Lella (Teresa's niece) became pregnant (possibly to Bedřich Smetana), but had an abortion and died as a result of complications, aged 21.
By Francesca, Luigi Ricci had a son, also Luigi Ricci (Teresa's nephew), who was a conductor and composer. He inherited Teresa Stolz's estate, and changed his name to Luigi Ricci-Stolz.
Her grand-nephew through a different part of the Stolz line was the composer Robert Stolz.
^"Federico Ricci" and "Luigi Ricci": biographies 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine on belcantosociety.org
^"Giuseppe Verdi, 1813-1901: Essays on Verdi's Life and Works" on italianoperachicago.com. Retrieved 22 September 2013
^Giuseppe Verdi: Time Line on brebru.com/musicroom
Sources
Conati, Marcello; Mario Medici (eds.) (Trans. William Weaver) (1994), The Verdi-Boito Correspondence, Chicago: University of Chicago Press ISBN0-226-85304-7
Harwood, Gregory W. (1998), Giuseppe Verdi: A Guide to Research. Routledge, 1998
Walker, Frank, "Verdi, Giuseppina and Teresa Stolz" in The Man Verdi (1982), New York: Knopf, 1962, Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN0-226-87132-0
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Teresa Stolz born 2 June 1834 Elbekosteletz Czech Kostelec nad Labem Bohemia died 23 August 1902 Milan was a Bohemian soprano long resident in Italy who was associated with significant premieres of the works of Giuseppe Verdi and may have been his mistress She has been described as the Verdian dramatic soprano par excellence powerful passionate in utterance but dignified in manner and secure in tone and control 1 Teresa Stolz in the 1890s Contents 1 Biography 2 Private life 3 Family 4 ReferencesBiography EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Teresa Stolz was born Tereza Stolzova 1 Tereza is sometimes seen in diminutive versions such as Teresina Teresie or Terezie in Kostelec nad Labem in the Austrian Empire in 1834 This is now in the Czech Republic She studied under Josef Neruda then at the Prague Conservatoire under Giovanni Battista Gardigiani She was expelled from the Conservatoire in October 1851 but continued her study with Vojtech Caboun She moved to Trieste to be with her brother and where she studied with Luigi Ricci who had conducted the 1848 premiere of Giuseppe Verdi s Il corsaro 2 and later became her brother in law She made her debut in Tiflis in 1857 and also appeared in Odessa Constantinople Nice Granada and other places In 1864 she went to Italy where she was a pupil of Francesco Lamperti in Milan She made her European debut in Turin in 1864 She appeared regularly at La Scala Milan between 1865 and 1877 She created the role of Leonora in the revised version of Verdi s La forza del destino in Milan on 27 February 1869 Teresa Stolz as the title role of Aida Parma 1872 She was the first to sing the title role of Aida in Italy La Scala 8 February 1872 also its European premiere Verdi did not attend the world premiere in Cairo the previous December and considered the Milan performance in which he was heavily involved at every stage to be its real premiere Stolz was also the soprano soloist at the premiere of Verdi s Requiem on 22 May 1874 She also appeared in the Requiem under Verdi s direction at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1875 She reprised Aida under Verdi in Vienna in 1875 and in Paris in 1876 Other roles included the title roles in Donizetti s Lucrezia Borgia Bellini s Norma and Verdi s Giovanna d Arco Mathilde in Rossini s Guillaume Tell Alice in Meyerbeer s Robert le diable Amelia in Un ballo in maschera Gilda in Rigoletto and Desdemona in Otello Her career took her to such places such as Moscow St Petersburg Cairo the major Italian opera houses as well as Vienna Paris and London Private life EditThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed October 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message She was the mistress and later the fiancee of the conductor and composer Angelo Mariani That relationship ended around 1871 but there were a number of complicating factors that led up to it Mariani had formerly been a good friend of Verdi s but they parted company in 1871 after Mariani s indecision when he was asked by Verdi to conduct the premiere of Aida in Cairo Stolz was accused of having an affair with Verdi but whether this charge is true cannot be said with certainty Verdi did spend an unusual amount of time working with her leading up to the Milan premiere of Aida in 1872 3 Mariani died of cancer in 1873 On 4 September 1875 a Florence newspaper the Rivista indipendente published the first of five articles with intimate details of her private life and accused her of immoral relations with both the late Mariani and with Verdi citation needed Group portrait at Verdi s house at Sant Agata in 1900 Teresa Stolz is standing at the left with Verdi s adopted daughter below left of her and his sister in law below right with Verdi in the middle What can be said with confidence is that Stolz s break with Mariani came with the encouragement of both Verdi and his second wife Giuseppina Strepponi the supposedly wronged party who had herself previously referred in her letters to the continual deception of Stolz It was a very complicated affair made even more complicated by the publication of supposed letters by Strepponi which referred to my dear friend Teresina who has always behaved as a faithful friend should These letters are now known to be forgeries and the exact truth of the matter has been debated ever since Stolz became Verdi s companion after Strepponi s death in 1897 4 but whether this was platonic or romantic is not known She died in Milan in 1902 the year after Verdi and is buried there A hall in Kostelec is named after her Family EditShe had identical twin elder sisters Francesca Fanny and Ludmila Lidia both singers They both lived openly with her former teacher the conductor and composer Luigi Ricci who married Ludmila but maintained a relationship with Francesca By Ludmila Ricci had a daughter Adelaide Lella Ricci who was also a singer Lella Teresa s niece became pregnant possibly to Bedrich Smetana but had an abortion and died as a result of complications aged 21 By Francesca Luigi Ricci had a son also Luigi Ricci Teresa s nephew who was a conductor and composer He inherited Teresa Stolz s estate and changed his name to Luigi Ricci Stolz Her grand nephew through a different part of the Stolz line was the composer Robert Stolz References EditNotes a b Porter 1998 in Grove p 549 Federico Ricci and Luigi Ricci biographies Archived 2005 12 17 at the Wayback Machine on belcantosociety org Giuseppe Verdi 1813 1901 Essays on Verdi s Life and Works on italianoperachicago com Retrieved 22 September 2013 Giuseppe Verdi Time Line on brebru com musicroom Sources Conati Marcello Mario Medici eds Trans William Weaver 1994 The Verdi Boito Correspondence Chicago University of Chicago Press ISBN 0 226 85304 7 Harwood Gregory W 1998 Giuseppe Verdi A Guide to Research Routledge 1998 Porter Andrew 1998 Teresa Stolz in Stanley Sadie Ed The New Grove Dictionary of Opera Vol Four pp 549 550 London Macmillan Publishers Inc 1998 ISBN 0 333 73432 7 ISBN 1 56159 228 5 Walker Frank Verdi Giuseppina and Teresa Stolz in The Man Verdi 1982 New York Knopf 1962 Chicago University of Chicago Press ISBN 0 226 87132 0This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German April 2010 Click show for important translation instructions View a machine translated version of the German article Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 761 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