Opera's Golden Age In Postcards

as Demon "The Demon' Rubenstein Eugenio Giraldoni (20 May 1871, Marseille – 23 June 1924, Helsinki) Italian baritone Son of another leading baritone, Leone Giraldoni, and the soprano and violinist Carolina Ferni. His mother gave him voice lessons and he made his opera debut in Barcelona, as Escamillo in Carmen, in 1891.Giraldoni consolidated his career by appearing at various operatic venues in Italy and, in 1898, visiting South America. Then, in 1900, he earned a place in operatic history when he created the part of Baron Scarpia in Tosca, at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. He also appeared in the first performance of Alberto Franchetti's La figlia di Jorio at Italy's foremost opera house, La Scala, Milan, in 1906. He sang in Russia and Poland from 1901 until 1907 and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City during the 1904–05 season. In 1913, he appeared at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, as Scarpia and Sharpless. Apart from Scarpia, his notable roles included: Don Carlo, Amonasro, Telramund, Hamlet, Berlioz's Méphisto and Onegin. After World War I, Giraldoni sang on the Italian provincial-theatre circuit. He retired from the stage in Trieste in 1921 and died three years later in Finland, where he had gone to teach. His last operatic appearance had been as the Father in Louise.

as Tamara " The Demon" Rubenstein Olympia Boronat 1867-1934 Italian Soprano Debut in Naples 1885 . Sang in most of the leading theatres in Italy including San Carlo, and Teatro Bellini Catania<She travelled to Spain , Portugasl ,South America and Russia , Her roles included Margurite "Faust" , Ophelia "Hamlet", elvira " Puritani ", Juliette , Violetta and Gilda "Rigoletto" After her retirement, Boronat founded a singing school in Warsaw

as Canio "Pagliacci" by Leoncavarlo Etienne Gibert 1859-1929 French Tenor Debut 1889 as Esclarmonde (le Chevalier Roland) by Jules Massenet. 1900, in Cavalleria Rusticana (Torrido), a role he created in Paris. He also sang at the Opera where he made his debut on November 6, 1893.Débute L'AFRICAINE (Vasco de Gama) . Chante LOHENGRIN (Lohengrin, 1893), ROMÉO ET JULIETTE (Tybalt, 1894), TANNHÄUSER (Tannhäuser, 1898).

Luisa Tetrazzini 1871 – 1940 Italian coloratura soprano Her first voice teacher was her elder sister, Eva Tetrazzini (1862–1938), who also was a successful singer. Later studied at the Instituto Musicale in Florence. According to The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera (second edition, 1980), she made her operatic debut in Florence in 1890. The role was Inez in Meyerbeer's L'Africaine, . The first part of her career was spent mainly in the Italian provincial theaters and touring in Russia , Spain and South America .American debut in San Francisco in 1905. 1907 T debut as Violetta in La traviata at Covent Garden in London, 1908 at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera Company, Appeared at the Met for only one season, in 1911-12 Guest appearances 1911 to 1914 with the Boston Opera Company and Chicago Grand Opera Company .Roles Lucia, Violetta, Gilda,Titania . Filine and Rosina