Annetta Casaloni

Appearances

• Sang Maddalena in the world premiere of Rigoletto at Teatro La Fenice, Venice, 11 March 1851.
• 7 IX 54 Rio de Janeiro, T. Lirico Fluminense. Cast: Arsene Charton-Demeur, Annetta Casaloni; Domenico Labocetto, Giacomo Arnaud, Stefano Luciano Bouche. Sources: GMN (25 XI & 2 XII 54, 13 I & 3 II 55).
• V 55 Rio de Janeiro. Cast: Arsene Charton-Demeur, Annetta Casaloni/ Agostini; Gentile, Giacomo Arnaud. Source: Joma/ do Comercio (Rio) (? VI 55).
• Sang 25 April 1857 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in the premiere of La Traviata with Enrico Tamberlik.

After singing career Annetta Casaloni was a voice teacher in Turin

• "Claudia Muzio returned to Italy at the age of 16 to study in Turin with Annetta Casaloni, a voice and piano teacher and former operatic mezzo-soprano who had created the role of Maddalena in the world première of Verdi's Rigoletto."
• "Among Muzio's teachers was Annetta Casaloni, Verdi’s first Maddalena in Rigoletto, who probably helped her to obtain engagements at Turin in 1911/13/14."
• "Tina Alasia (Mezzo-Soprano) (Torino 1876 - Torino 1948). Her real name was Maria Elisabetta Alasia. She began her education in 1897 at the Liceo Musicale in Turin and afterwards was a pupil of Annetta Casaloni. "

International Award dedicated to the memory of Annetta Casaloni

• As the last appointment of the Music Season "Mondovì Teatro e Musica", on Sunday 23 October will be held the XXII edition of the "Opera-Città di Mondovì" International Award, dedicated to the memory of the Monregalese mezzo-soprano Annetta Casaloni, (http://www.veronicasimeoni.it/site/xxii-edizione-del-premio-interna...)