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Irene Daugirda Pulizzi told me that her mother Beatrice Rossi Daugirda always said that she had an aunt that sang opera at Teatro alla Scala "La Scala". Beatrice’s mother had told her this fact.
The Teatro alla Scala was founded, under the auspices of the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, to replace the Royal Ducal Theatre, which was destroyed by fire on 26 February 1776 and had until then been the home of opera in Milan. The cost of building the new theatre was borne by the owners of the boxes at the Ducal, in exchange for possession of the land on which stood the church of Santa Maria alla Scala (hence the name) and for renewed ownership of their boxes. Designed by the great neoclassical architect Giuseppe Piermarini, La Scala opened on 3 August 1778 with Antonio Salieri's opera L'Europa riconosciuta, to a libretto by Mattia Verazi.
1913 |
May 13, 1913
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Rockford, IL, USA
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July 20, 1913
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1005 Ferguson ST., Rockford, Winnebago, Illinois, USA
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1935 |
June 1, 1935
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St. Anthony Hospital, Rockford, Illinois, USA
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1939 |
October 27, 1939
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1514 15th St., Rockford, IL
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1952 |
August 6, 1952
Age 39
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2645 Fashion Ave., Long Beach, CA
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1995 |
November 29, 1995
Age 82
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Santa Ana, Orange, California, USA
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