Comments on: Arrival of the Italian Singers (A history of opera in Buenos Aires, part II) http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/ Buenos Aires, City of Faded Elegance Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-105613 Jeff Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:47:50 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/#comment-105613 Hi Esmeralda, Thanks for the follow-up on Schieroni & Caravaglia. That's fascinating! Good luck on your dissertation. Hi Esmeralda,

Thanks for the follow-up on Schieroni & Caravaglia. That’s fascinating! Good luck on your dissertation.

]]> By: Esmeralda Rocha http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-105612 Esmeralda Rocha Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:13:24 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/#comment-105612 Hi Jeff, Just in case you are interested: Schieroni and Caravaglia were singers on the Italian circuit. Caravaglia may have been married in 1816, but abandoned the husband and daughter in 1817. Schieroni appears in Cadiz around 1826. Schieroni, Caravaglia, and the three male singers they were travelling with, Domingo Pizzoni and Giacomo Bettali, and a Signor Garate, picked up a Uruguayan conductor, Louis Theophile Planel, and another singer, Mayorga, and this was the company that would have appeared in Valparaiso, Santiago and Lima. They were in South America from 1829-1832/3 when they departed to Macau, where they appeared for 6 months, and then they went on to Calcutta. Caravaglia only sang there for a year. I believe she was consumptive even from her days in Chile, and she died June 1st 1835, aboard the ' 'Theresa' trying to get back to Europe. Schieroni appeared as a principal singer at The Royal Opera in London in 1839, and then disappears from the history books, while Planel, the conductor, took opera to San Francisco in the 1850s. (I'm writing my Ph.D on opera in India, Australia and Britain in the 19th Century). Best wishes! Hi Jeff,
Just in case you are interested:
Schieroni and Caravaglia were singers on the Italian circuit. Caravaglia may have been married in 1816, but abandoned the husband and daughter in 1817.

Schieroni appears in Cadiz around 1826.

Schieroni, Caravaglia, and the three male singers they were travelling with, Domingo Pizzoni and Giacomo Bettali, and a Signor Garate, picked up a Uruguayan conductor, Louis Theophile Planel, and another singer, Mayorga, and this was the company that would have appeared in Valparaiso, Santiago and Lima. They were in South America from 1829-1832/3 when they departed to Macau, where they appeared for 6 months, and then they went on to Calcutta. Caravaglia only sang there for a year. I believe she was consumptive even from her days in Chile, and she died June 1st 1835, aboard the ‘
‘Theresa’ trying to get back to Europe.
Schieroni appeared as a principal singer at The Royal Opera in London in 1839, and then disappears from the history books, while Planel, the conductor, took opera to San Francisco in the 1850s.

(I’m writing my Ph.D on opera in India, Australia and Britain in the 19th Century). Best wishes!

]]> By: Jeff http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-105220 Jeff Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:34:14 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/#comment-105220 Hi Esmeralda, Thanks very much for your comment. I honestly didn't follow up and verify for myself that she never arrived in Calcutta; this is a good lesson for not relying solely on another person's research. Thanks again for the contribution. Hi Esmeralda,

Thanks very much for your comment. I honestly didn’t follow up and verify for myself that she never arrived in Calcutta; this is a good lesson for not relying solely on another person’s research. Thanks again for the contribution.

]]> By: Esmeralda Rocha http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/comment-page-1/#comment-105219 Esmeralda Rocha Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:41:04 +0000 http://baires.elsur.org/archives/arrival-of-the-italian-singers-a-history-of-opera-in-buenos-aires-part-ii/#comment-105219 You state that there is no record of Teresa Schieroni arriving in Calcutta - this is inaccurate. She performed in Calcutta in the 1830s and was remembered as late as 1846 as being a pioneer of Italian Opera in that city. You state that there is no record of Teresa Schieroni arriving in Calcutta – this is inaccurate. She performed in Calcutta in the 1830s and was remembered as late as 1846 as being a pioneer of Italian Opera in that city.

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