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is often cited as one of the reasons for the opera's initial failure. In the third act when the doctor announced that
Violetta's illness had worsened and she had only hours to live, the first-night audience is said to have burst out laughing, with one member of the public shouting: "I see no
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wrote the following day: "Salvini-Donatelli sang those coloratura passages, of which the maestro wrote so many, with an indescribable skill and perfection. She captivated the theatre." The "failure" of the opening night performance was only relative. In addition to the applause for
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Whatever the audience may have thought of Fanny
Salvini-Donatelli's physical appearance, they were appreciative of her singing. Contemporary accounts show that her first act aria, "Sempre libera", received great applause. The critic in
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who was thirteen years younger and considerably slimmer than
Salvini-Donatelli. The first night problems do not appear to have dissuaded Salvini-Donatelli from essaying the role again. She sang it at least three more times: in 1856 in
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to a prosperous family. Financial hardship following her father's death led her to a career as an actress. In the early 1830s she became the second wife of the actor, Giuseppe
Salvini, (and the stepmother of the much more famous actor
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was so well received that the audience began to shout for Verdi, who had to take curtain calls even before the curtain went up on the first act. Things only started derailing in the second act, especially the singing of the
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also did quite well at the box office. It ran for ten performances at La Fenice that season, with an average evening profit more than double that of Verdi's other two operas in the repertory there,
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Sanelli (born Parma, 14 May 1816; died MaranhĂŁo, Brazil, 15 December 1861). He was the composer of several operas, successful in their day but now forgotten. See "Sanelli, Gualtiero" in
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Italian: "La Salvini-Donatelli cantò que' passi d'agilità , che molti per lei scrisse il maestro, con una perizia e perfezione da non dirsi : ella rapì il teatro." Quoted in
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as a "fiasco". Salvini-Donatelli was 38 years old at the time and quite stout. Her physical unsuitability for playing a beautiful young woman wasting away from
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brought the opera to Turkey for the first time; in 1857 at the Teatro
Comunale di Bologna (the second revised version with the title
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in Venice to an indisputably triumphant reception. On that occasion, the role of
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Salvini-Donatelli went on to a major career in Italy singing primarily at
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Violetta's costume designed by Giuseppe Bertoja for the premiere of
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Fanny Salvini-Donatelli is known to have sung the following roles:
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1126:(in Italian). Vol. 59, 1853–1854. Bologna: Gov. alla Volpe.
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1369:(in Italian). Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli. pp. 473–474.
104:. She is best known today for creating the role of Violetta in
805:, p. 133, erroneously describe her at the second wife of
256:(24 March 1851, Teatro Regio di Parma); and Donna Eleonora in
248:(18 March 1848, La Fenice); Elmina in Salvatore Sarmiento's
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220:(where she made her debut in 1843 as Abigaille in
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126:Fanny Salvini-Donatelli, whose real name was
37:Portrait of Fanny Salvini-Donatelli from the
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1201:"A Chronology of the First Performances of
1327:Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane (February 1995).
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1317:. Vol. 28. Metropolitan Opera Guild.
1188:"Performances by Fanny Salvini-Donatelli"
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324:Salvini-Donatelli's aria, the orchestral
1593:19th-century Italian women opera singers
1395:(2nd ed.). Oxford University Press.
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1393:The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera
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100:– 1891) was an Italian operatic
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192:in her honour, written by the city's
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851:. This list may not be exhaustive.
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1406:The New Grove Dictionary of Opera
1248:. Vol. 13–14. Oliver Ditson.
1199:Conati, Marcello (January 1982).
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1504:. November 2004. Archived from
1268:(in French). Éditions Mardaga.
1583:19th-century Italian actresses
1457:Von Buchau, Stephanie (1991).
1165:Bomberger, E. Douglas (1999).
899:Rosenthal & Warrack (1979)
447:I Lombardi alla prima crociata
264:(16 January 1853, La Fenice).
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1603:Grand Duchy of Tuscany people
1283:Kimbell, David R. B. (1985).
1232:L' Italia Musicale: 1847–1859
831:Data compiled primarily from
801:Note that some sources, e.g.
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1255:Verdi, the Man and His Music
1323:. Accessed 18 January 2009.
269:Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie
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1211:(in English and Italian).
1186:Casaglia, Gherardo (2005).
1124:Teatri, arti e letteratura
993:Haine & Servais (2004)
841:Haine & Servais (2004)
206:Teatro Comunale di Bologna
1578:Italian operatic sopranos
1465:June 2009. Archived from
1307:(1964). "The Truth About
1245:Dwight's Journal of Music
1230:Conati, Marcello (1992).
228:Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
30:
1305:Phillips-Matz, Mary Jane
1147:The Rough Guide to Opera
210:Teatro Grande di Trieste
1598:Musicians from Florence
1588:Italian stage actresses
1428:(in Italian). Cappelli.
1424:Salvini, Celso (1955).
618:Il barbiere di Siviglia
146:Il barbiere di Siviglia
91:Fanny Salvini-Donatelli
25:Fanny Salvini-Donatelli
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1495:– Programma di sala""
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1253:Gatti, Carlo (1955).
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785:Notes and references
474:(under the title of
365:Teatro San Benedetto
1511:on 22 December 2009
1463:San Francisco Opera
1459:"The Traviata Saga"
1367:Dizionario Verdiano
761:Matilde Bentivoglio
525:Lucia di Lammermoor
258:Carlo Ercole Bosoni
156:Premier poster for
1469:on 22 January 2009
1357:. Enrico Dalmazzo.
1329:"Venetian Glories"
1120:"Teatri – Venezia"
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1363:Rescigno, Eduardo
1319:Reprinted by the
1066:Von Buchau (1991)
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601:Beatrice di Tenda
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