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Romilda Pantaleoni

1847Forbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 395.–1917Forbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 395. · Italian · sopranoForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 395.

Birthplace: Udine, Kingdom of Lombardy–VenetiaForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.

An Italian dramatic sopranoWikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., admired as an actress as much as a singerWikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Forbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216., who was Verdi's first DesdemonaForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.. The daughter of the composer Luigi PantaleoniWikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216., she studied in Milan and made her debut there in 1868 at the Teatro CarcanoForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216., then sang in Rome, Genoa, Naples, Turin and ViennaForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).. She reached La Scala in 1883 as La GiocondaForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)., and there created the title role of Ponchielli's Marion Delorme in 1885, Desdemona in Otello in 1887 and Tigrana in Edgar in 1889Forbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026).Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2215-2216.. She retired in 1891, after the death of the conductor Franco Faccio, with whom she had a long liaisonForbes, E. (1992) 'Pantaleoni, Romilda', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 846.Wikipedia (2026) Romilda Pantaleoni. (Accessed: 22 September 2026)..

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