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Cloe Elmo
Cloe Elmo was an Italian operatic dramatic mezzo-soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. She was born in Lecce and began singing at an early age. By the age of seventeen, she had begun her studies at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Edwige Chibaudo, and later with Rinolfi and Pedreni. Due to her wide vocal range, she was initially thought to be a soprano. She made her debut in Cagliari as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana in 1934. Within a year, she joined the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as Meg Page in Verdi's Falstaff. Soon she was given the part of Azucena in Il trovatore, which quickly became her signature role and was her debut role at the Metropolitan Opera in 1947. Other roles there included Santuzza, Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Mrs Quickly in Falstaff — the latter she recorded in 1950, opposite Giuseppe Valdengo — and Herva Nelli, with Arturo Toscanini conducting. She sang Wagnerian roles in Italian, as was the custom during this time period, including Brangaene at La Scala to the Isolde of Giuseppina Cobelli, and Ortrud. She made a notable recording of Brangaene's watch from Act 2. She made recordings of lieder by Brahms and Strauss. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloe_Elmo) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)
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Il trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee vanne (Leonora)
Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Cloe Elmo, Paolo Silveri, Italo Tajo, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano Della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, Gianni Avolanti, and Giuseppe Verdi
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Il trovatore: Act I: Di geloso amor sprezzato (Conte)
Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Cloe Elmo, Paolo Silveri, Italo Tajo, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano Della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, Gianni Avolanti, and Giuseppe Verdi
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Il trovatore: Act II: Stride la vampa! (Azucena)
Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Cloe Elmo, Paolo Silveri, Italo Tajo, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano Della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, Gianni Avolanti, and Giuseppe Verdi
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Il trovatore: Act IV: Miserere d'un alma gia vicina (Chorus)
Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Cloe Elmo, Paolo Silveri, Italo Tajo, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano Della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, Gianni Avolanti, and Giuseppe Verdi
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Arturo Toscanini collection - Volume 57 (Falstaff)
2022
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Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
2007
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Ildebrando Pizzetti - Dèbora e Jaéle
2016
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Cloe Elmo
2007
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Il trovatore: Act I: Di geloso amor sprezzato (Conte)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Italo Tajo, Paolo Silveri, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 559 views
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Cloe Elmo, “Acerba Voluttà” Adriana Lecouvreur
Edmund StAustell • 2.9K views
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Cloe Elmo - Stella del marinar, La Gioconda
andigrim • 9.7K views
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Il trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! … Contende il giubilo (Leonora)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Italo Tajo, Luciano della Pergola, Paolo Silveri, Teresa De Rosa, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 2.6K views
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Il trovatore: Act II: Soli or siamo! (Manrico)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Italo Tajo, Luciano della Pergola, Teresa De Rosa, Paolo Silveri, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 395 views
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Giuseppe Valdengo - Falstaff (Ehi! Taverniere)
Operaspia • 1.3K views
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Il trovatore: Act II: Il balen del suo sorriso (Conte)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Italo Tajo, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Paolo Silveri, Teresa De Rosa, Luciano della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 276 views
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Il trovatore: Act I: Tace la notte! (Conte)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Italo Tajo, Teresa De Rosa, Paolo Silveri, Luciano della Pergola, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 429 views
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Il trovatore: Act II: Tutto e deserto! (Conte)
Cloe Elmo, Maria Callas, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Italo Tajo, Luciano della Pergola, Paolo Silveri, Teresa De Rosa, Gerardo Gaudioso, and Gianni Avolanti • 224 views