OTTOLENGHI-CLIVIO COLLECTION SC1998.2 http://sibley.esm.rochester.edu/specialc/findaids/clivio.asp

RUTH T. WATANABE SPECIAL COLLECTIONS SIBLEY MUSIC LIBRARY

prepared spring 1998 CONTENTS

Description of Collection 3

Description of Series 4

Inventory 5

Series 1 : Photographs 5

Series 2: Ephemera 9

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 2 DESCRIPTION OF COLLECTION

Accession#: SC1998.2 Location: M2A 4,1 1 linear feet

Provenance The photographs originate as the collection of Achille Clivio and were inscribed and given to him by the various artists. At his death they passed into the hands of a friend of the family, U go Ottolenghi, who in turn passed them down to his son, Athos. Athos and Anna Ottolenghi donated the collection to Sibley Music Library in 1997.

Scope and Content The collection constitutes an excellent group of photographs of both major and minor opera singers and conductors from the tum-of-the century. The ephemera also include interesting memorabilia relating to opera of the time.

Restrictions none

Associations Watanabe Special Collections maintains an Iconography collection that includes many similar photographs, some inscribed to various individuals, of major and minor performers of the same time period.

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 3 DESCRIPTION OF SERIES

Series 1: Photographs 69 photographs of eminent opera singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, most inscribed. The photographs are arranged in alphabetical order, which originates with the previous owner.

Series 2: Ephemera Ephemera relating to the career of Achille Clivio, mostly postcards of theaters and opera singers.

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 4 INVENTORY

Series 1: Photographs

Box# 1

Folder 1 Achille Clivio. Photo is mounted and inscribed B/W Print 12/31141

Folder 2 Adami-Corradetti, Iris. Inscribed. List of singer's premiere roles is included. B/W Print

Folder 3 Agostinelli-Quiroli, Adelina. Brief bio and premiere roles included. B/W Print

Anselmi, Giuseppe. Inscribed. Bio and premiere role included. B/W Print

Folder 5 Anselmi, Giuseppe. Inscribed. Bio and premiere role included. B/W Print

Folder 6 Archi, Attilia. Inscribed. B/W Print 2/24/35

Folder 7 Barriger, Elena. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 8 Basiola, Mario. Inscribed. Bio and Premiere roles included. B/W Print 2/9/3 7

Folder 9 Bassi, Nicola. Bio in Italian and English. B/W Print

Folder 10 Memorial monument honoring Nicola Bassi (Cremona). B/W Print

Folder 11 Bavagno1i, Gaetano. Inscribed. Premiere roles included B/W Print

Folder 12 Borgatti, Giuseppe. Inscribed. Includes bio and premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 13 Borgonovo, Luigi. Inscribed. Includes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 14 Bugg, Madeline. Inscribed. Includes bio and premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 15 Carrera, Evelina. Inscribed. Includes list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 16 Cavalieri, Lina. Two photos, one inscribed. Includes bio (in Italian and English) and premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 17 Constantino, Florenico. Inscribed. Includes bio in Italian and English. B/W Print

Folder 18 Cotogni, Antonio. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 5 Folder 19 Cremonini, Giuseppe. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English), list ofNY Met roles and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 20 Dal Monte, Toti. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English). B/W Print

Folder 21 Darclee, Hariclea. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print 9/9/1901

Folder 22 Darclee, Hariclea. B/W Print 8/29/1901

Folder 23 Mavero, Mafalda. Inscibed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 24 Franceschi, Enrico de. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print 4/15/1928

Folder 25 Giraldoni, Eugenio. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print 5/22/1902

Folder 26 Girardi, Pietro. Inscribed. Includes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 27 Grassi, Rinaldo. Two photos, one inscribed. Includes list of primiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 28 Kaftal, Margot. Inscribed. Patially colored by hand. Inlcudes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 29 Korolewicz-Wayda, Janina. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 30 Magini-Coletti, Antonio. Inscribd. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 31 Manacchini, Giuseppe. Includes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 32 Martinelli, Giovanni. inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 33 Maurel, Victor. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 34 Menscaldi, Pietro. Inscribed. Includes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 35 Merino, Carlo. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 36 Merli, Francesco. Inscribed. Include bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 6 Folder 37 Minghini-Cattaneo, Irene. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 38 Muzio, Clauida. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 39 Oltrabella, Augusta. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 40 Oxilia, Jose. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 41 Ox ilia, Jose. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 42 Palet, Jose. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere works. B/W Print

Folder 43 Pampanini, Rosetta. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 44 Piccaluga, Nino. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 45 Ruffo, Titta. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 46 Saraceni, Adelaide. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 47 Sciatteri, Cesare. Inscribed. B/W Print 8/17/1900

Folder 48 Stracciari, Riccardo. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 49 Tetrazzini-Campanini, Eva. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English). B/W Print

Folder 50 Stehle-Garbin, Adelina. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premier roles. B/W Print

Folder 51 Torresella, Fanny. Inscribed. Inclubes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 52 Trentinaglia, Erardo. Inscribed. B/W Print 2/511929

Folder 53 Valobra, Cesarina. Inscribed. Includes list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 54 Zamboni, Maria. Inscribed. Includs bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 55 Zenatello, Giovanni. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection- 7 Box# 2

Folder 1 Battistini, Mattia. Includes bio and list of premieres. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 2 Battistini, Mattia.Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 3 Battistini, Mattia. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 4 Belina-Skupevsky, Stephan. Inscribed. Includes list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 5 Bonci, Alessandro. Inscribed. Includes biography (Italian and English) and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 6 Borgioli, Dina. Inscribed. Includes short bio (Italian and English) ans list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 7 Cervi-Caroli, Ersile. Inscribed. Inlcudes bio (Italian and English) and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 8 Fagoaga, Isidore. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 9 Fameti, Maria. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 10 Gay, Maria. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English). B/W Print

Folder 11 Giachetti, Rina. Inscribed. Includes list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 12 Gigli, Beniamino. Includes bio and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 13 Mancinelli, Luigi. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premiere roles. B/W Print

Folder 14 Mancinelli, Luigi. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 15 Mancinelli, Luigi. Inscribed. B/W Print

Folder 16 Marconi, Francesco. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 17 Mugnone, Leopolda. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 18 Pasini, Laura. Inscribed. Includes bio. B/W Print

Folder 19 Ponzano, N. Inscribed. Includes list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 20 Russ, Giannina. Inscribed. Includes bio (Italian and English) and list of premieres. B/W Print

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection - 8 Folder 21 Theodorini, Elena. includes bio (Italian and English). B/W Print

Folder 22 Zamboni, Maria. Inscribed. Includes bio an list of premieres. B/W Print

Folder 23 Mascheroni, Edoardo. Inscribed. Includes bio and list of premieres. B/W Print

Series 2: Ephemera

Box# 3

Folder 1 card ofTamagno, Francesco. Inscribed with name ofNicola Bassi. calling card

Folder 2 Verdi, Giuseppe. postcard

Folder 3 Mascagni and friends in Vienna. postcard

Folder 4 unidentified people on front. Sent by Marco Caccia to Achille Clivio. postcard 4/15/38

Folder 5 letter from Ruffo to Clivio. letter 2/511913

Folder 6 Writing paper from the Teatros de Sud America. paper

Folder 7 Giuseppe Verdi and his principal operas. 2 cards (Don Carlos, La Traviata). postcard

Folder 8 list of major foreign theaters where I had performed with first-rank companies and famous maestros. envelope

Folder 9 Auditorium Building, Chicago. postcard

Folder 10 Coliseum, St. Louis. postcard

Folder 11 Auditorium, St. Paul Minn. postcard

Folder 12 Coliseo Argntino- Buenos Aires. postcard

Folder 13 Teatro Colon- Buenos Aires. postcard

Folder 14 Teatro Colon- Buenos Aires. postcard

Folder 15 Teatro de la Opera- Buenos Aires. postcard

Folder 16 Teatro Solis- Montevideo. postcard

Folder 17 Teatro Municipal, Estatua Marechal Floriano Peixoto- Rio de Janeiro. postcard

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection- 9 Folder 18 Novo Teatro S. Joao- Porto. postcard

Folder 19 Gran Teatro del Liceo- Barcelona. postcard

Folder 20 Teatro Real- Madrid. postcard

Folder 21 Mozart. postcard

Folder 22 Beethoven. postcards

Folder 23 Beethoven. postcards

Folder 24 Beethoven. postcards

Folder 25 Beethoven. postcards

Folder 26 Liszt. postcards

Folder 27 Liszt. postcards

Folder 28 Wagner. postcards

Folder 29 Wagner. postcards

Folder 30 Schubert. postcards

Folder 31 Chopin. postcards

Folder 32 Weber. postcards

Folder 33 Rubinstein. postcards

Folder 34 Puccini, Giacomo. postcards

Folder 35 Puccini, Giacomo. postcards

Folder 36 Prof. Joachim. postcards

Folder 37 Ysay, Eugene. postcards

Folder 38 Didur. Couloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 39 Didur. Couloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 40 Korolewicz. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 41 Korolewicz. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 42 Grabczewski. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Ottolenghi-Clivio Collection- 10 Folder 43 Batistini. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 44 Kawecka. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 45 Bandrowski. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 46 Bogucka. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 47 Pichor. postcards

Folder 48 Cwiklinska. Coloured b/w photo. postcards

Folder 49 Gnatowska, W aleya. postcards

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