Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini

Giusppina Finzi-Magrini (Turin, 1878-Desio, 1944) was an Italian soprano.[1]

Finzi-Magrini made her debut in 1896 as Oscar in Lucia di Lammermoor. She was remembered for her style and moderation.[2] In retirement she turned to teaching. Her students included the Danish baritone Frantz Rabinowitz (1918–1948).[3] In 1943 she went into hiding under a false name. In 1944 a young nephew was deported to a concentration camp, causing a heart attack that left her mute and paralyzed. She died six weeks later from wounds received in an American air-raid on Desio.

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  1. ^ bio
  2. ^ Carmine Siniscalco, Herman G. WeinbergFifty years of opera and ballet in Italy - 1956 - 54 "In truth, aside from Tetrazzini and Galli-Curci, who soon went to America forever, first-class stars in this field were very few among us. One, however, should be remembered: Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini, for her style and moderation."
  3. ^ The Record collector: 1996 "In March 1938 Frantz Rabinowitz left Copenhagen to study with the soprano Giuseppina Finzi-Magrini in Turin. The first thing he did after arriving in Turin was to go to the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele; he wanted to hear Italian opera in natura.
  4. ^ American celebrity recordings, 1900-1925 Julian Morton Moses - 1993 p208 (8059) Note: Among a host of other selections, this fine soprano sang the usual coloratura aria from the above opera both for Fonotipia before 1909 on No. 92276 and for Columbia after that date on No. 11162