voc, 1910-1962 IT
Singer of Classical
Cloë Elmo (April 9, 1910 – May 24, 1962) was an Italian operatic contralto, 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 returned to Italy, and sang at La Scala until 1954 when she abandoned her stage career. She accepted a teaching position in Ankara, where she remained until her death in 1962.
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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Complete Arias From The Opera Carmen | Georges Bizet | 2000 | Album |
Carmen | Georges Bizet | 2000 | Single |
Falstaff | Giuseppe Verdi - Giuseppe Valdengo • Herva Nelli • Nan Merriman • Cloe Elmo • Frank Guerrero • Teresa Stich-Randall, Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra | 1990 | Album |
Stride La Vampa! (Fierce Flames Are Soaring!) | Cloe Elmo | 1950 | Album |
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari I Quattro Rusteghi | Rosanna Carteri, Cesare Valletti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Cloe Elmo, Ilva Ligabue, Giuseppe Zampieri, Melchiorre Luise, Antonino Votto, Teatro Alla Scala | Album | |
Il Trovatore Live 1939 (Abridged) / Cloe Elme Live 1947 | Giuseppe Verdi, Gina Cigna, Jussi Björling, Cloe Elmo | Album | |
Verdi Requiem La Scala perf. (complete) | Arturo Toscanini, Renata Tebaldi, Cloe Elmo, Giacinto Prandelli, Cesare Siepi, Jarmila Novotná, Kerstin Thorborg, Nicola Moscona, Jan Peerce | Album |