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In February 1942 he performed at a meeting of The Verdi Club in New York City; a group founded and organized by [[Florence Foster Jenkins]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Verdi Club Holds Meeting|work=[[Musical America]]|date=February 25, 1942|volume=62|issue=4|page=30|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-02-25_62_4/page/29/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref> He performed with the [[Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company]] (PLSOC) at the [[Academy of Music (Philadelphia)|Academy of Music]] as Alfio in ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' in January 1942,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-01-25_62_2/page/26/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22|title=Philadelphia: La Scala Gives Pair of Works|work=[[Musical America]]|date=January 25, 1942|volume= 62|issue= 2}}</ref> and as Conte di Luna in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' with [[Bernardo de Muro]] as Manrico in March 1942.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-03-10_62_5/page/12/mode/2up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22|work=[[Musical America]]|date=March 10, 1942|volume= 62|issue=5|page=20|title=Philadelphia|author=William E. Smith}}</ref> On November 3, 1942 he created the role of Mr. Martini in the world premiere of [[Walter Damrosch]]'s ''The Opera Cloak'' at the [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/11/04/archives/double-bill-given-by-the-hew-opera-damroschs-the-opera-cloak.html|title=DOUBLE BILL GIVEN BY THE HEW OPERA; Damrosch's 'The Opera Cloak' Offered as Part of Program at Broadway Theatre|author=[[Olin Downes]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=26|date=November 4, 1942}}</ref>
In February 1942 he performed at a meeting of The Verdi Club in New York City; a group founded and organized by [[Florence Foster Jenkins]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Verdi Club Holds Meeting|work=[[Musical America]]|date=February 25, 1942|volume=62|issue=4|page=30|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-02-25_62_4/page/29/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref> He performed with the [[Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company]] (PLSOC) at the [[Academy of Music (Philadelphia)|Academy of Music]] as Alfio in ''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'' in January 1942,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-01-25_62_2/page/26/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22|title=Philadelphia: La Scala Gives Pair of Works|work=[[Musical America]]|date=January 25, 1942|volume= 62|issue= 2}}</ref> and as Conte di Luna in Verdi's ''[[Il trovatore]]'' with [[Bernardo de Muro]] as Manrico in March 1942.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1942-03-10_62_5/page/12/mode/2up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22|work=[[Musical America]]|date=March 10, 1942|volume= 62|issue=5|page=20|title=Philadelphia|author=William E. Smith}}</ref> On November 3, 1942 he created the role of Mr. Martini in the world premiere of [[Walter Damrosch]]'s ''The Opera Cloak'' at the [[Broadway Theatre (53rd Street)|Broadway Theatre]] in New York City.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1942/11/04/archives/double-bill-given-by-the-hew-opera-damroschs-the-opera-cloak.html|title=DOUBLE BILL GIVEN BY THE HEW OPERA; Damrosch's 'The Opera Cloak' Offered as Part of Program at Broadway Theatre|author=[[Olin Downes]]|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=26|date=November 4, 1942}}</ref>


In 1943 he returned to the PLSOC as Escamillo to [[Jennie Tourel]]'s Carmen,<ref>{{cite news|title=Baltimore: Resident Orchestra and Visiting Opera Hailed|author=Gustav Klemm|date=January 15, 1943|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|page=21}}</ref> > and sang the part of Alfio under conductor [[Carlo Peroni (conductor)|Carlo Peroni]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/stylus5661unse/mode/1up?q=%22Stephan+Ballarini%22|date=June 1943|work=Stylus|publisher=[[Boston College]]|author=Gene Laforet|title=The Critics Were Right|page=53}}</ref> That same year he returned to the SCOC as Ashton in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' with [[Grace Panvini]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite news|title=San Carlo Opera Company End Engagement|date=November 10, 1943|work=[[Musical America]]|page=25}}</ref> In 1944 he portrayed the title role in ''[[Rigoletto]]'' with the SCOC,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/cacblm_001773/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Opera, Individual Artists on Denny Watrous Schedule|date=March 2, 1944|page=4|work=Campbell Press}}</ref> and also repeated the role of the Count di Luna.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity64/page/151/mode/1up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Grand Opera: Il Trovatore|work=The Varsity|date=November 27, 1944|page=1|volume=LXIV|publisher=[[ University of Toronto]]}}</ref> In 1945 he performed the role of Alfio with the [[Chicago Opera Company]] with [[Ella Flesch]] as Santuzza.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1945-11-15_132_7/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Chicago Opera Feted|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|author=Elsa Borowski|page=14|date=November 15, 1945}}</ref>
In 1943 he returned to the PLSOC as Escamillo to [[Jennie Tourel]]'s Carmen,<ref>{{cite news|title=Baltimore: Resident Orchestra and Visiting Opera Hailed|author=Gustav Klemm|date=January 15, 1943|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|page=21}}</ref> > and sang the part of Alfio under conductor [[Carlo Peroni (conductor)|Carlo Peroni]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/stylus5661unse/mode/1up?q=%22Stephan+Ballarini%22|date=June 1943|work=Stylus|publisher=[[Boston College]]|author=Gene Laforet|title=The Critics Were Right|page=53}}</ref> That same year he returned to the SCOC as Ashton in ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'' with [[Grace Panvini]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite news|title=San Carlo Opera Company End Engagement|date=November 10, 1943|work=[[Musical America]]|page=25}}</ref> In 1944 he portrayed the title role in ''[[Rigoletto]]'' with the SCOC,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/cacblm_001773/page/n3/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Opera, Individual Artists on Denny Watrous Schedule|date=March 2, 1944|page=4|work=Campbell Press}}</ref> repeated the role of the Count di Luna,<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity64/page/151/mode/1up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Grand Opera: Il Trovatore|work=The Varsity|date=November 27, 1944|page=1|volume=LXIV|publisher=[[ University of Toronto]]}}</ref> and performed the role of Valentin in ''Faust'' with [[Eugene Conley]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bestplaysyearboo1943unse_v4e3/page/472/mode/2up?q=%22Stephan+Ballarini%22|page=473|title=The Best Plays of 1943-1944|editor=[[Burns Mantle]]|publisher=[[Dodd, Mead & Co.]]}}</ref> In 1945 he performed the role of Alfio with the [[Chicago Opera Company]] with [[Ella Flesch]] as Santuzza.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1945-11-15_132_7/page/14/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22|title=Chicago Opera Feted|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|author=Elsa Borowski|page=14|date=November 15, 1945}}</ref>


In 1946 he performed the role of Valentine in ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' with the SCOC with [[Mario Palermo]] in the title role,<ref>{{cite journal|author=M.S.|title=Double Bill|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=June 1946|page=25|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1946-06_133_11/page/24/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22}}</ref> and sand Escamillo to [[Coe Glade]]'s Carmen with the same company.<ref>{{cite newspaper|title=San Carlo Opera Company|work=[[Warren Times Mirror]]|date=March 13, 1946|page=2}}</ref> In 1947 he performed the roles of Schaunard in ''[[La bohème]]'' and Tonio in ''[[Pagliacci]]'' at [[Carnegie Hall]] with [[Alfredo Salmaggi]]'s opera company.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Popular Operas Close Carnegie Hall Series|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=August 1947|page=19|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1947-08_136_2/page/19/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Touch of the Maestro|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=July 1947|page=17|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1947-07_136_1/page/n16/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref> He was once again with the SCOC in 1949; notably portraying Sharpless in ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' with [[Hizi Koyke]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite news|page=2B|title=Hizi Koyke Stands Out as Butterfly|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 5, 1949}}</ref>
In 1946 he performed the role of Valentine in ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' with the SCOC with [[Mario Palermo]] in the title role,<ref>{{cite journal|author=M.S.|title=Double Bill|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=June 1946|page=25|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1946-06_133_11/page/24/mode/2up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22}}</ref> and sand Escamillo to [[Coe Glade]]'s Carmen with the same company.<ref>{{cite newspaper|title=San Carlo Opera Company|work=[[Warren Times Mirror]]|date=March 13, 1946|page=2}}</ref> In 1947 he performed the roles of Schaunard in ''[[La bohème]]'' and Tonio in ''[[Pagliacci]]'' at [[Carnegie Hall]] with [[Alfredo Salmaggi]]'s opera company.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Popular Operas Close Carnegie Hall Series|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=August 1947|page=19|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1947-08_136_2/page/19/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=The Touch of the Maestro|work=[[The Musical Courier]]|date=July 1947|page=17|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_music-magazine-and-musical-courier_1947-07_136_1/page/n16/mode/1up?q=%22Stefano+Ballarini%22}}</ref> He was once again with the SCOC in 1949; notably portraying Sharpless in ''[[Madame Butterfly]]'' with [[Hizi Koyke]] in the title role.<ref>{{cite news|page=2B|title=Hizi Koyke Stands Out as Butterfly|work=[[The Washington Post]]|date=August 5, 1949}}</ref>

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Istvan Balla, better known by the names Stefano Ballarini, Stephen Ballarini, and Stephan Ballarini (19 October 1902 - 1976) was a Hungarian-born American baritone.


Life and career

Stefano Ballarini was born with the name Istvan Balla[1] on 19 October 1902 in Budapest, Hungary.[2]

In 1928 he performed the role of Donner in Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold at La Scala under the baton on Ettore Panizza.[3] On 25 September 1934 he was the baritone soloist in Argentina's first performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's St Matthew Passion which was given at the Teatro Colon with Fritz Busch conducting that theater's resident orchestra. He had performed at that theatre a month earlier in Argentina's first performance of Richard Strauss's Arabella on August 16, 1934.[4]

In February 1937 he performed the role of 'Escamillo in Carmen with the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company.[5] In July 1937 he performed the roles of Froh and Mime in Das Rheingold at Lewisohn Stadium with the New York Philharmonic.[6] In August 1937 he performed the role of Escamillo in Carmen opposite Irra Petina in the title role with the Philadelphia Orchestra under conductor Alexander Smallens at the Robin Hood Dell.[7] In December 1937 he portrayed Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at the Philadelphia Civic Grand Opera Company with Annunciata Garrotto as Cio-Cio-San and Lawrence Power as Pinkerton.[8] In 1938 he was committed to the touring San Carlo Opera Company (SCOC);[9] scoring particular success in the role of Escamillo in Carmen opposite Janet Fairbank in the title role.[10] He also portrayed the role of Amonasro in Aida with Bianca Saroya in the title role with the SCOC that season.[11] That same year he returned to the SCOC to perform the role of Germont in La traviata with Mary Henderson as Violetta.[12]

In 1941 he performed the role of Friedrich of Telramund opposite Rose Bampton's Elsa in Wagner's Lohengrin with the Chicago Opera Company.[13][14]

In February 1942 he performed at a meeting of The Verdi Club in New York City; a group founded and organized by Florence Foster Jenkins.[15] He performed with the Philadelphia La Scala Opera Company (PLSOC) at the Academy of Music as Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana in January 1942,[16] and as Conte di Luna in Verdi's Il trovatore with Bernardo de Muro as Manrico in March 1942.[17] On November 3, 1942 he created the role of Mr. Martini in the world premiere of Walter Damrosch's The Opera Cloak at the Broadway Theatre in New York City.[18]

In 1943 he returned to the PLSOC as Escamillo to Jennie Tourel's Carmen,[19] > and sang the part of Alfio under conductor Carlo Peroni.[20] That same year he returned to the SCOC as Ashton in Lucia di Lammermoor with Grace Panvini in the title role.[21] In 1944 he portrayed the title role in Rigoletto with the SCOC,[22] repeated the role of the Count di Luna,[23] and performed the role of Valentin in Faust with Eugene Conley in the title role.[24] In 1945 he performed the role of Alfio with the Chicago Opera Company with Ella Flesch as Santuzza.[25]

In 1946 he performed the role of Valentine in Faust with the SCOC with Mario Palermo in the title role,[26] and sand Escamillo to Coe Glade's Carmen with the same company.[27] In 1947 he performed the roles of Schaunard in La bohème and Tonio in Pagliacci at Carnegie Hall with Alfredo Salmaggi's opera company.[28][29] He was once again with the SCOC in 1949; notably portraying Sharpless in Madame Butterfly with Hizi Koyke in the title role.[30]

In 1952 he performed the role of Escamillo to Margery Mayer's Carmen for his debut at the New York City Opera under conductor Joseph Rosenstock.[31]

Personal life

On 2 August 1938 he married Maybelle Louise Iribe in Carson City, Nevada.[32][2] In 1939 he became a naturalized American citizen.[2]

Ballarini died at the age of 76 in Miami, Florida on 26 May 1979.[33][34]

References

  1. ^ Kutsch, K. J.; Riemens, Leo (2003). "Ballarini, Stefano". In Rost, Hansjörg (ed.). Grosses Sängerlexikon. Vol. Suvanny–Zysset. K. G. Saur Verlag. p. 225-226.
  2. ^ a b c Istvan Balla-Ballarini in the California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1888-1991
  3. ^ "Milan Enjoys a Varied Operatic Fare". The Musical Courier: 47. March 15, 1928.
  4. ^ Enzo Valenti Ferro (1992). 100 años de música en Buenos Aires. Ediciones de Arte Gaglianone. p. 192-193.
  5. ^ "Carmen in Philadelphia". Musical America. Vol. 57, no. 5. March 10, 1937. p. 13.
  6. ^ "New York Stadium Season to Include Wagner Festival". The Musical Courier. Vol. 11, no. 19. May 8, 1937.
  7. ^ "Robin Hood Dell Presents Gala Offerings; Carmen Presented". The Musical Courier: 9. August 15, 1937.
  8. ^ "Civic Grand Opera in Butterfly". The Musical Courier: 11. January 1, 1938.
  9. ^ "San Francisco March Calendar Varried". The Musical Courier: 18. April 15, 1938.
  10. ^ "Janet Fairbank Wins Praise for Carmen Singing". Chicago Sunday Tribune. January 16, 1938. p. 16.
  11. ^ "San Carlo Fans are Treated to Excellent Aida". Chicago Tribune. January 7, 1938. p. 15.
  12. ^ "Verdi's Traviata Opens San Carlo Season of Opera". The Christian Science Monitor. September 8, 1945. p. 4.
  13. ^ {[cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-america_1941-12-10_61_19/page/11/mode/1up?q=%22Stephen+Ballarini%22%7Ctitle=Performances in English Enliven Chicago Opera Season|page=11|date=December 10, 1941|work=Musical America|author=Ruth Barry and Charles Quint}}
  14. ^ "Rose Bampton's First Chicago Elsa A Success". Chicago Tribune. November 23, 1941. p. 20.
  15. ^ "Verdi Club Holds Meeting". Musical America. Vol. 62, no. 4. February 25, 1942. p. 30.
  16. ^ "Philadelphia: La Scala Gives Pair of Works". Musical America. 62 (2). January 25, 1942.
  17. ^ William E. Smith (March 10, 1942). "Philadelphia". Musical America. 62 (5): 20.
  18. ^ Olin Downes (November 4, 1942). "DOUBLE BILL GIVEN BY THE HEW OPERA; Damrosch's 'The Opera Cloak' Offered as Part of Program at Broadway Theatre". The New York Times. p. 26.
  19. ^ Gustav Klemm (January 15, 1943). "Baltimore: Resident Orchestra and Visiting Opera Hailed". The Musical Courier. p. 21.
  20. ^ Gene Laforet (June 1943). "The Critics Were Right". Stylus. Boston College: 53.
  21. ^ "San Carlo Opera Company End Engagement". Musical America. November 10, 1943. p. 25.
  22. ^ "Opera, Individual Artists on Denny Watrous Schedule". Campbell Press. March 2, 1944. p. 4.
  23. ^ "Grand Opera: Il Trovatore". The Varsity. LXIV. University of Toronto: 1. November 27, 1944.
  24. ^ Burns Mantle (ed.). The Best Plays of 1943-1944. Dodd, Mead & Co. p. 473.
  25. ^ Elsa Borowski (November 15, 1945). "Chicago Opera Feted". The Musical Courier. p. 14.
  26. ^ M.S. (June 1946). "Double Bill". The Musical Courier: 25.
  27. ^ "San Carlo Opera Company". Warren Times Mirror. March 13, 1946. p. 2.
  28. ^ "Popular Operas Close Carnegie Hall Series". The Musical Courier: 19. August 1947.
  29. ^ "The Touch of the Maestro". The Musical Courier: 17. July 1947.
  30. ^ "Hizi Koyke Stands Out as Butterfly". The Washington Post. August 5, 1949. p. 2B.
  31. ^ Q. E. (November 15, 1952). "Debuts and New Casts In Final City Opera Weeks". Musical America: 22.
  32. ^ Maybelle Louise Iribe in the Carson City, Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1855-1985, Marriage Record Number 39741719
  33. ^ Stephan Ballarini in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  34. ^ Stephan Ballarini in the Florida, U.S., Death Index, 1877-1998

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