22 April 1954 -
Lisbon, San Carlo - Barbato, Picchi, Tajo, Gobbi, Sbalchiero; De Fabritiis
23 March 1956 -
Lisbon, San Carlo - Cerquetti, Bergonzi, Taddei, Christoff, Stefanoni;
Capuana
26 July 1958 -
Salzburg Festival - Jurinac, Ferandi, Bastianini, Zaccaria, Schmidt,
Stefanoni, Karajan
19 September 1958 -
Vienna State Opera - Jurinac, Zampieri, Bastianini, Zaccaria, Elderman;
Erede
16 June 1959 - Vienna
State Opera - Ferandi, Bastianini, Uhde, Schoffler, Goltz; Votto
15 September 1959 -
Vienna State Opera - Ferandi, Zadek, Zaccaria, Bierbach, Uhde, Erede
13 December 1959 -
Vienna State O. - Zampieri, Goltz/Jurinac, Hotter/Hurschel, Wachter; Erede/Swarowsky
22 June 1960 - Vienna
State Opera - Goltz, Hurschel, Zampieri, Paskalis, Welter; Molinari Pradelli
14 October 1960 -
Chicago Lyric Opera - Roberti, Tucker, Gobbi, Christoff, Mazzoli, Votto
13 December 1960 - La
Scala - Labo, Bastianini/Gobbi, Christoff, Ghiaurov, Stella/Gencer; Santini
21 May 1961 - Vienna
State Opera - Goltz, Vickers, Hotter, Welter, Wachter; Molinari Pradelli
29 May 1961 -
Budapest, Magyar Allami Opera - Warga, Simandy, Fodor, Melis; Lukacs
2 June 1961 - Vienna
State Opera - Jurinac, Vickers, Hotter, Bastianini, Welter; Molinari
Pradelli
27 June 1961 - Vienna
State Opera - Jurinac, Vickers, Bastianini, Zaccaria, Guthrie; Molinari
Pradelli
21 September 1961 -
Vienna State Opera - Stella, Givin/Labo, Bastianini/Wachter, Zaccaria; Santi/Cleva
18 March 1962 -
Vienna State Opera - Jurinac, Labo, Christoff, Wachter, Hotter; De Fabritiis
11 September 1962 -
Vienna State Opera - Stella, Ferandi, Bastianini/Wachter, Krepple; Verchi
13 April 1963 -
Vienna State Opera - Rysanek, Zampieri, Hotter/Welter, Bastianini, Franc;
Erede
28 April 1963 -
Hamburg State Opera - Rysanek, Vickers, Christoff, Ruzdjak, Fliether; Ludwig
28 May 1963 - Vienna
State Opera - Rysanek, Zampieri, Hotter, Protti, Guthrie; Molinari Pradelli
10 June 1963 - Vienna
State Opera - Stella, Christoff, Zampieri, Bastianini, Zaccaria; Molinari
Pradelli
11 January 1964 -
Palermo, Teatro Massimo - Ligabue, Gibin, Quilico, Hines, Marangoni; Votto
10 October 1964 - Vienna
State Opera - Stella, Siepi, Zampieri, Bastianini, Zaccaria, Franc; Erede
15 June 1965 - Vienna
State Opera - Jurinac, Ghiaurov, Hotter, Prevedi, Paskalis; Swarowsky
Photographs
As one of her many Eboli's for the Vienna State Opera, 1958
In Budapest at the Allami Opera House, 1961
Recordings
26 July 1958 -
Salzburg Festival - Jurinac, Ferandi, Bastianini, Zaccaria, Schmidt,
Stefanoni, Karajan
14 October 1960 -
Chicago Lyric Opera - Roberti, Tucker, Gobbi, Christoff, Mazzoli, Votto
21 September 1961 -
Vienna State Opera - Stella, Labo, Wachter, Kreppel; Cleva
Reviews
April 1954 "She was
magisterial from the first to the last scene. Her rich vocal quality (colour,
volume and emission) was accompanied by a perfect style. The audience applauded
warmly and at length." Diario de Noticias,
April 23, 1954 [Note: this was her role debut]
October 1960 "There is no
finer mezzo in the world today...the richness of the Simionato voice carried the
third act to triumph." Robert Marsh, Chicago Sun Times,
October 15, 1960
"An ongoing performance history of Eboli began only fifty years ago, with the
two pioneering productions that helped bring Don Carlo into the standard
repertory: Margaret Webster's Metropolitan Opera staging during Rudolf Bing's
first season, in 1950, and, eight years later, the famous Giulini/Visconti
production at Covent Garden. The Eboli in each case was Fedora Barbieri, who
sang the part in many other theaters throughout the decade.... It was a
blockbuster approach carried on by another frequent Met Eboli, Irene Dalis, and
later perfected by Giulietta Simionato, whose easy top and experience with
florid Rossini roles gave her interpretation a measure of refinement that her
colleagues lacked." Peter G. Davis,
OperaNews, January 2002
Anecdotes
It is important to note the relationship
between Simionato's Eboli and the Vienna State Opera where she sang the role
every year for eight consecutive years beginning in 1958 and ending in 1965,
retiring at the beginning of the following year.
Her performances of this opera in Salzburg
under Karajan (1958) were given without preliminary rehearsals as La Simionato
had just finished a run Norma in Lyon.
Her 1960 La Scala performances of this opera
were her only in Italy and the critics were unanimous in their praise, awarding
Eboli to her as one of her greatest roles.
