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Dusolina Giannini
Dusolina Giannini (December 19, 1902 – June 29, 1986) was an Italian-American soprano, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Biography.
Born into a musical family in Philadelphia, Giannini was the daughter of Italian tenor Ferruccio Giannini (1868-1948), who came to the United States in 1885, and with whom she first studied, later studying with Marcella Sembrich in New York. She began in concert in 1923, in New York, also appearing in England. She made
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- 1938: "The Scarlet Letter" by Vittorio Giannini, starring Dusolina Giannini, premiered at the Hamburg State Opera
- 1959: "The Scarlet Letter" by Robin Milford
- 1961: "The Scarlet Letter" by Walter Kaufmann
- 1964-1967: "The Scarlet Letter" by Donald Lybbert (unperformed)
- 1965: "The Scarlet Letter" by Fredric Kroll
- 1965: "The Scarlet Letter" by Hugh Mullins
- 1970: "The Scarlet Letter"