Toti Dal Monte [SEP] voice type
Toti Dal Monte
Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 189326 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano. She may be best remembered today for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's "Madama Butterfly", having recorded this role complete in 1939 with Beniamino Gigli as Pinkerton.
Career.
Born in Mogliano Veneto, in the Province of Treviso, she made her debut at La Scala at the age of 23 as Biancofiore in Zandonai's "
Tino Folgar performing the leading male roles. She also provided the singing voice of the titular character in the original Italian dub of Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs".
Pagliughi's fame spread throughout Italy and she was invited to sing at all the major opera centres, including Turin, Parma, Venice, Florence, Rome and Naples. Critics acclaimed her as the successor of Toti dal Monte (1893–1975) in the Rossini-Donizetti-Bellini repertory, in which her sweetly limpid voice, agile technique and