Toti Dal Monte

Toti Dal Monte studied at Conservatorio di Musica Benedetto Marcello di Venezia. Gianna D'Angelo is recorded as having studied under Toti Dal Monte. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Residence is recorded at Pieve di Soligo. Distinctions recorded are King's Medal of Merit in Gold.

Born in Mogliano Veneto, in the Province of Treviso, Dal Monte studied singing at the Naples Conservatory under Barbara Marchisio. She made her debut at La Scala at the age of 23 as Biancofiore in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini. She was an immediate success, and her clear "nightingale-like" voice came to be highly appreciated throughout the world. Her best-known roles included the bel canto parts of Amina (in Bellini's La sonnambula), Lucia (in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor) and Gilda (in Verdi's Rigoletto). In 1922 she performed several parts opposite the tenor Carlo Broccardi at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo; including Cio-cio-san, Gilda, and the title heroine in Alfredo Catalani's La Wally. In 1924, fresh from triumphs in Milan and Paris, but before her debut in London or New York, she was engaged by Dame Nellie Melba to be one of the star singers of an Italian opera company that Melba was organising to make a tour of Australia. She proved a popular and critical success on the tour, and there was no rivalry between the ageing Melba and the much younger Dal Monte. Rather, they threw bouquets after each other's performances. On 23 August 1928, on her third visit to Australia, she married tenor Enzo de Muro Lomanto in St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. On 12 January 1929 at La Scala she created the role of Rosalina, in the world premiere of Umberto Giordano's Il re. She retired from the operatic stage in 1945. However, she continued to work in the theatre (as well as to make the occasional recording) and appeared in a number of films, of which the best known is perhaps her last, Enrico Maria Salerno's Anonimo veneziano, a 1970 story about a musician at La Fenice. She became a singing teacher and coach; her pupils included Dodi Protero, Dolores Wilson, Maaria Eira and Gianna D'Angelo.

Dal Monte died in 1975 at the age of 81, in Pieve di Soligo, as a result of circulatory disorders.

Toti Dal Monte was recorded at birth as Antonietta Meneghel. She also worked under the name Toti Dal Monte. The authorities additionally record the heading Antonietta Meneghel. Her recorded language was Italian. She married Enzo de Muro Lomanto. One child is recorded: Marina Dolfin. Other recorded relations include Massimo Rinaldi, Antonella Rinaldi, Benedetta Gravina and Francesco Rinaldi.

Toti Dal Monte is recorded with the occupation opera singer. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of Italy. Recorded with the occupation stage actor. Classed in the genre opera.