Eugenia Calosso
Eugenia Calosso (21 April 1878 – after 1914) was an Italian conductor and composer. She studied at the conservatory in Leipzig, and studied composition with Giovanni Cravero. She began her career as a conductor at the Casino Municipale in San Remo and continued concert tours of Europe until 1914. Calosso wrote madrigals, orchestral suites, and instrumental works for violin and piano, and more than fifty lieder. She wrote one opera, Vespero, with a libretto by Ernesto Ragazzoni.
Life
Eugenia Calosso was born on 21 April 1878 in Turin, Piedmont.[1] She studied at the conservatory in Leipzig, and studied composition with Giovanni Cravero.[2][1] She began her career as a conductor at the Casino Municipale in San Remo and continued concert tours of Europe until 1914, conducting in Basle, Berlin, Brussels, Cologne, London and Paris.[2][3]
Calosso wrote madrigals, lieder, orchestral suites, and instrumental works for violin and piano. She wrote about fifty lieder.[2] She wrote one opera, Vespero with a libretto by Ernesto Ragazzoni.[4]
She died after 1914.[2]
In 2020 soprano Susan Nelson included one of Calosso's works, Foglie Secche, in a quarantine project to record one hundred pieces composed by women.[5][6]
References
- ^ a b Cohen, Aaron I. (1987). International Encyclopedia of Women Composers (2nd ed.). South Africa: Books & Music (USA). p. 593. ISBN 0-9617485-0-8.
- ^ a b c d Sadie, Julie Anne; Samuel, Rhian (1994). The Norton/Grove dictionary of women composers. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Cohen, Aaron I. (1981). International encyclopedia of women composers.
- ^ Pistolisi, Laura. "Calosso Eugenia". Archived from the original on 14 November 2010. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ Camacho, Oliver (2020-10-07). "An Irrepressible Soprano Takes On an Overlooked Repertoire". WFMT. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
- ^ Susan Nelson (2020-10-07). Foglie secche - Eugenia Calosso. Retrieved 2025-04-15 – via YouTube.