Regina Pacini - Ah vieni al tempio (1906)

from Bellini's "I Puritani". Callas at her best, all theatrical intensity and bel canto passion, was, for me, Pacini's only real rival in this role.

Elvira is delusional. This is a Mad Scene... Her hearing Arturo's voice is a hallucination.

"Regina Pacini (Lisbon, 6 Jan 1871 - Buenos Aires, 18 Sept 1965), Portuguese soprano. She came from a family of musicians, her father, José Pacini (who was also her first teacher), being a well-known baritone and director of the S Carlos at Lisbon, where Regina made her début in 1888 as the heroine of La sonnambula. The following year she appeared in Milan and Palermo and in James Mapleson's last season at Her Majesty's in London. She quickly became a favourite in Spain, singing also in the 1890s in Russia, Poland and South America. In 1902 she reappeared in London, singing at Covent Garden with Caruso in L᾽elisir d᾽amore and Lucia, and was praised by the Musical Times for 'vocal agility such as this generation seldom hears'. She was again Caruso's partner at Monte Carlo in 1904, and in 1905 sang there in I puritani and Il barbiere with Bonci. At the height of her career in 1907 she retired and married Marcelo de Alvear (later president of Argentina), which enabled her to exercise an influence on the musical life of the country.
Her recordings are rarely without some flaw of voice or style but she is impressively fluent; the upper part of her voice was particularly lovely."
J. B. Steane

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"Regina Pacini de Alvear (* 6 de enero de 1871, Lisboa, Portugal - † 18 de septiembre de 1965, Buenos Aires, Argentina) fue una soprano lírica ligera, Primera Dama argentina y benefactora portuguesa de ascendencia italiana que se casó con el político argentino Marcelo T. de Alvear de la UCR.
Hija del barítono italiano Pietro Pacini y la española Felisa Quinteros, nació en Lisboa durante la regencia de su padre del teatro San Carlos de Lisboa.
Estudió en París con Mathilde Marchesi y debutó en 1888 como Amina en La sonambula de Bellini. Como soprano fue una importante exponente del bel canto de la época, como Lucia di Lammermoor, La boheme, I Puritani, Rigoletto, Manon y Rosina de El barbero de Sevilla cantó en el Liceo de Barcelona, la Scala de Milán, la Opera de París y en el Covent Garden Lucia de Lammermoor con Enrico Caruso.
En 1899 debutó en el Teatro Solís de Montevideo y en el Teatro Politeama de Buenos Aires donde conoció a Marcelo T. de Alvear quien la siguió por diferentes teatros del mundo.
En 1907 se casó con el Dr. Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, futuro presidente de Argentina entre 1922-28, retirándose de la actuación y convirtiéndose en una importante benefactora. Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial la pareja residió en Paris y sus acciones le valieron la Legión de Honor del gobierno francés.
En un principio rechazada y combatida por la alta sociedad porteña, fue una destacada Primera Dama y un referente cultural por décadas.
En 1938 fundó la Casa del Teatro de Buenos Aires, un asilo para actores semejante a la Casa Verdi de Milán, con 45 habitaciones, dos pequeños museos y la sede del Teatro Regina nombrado en su homenaje. Además construyó el Templo de San Marcelo y el Colegio anexo.
Vivió en Villa Regina, su residencia de Mar del Plata y en Villa Elvira, en Don Torcuato. En 1942 enviudó y cuando murió a los 94 años sobrevivía con una modesta pensión nacional. Nada le quedaba de su fortuna, repartida en obras de beneficencia."
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina_Pacini

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Place: England during the English Civil War. Time: 1640s.

A fortress near Plymouth. Elvira's madness... Elvira appears, still deranged but longing for Arturo...

ELVIRA
(nel suo delirio, crede vedere Arturo)

Ah! vieni, ah! vieni.

O! viene al tempio, fedele Arturo,
Eterna fede, mio ben, ti giuro!
Com'oggi è puro,
Sempre avrò il cor.
Ah! vieni, con te vivrò d'amor,
D'amor morrà.

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Regina Pacini de Alvear (* January 6th of 1871 , Lisbon , Portugal - † September 18 of 1965 , Buenos Aires , Argentina ) was a light lyric soprano , First Lady of Argentina and Portuguese benefactor of Italian descent who married the Argentine political Marcelo T. Alvear of the UCR.

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Daughter of baritone Pietro Pacini Italian and Spanish Felisa Quinteros was born in Lisbon during the regency of his father's Teatro San Carlos in Lisbon .

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He studied in Paris with Mathilde Marchesi and debuted in 1888 as Amina in La sleepwalker of Bellini. As soprano was an important exponent of the bel canto of the time, as Lucia di Lammermoor, La Boheme , I Puritani , Rigoletto , Manon and Rosina in The Barber of Seville sang in the Liceo in Barcelona,​the Scala of Milan, the Paris Opera and the Covent Garden Lucia de Lammermoor with Enrico Caruso .

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In 1899 he debuted at the Teatro Solis in Montevideo and the Politeama Theatre of Buenos Aires where he met Marcelo T. Alvear who followed in different theaters of the world.

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In 1907 she married Dr. Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear , future president of Argentina from 1922-28, retiring from acting and became a major benefactor. During the First World War the couple lived in Paris and his actions earned him the Legion of Honor by the French government.

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At first rejected and fought by the high society of Buenos Aires, was an outstanding First Lady and a cultural landmark for decades.

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In 1938 he founded the House Theatre of Buenos Aires, a haven for actors like the House Verdi in Milan, with 45 rooms, two small museums and the headquarters of Regina Theatre named in his honor. Also built the Temple of San Marcelo and the College Annex.

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He lived in Villa Regina , his home in Mar del Plata and Villa Elvira in Don Torcuato . Widowed in 1942 and when he died at age 94 survived on a modest national pension. Nothing was left of his fortune, distributed in charity.

A city named after him ( Villa Regina ) of Black River Province and a street in Buenos Aires

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