Lot 35
Ex-Rina Cavallari
A violin by Luigi Galimberti
(b Seveso, 1888; fl Milan)
Milan, 1930
labelled
Luigi Galimberti fece a Milano l'anno 1930, inscribed on the front and branded
LG internally on the back, the front and the upper block
length of back 14
1/
16in., 35.7cm.
and a violin bow, in case
Rina Cavallari was born in Ferrara in 1914 and studied the violin and opera in Milan and Genoa. She ...
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Ex-Rina Cavallari
A violin by Luigi Galimberti
(b Seveso, 1888; fl Milan)
Milan, 1930
labelled Luigi Galimberti fece a Milano l'anno 1930, inscribed on the front and branded LG internally on the back, the front and the upper block
length of back 141/16in., 35.7cm.
and a violin bow, in case
Rina Cavallari was born in Ferrara in 1914 and studied the violin and opera in Milan and Genoa. She became one of the foremost Italian mezzo-sopranos of her generation and performed regularly at La Scala, Milan, and other major European opera houses. She made a number of recordings with Maria Callas in the 1950s, including the two famous 1954 recordings of Bellini's Norma and Verdi's La Forza del Destino.