Geni Sadero

Eugenia Scarpa (12 May 1886 - 7 August 1961) was a composer, singer, and teacher from an Italian family who is best known by her pseudonym, Geni Sadero. She composed her own songs and arranged many Italian folk songs for voice and piano. Her students included soprano Marian Anderson.

Conflicting sources list Scarpa's birthplace as Constantinople (today Istanbul, Turkey) or Trieste, Italy. Her father was a military commander in Trieste. Scarpa studied piano with Oscar Taverna. She debuted as an opera singer at Teatro Lirico in Milan in 1914. Five years later, she moved to Paris, where she sang and lectured about Italian folk songs. During World War I, Scarpa sang to entertain soldiers and also collected folk songs from them, which she later arranged for voice and piano. In 1920, she gave at least one well-reviewed vocal recital in England, with a program of Italian folk songs. Scarpa visited the tenor Enrico Caruso shortly before his death in 1921. Composer Fernando Liuzzi dedicated a group of his folk song settings to her in the mid 1920s. In 1927 she returned to Trieste, and later taught at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

Scarpa sang for at least one recording by RCA Victor. She appeared in the films Affairs of Maupassant and La Canzone dell’Amore (The Song of Love 1930). Her song “Fa la Nana Bambin” was used in the soundtrack of the film Två Människor. Scarpa's songs were performed and recorded by Marian Anderson, Victoria de Los Angeles, Erno Balogh, Dusolina Giannini, Tito Gobbi, Toti dal Monte, Gianna Pederzini, the Phillips Jenkins Singers, Rosa Ponselle, Mafalda Napolitana le Quaration, Tito Schipa, Ferruccio Tagliavini and Gil Valeriano.

Scarpa's music was published by Allans Music, Carish e Janichen, Casa Musicale Francesco Bongiovanni, G. Schirmer Inc. and Società Anonima Notari. Her works include:

Birth and Death Data: Born 1886, Died 1961

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1939

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, vocalist

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor B-29632 10-in. 3/6/1924 In mezo al mar Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with harp and orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-29632 10-in. 12/15/1925 In mezo al mar Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor B-29633 10-in. 3/6/1924 Fà la nana bambin Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with violin, flute, and orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-29633 10-in. 12/15/1925 Fà la nana bambin Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra composer  
Victor BVE-38926 10-in. 5/24/1927 Rock-a-bye baby mine Phillips Jenkins Singers Female vocal quartet, with piano composer  
Victor BS-99453 10-in. 3/13/1936 Fà la nana, bambin Ernő Balogh ; Lotte Lehmann Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-[Unnumbered 1924-01-31-01] 10-in. 1/31/1924 In mezzo al mar Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor B-[Unnumbered 1924-01-31-02] 10-in. 1/31/1924 Fa la nana bambin Dusolina Giannini Soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BAVE-012847 10-in. between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 Ninna nanna istriana Mafalda Napolitana de Quaratino ; Gianna Pederzini Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor BAVE-012848 10-in. between 6/14/1939 and 7/12/1939 L' amor xe una pietanza Mafalda Napolitana de Quaratino ; Gianna Pederzini Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano composer  
Victor [Trial 1925-04-07-03] 10-in. 4/7/1925 Gondoliera Geni Sadero Female vocal solo, with piano composer, vocalist  
Gramophone BM1346 10-in. 12/18/1929 Fa la nana, bambin Carlo Sabajno ; Tito Schipa Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sadero, Geni," accessed April 24, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109460.

Sadero, Geni. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 24, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109460.

"Sadero, Geni." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 24 April 2024.

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