24.00 USD
Gorgeous portrait of opera (operetta) diva Nella Regini published by A. Traldi. Fine condition. Really a beautiful card.
In an article which appeared in the Albuquerque Journal in 1925, it was mentioned that operatic soprano Nella Regini had been, in a recent contest, found to be the most beautiful woman in all of Italy.
Certainly, of all the Italian postcards we have shared here at Red Poulaine, those images of Signorina Regini have probably been among the most striking. Notice how carefully we choose our words? We would rather not drop a golden apple into the midst of those singers and actresses who make up our La Bella Donna section. No thank you! :)
It is difficult to find any history on Nella. She was a star of the Italian operetta, a medium whose renaissance was brought about almost single-handedly, in the early 1920s, by a man named Carlo Lombardo (1869-1959), a composer, librettist, comedian, and impressario, also a close friend of Pietro Mascagni, who wrote the famous opera Cavalleria Rusticana.
Lombardo wrote librettos for, and produced, a large number of very popular "opera buffo." among them Gigolette, from which this image was drawn. We also run across others of his, "Luna Park," "Cin Ci La," etc., and with many, we find marvelous images of Nella Regini in costume. This isn't so strange though, since when researching these operettas, we find that many were produced by the "Compagnia Regini-Lombardo," perhaps suggesting a relationship between the two that was closely bound professionally, if not personally.
A fine, unposted, A. Traldi card from the mid 1920s. Please examine our high res scans for detail.
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