Born in
Milan on 10 October 1890, Bosini studied singing in her native city with Salvatore Pessina. She made her professional opera debut in 1909 as Mimi in
Giacomo Puccini's
La boheme at the
Politaema Marengo in
Novi Ligure. Later that year she toured to
Quito,
Ecuador where she was heard as Mimi at the
Teatro Sucre. She sang Mimi several more times during her career, including performances at the
Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari (1911), the
Teatro Rendano in Cosenza (1912), the
Politeama Rossini in Tunis (1913), the
Teatro Biondo in Palermo (1914), the
Teatro Apollo in Bologna (1917), the
Politeama Chiarella in Turin (1918), and the
Liceu in Barcelona (1919). In 1917 she became the first person to record the role of Mimi, singing the role on disc with the Orchestra and Chorus of
La Scala under conductor
Carlo Sabajno. For two decades Bosini actively performed in
opera houses throughout Italy, and was most frequently seen at the
Teatro Massimo in Palermo where she made her debut in 1915 as Antonia in
The Tales of Hoffmann. It was while doing that production that she met her husband, acclaimed baritone Mariano Stabile (1888–1968). Other Italian opera houses she performed at during her career were the
Teatro della Pergola in Florence, the
Teatro di San Carlo in Naples, the
Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste, and the
Teatro Metastasio in Prato among others. Outside of Italy, she appeared at the
Liceu in Barcelona in 1918 as Donna Elvira in
Don Giovanni; returning there several times over the next two years. She also gave performances at the
Cairo Opera House and the
Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as Alice Ford in Verdi's
Falstaff. Her last appearance was as Alice Ford at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo in 1930. Bosini sang a wide range of parts during her career. Other roles she created on stage included Cio-Cio-San in
Madama Butterfly, Desdemona in
Otello, Elsa in
Lohengrin, a flower maiden in
Parsifal, Hanna Glawari in
The Merry Widow, Maria in
Guglielmo Ratcliff, Margherita in
Mefistofele, Marguerita in
Faust, Micaela in
Carmen, Nedda in
Pagliacci, and the title roles of Giordano's
Fedora, Mascagni's
Iris, Massenet's
Manon, and Puccini's
Manon Lescaut and
Tosca. After retiring from the stage in 1930, Bosini taught singing in Milan and managed her husband's career. She and her husband lived their latter years at the
Casa di Riposo per Musicisti in Milan. She died there on 2 February 1982 at the age of 91. ==References==