Hariclea Darclée "Roméo et Juliette" (Juliette); Jacques Halévy "La Juive" (Rachèle); Ruggero Leoncavallo "I Pagliacci" (Nedda) – opera interpreted in première for Romania at Bucharest National Theatre in 1903; Ruggero Leoncavallo "Zaza" (Zaza); Luigi Mancinelli "Hero e Leandro" (Hero) – opera composed for her voice and interpreted in prima assoluta at Madrid, in 1897; Pietro Mascagni "Cavalleria rusticana" (Santuzza) – oper interpreted in première for Romania at Bucharest National Theatre in 1891; Pietro Mascagni "L’amico Fritz" (Suzel) – opera interpreted in première for Teatro Della Pergole of Florence in 1891 and for Bucharest National Theatre in 1910; Pietro Mascagni "Iris" (Iris) –
Arrigo Pola next three years in the Philippines. Among the roles Pola sang with the Manila Opera were Canio in "Pagliacci", Manrico in "Il trovatore", Rodolfo in "La bohème", and Turiddu in "Cavalleria rusticana". In 1954, Pola returned to Italy with the hopes of reviving his opera career in Italy; an attempt which never gained much momentum. That year, he was approached by a baker named Fernando Pavarotti who wanted to know whether the tenor voice of his 19-year-old son, Luciano, was good enough for training as a professional opera singer. Pola later reported that he knew, after an approximately 15-minute audition,