He trained in Florence , making his debut at
Castelfiorentino in Filippo Marchetti's ''Ruy Blas'' in 1897. After travelling
widely in Italy he sang with
great success in South America , where he
performed regularly until 1912. He joined the Manhattan Opera Company in 1906
and made his Covent Garden debut the following year; he returned in 1911 for
the British premiere of ''La fanciulla del West'', in which he also sang at the
first performances in Rome and Chicago . At Monte Carlo in 1905 he
participated in the premiere of Pietro Mascagni's ''Amica'' and in Naples the
following year that of Frederic d’Erlanger's ''Tess''; he was also in the first
American performance of Ermanno Wolf-Ferra's ''I gioielli della Madonna'' (1912).
In the 1920s at La Scala he began a second career, as an admired Wagnerian
tenor. He taught in Florence
where Ferruccio Tagliavini was among his pupils. Early recordings show a
powerful voice produced in the typical verismo style.
1898 Livorno Politeama Boheme (Rodolfo)
1898 Firenze Teatro Pagliano Boheme (Rodolfo)
1899 Bologna Teatro Del Corso Boheme (Rodolfo)
1899 Carrara Politeama Boheme (Rodolfo)
1902 Vienna Un der Wien Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1903 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)
1904 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)
1905 Parigi Teatro Sarah Bernardt Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)
1906 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Amica (Giorgio)
1906 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Amica (Giorgio)
1907 Trapani Teatro Garibaldi Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)
1907 New York Manhattan Opera House Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1908 New York Manhattan Opera House Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)
1909 Roma Teatro Costanzi Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Pathe, Paris 1904?
Occhi di
fata (Denza) 4232
Rigoletto
(Verdi): Questa o quella 4233
Chopin
(Orefice): O mia Bologna
4235
Chopin
(Orefice): Io sono un fior 4236
Fedora
(Giordano): Amor ti vieta 4237
Bohème (Puccini): In povertà mia lieta 4238
Andrea
Chénier (Giordano): Un dì all'azzurro spazio 4239
Andrea
Chénier (Giordano): Come un bel di 4240
Tosca
(Puccini): Recondita armonia 4241
Tosca
(Puccini): O dolci mani 4242
Andrea
Chénier (Giordano): Sì, fui soldato 4243
Bohème
(Puccini): Chi son? 4244
Bohème
(Puccini): Ah Mimì, tu più with Titta Ruffo 4260
Fonotipia, Milano 1906-04-20
Tess (d'Erlanger):
Stanotte ho fatto un sogno 39651 Xph1798
Siberia (Giordano): Orride steppe 39643 XPh1804
Siberia (Giordano): Orride steppe 39643 XPh1804
Fedora (Giordano):
Amor ti vieta 39727 Xph 1806
Fonotipia, Milano 1906-05-05
Canzone
Guerresca (Giordano) 39726 Xph1855
Pathe, Milano 1912?
Rigoletto
(Verdi): La donna è mobile 86386
Tosca
(Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 86387
Pagliacci
(Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba 86388
Fanciulla
del West (Puccini): Ch'ella mi creda 86390
Mefistofele
(Boito): Giunto sul passo estremo 86392
Lombardi
(Verdi): La mia letizia infondere 86393
Manon
Lescaut (Puccini): Tra voi, belle brune 86396
Manon
Lescaut (Puccini): Donna non vidi mai 86397
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