He studied with Serafino Di Falco in Milan and made his debut in 1914 at the Teatro Andreani in Mantova as Arturo in ‘’Puritani’’. Already in 1915 he appeared at La Scala in Milan as Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In 1916 Solari sang at the Teatro Chiarella in Turin in ‘’Rigoletto’’ and ‘’La Favorita’’. The next year, he guested in Parma performing at the Teatro Regio. After the First World War he developed the rest of his career primarily at Italian provincial stages (Bari, Catania, Cremona), then also in Turin (Teatro Regio) and Venice (Teatro La Fenice). In 1927 Solari appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa as Edgardo in ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’ and as Pinkerton in ‘’Madame Butterfly’’. In 1926 he had big success at the Italian opera in Holland. In 1929 he made guest appearance in Buenos Aires (Teatro Colón) among other things in the première there of Giordano’s ‘’Il Re’’. In 1930 he sang again in Parma and Turin. That same year he geusted in Vienna where appeared as Pinkerton in Puccini’s ‘’Madama Butterfly’’. In the 1931-1932 season and in 1938 he was staying at the Teatro Verdi in Trieste. At La Scala Solary again performed in 1937 as Nadir in Bizet’s ‘'I Pescatori di perle’’. He retired from the stage in 1946.
Chronology of some appearances
1914 Mantova Teatro Andreani Puritani (Arturo)
1915 Milan Teatro La Scala Rigoletto (Duca)
1916 Turin Teatro Chiarella Favorita (Fernando)
1917 Parma Teatro Regio Rigoletto (Duca)
1927 Genoa Teatro Carlo Felice Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1929 Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1931 Trieste Teatro Verdi la Vedova Scaltra di E.Wolf Ferrari
1932 Trieste Teatro Verdi Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1937 Milan La Scala Pescatori di perle (Nadir)
1938 Trieste Teatro Verdi Amelia al ballo di G. Menotti
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Se il mio nome Columbia D57100
L'elisir d'amore: Quanto e bella Columbia GQX10093
L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima Columbia GQX10098
Lucrezia Borgia: Di pescatore ignobile Columbia CQ352
Lucia di Lammermoor: Tu che a'Dio Columbia D5700
I Puritani: A te, o cara Columbia D5699
I Puritani: Credeasi, misera Columbia D11551
La Favorita: Una vergine un angiol di Dio Columbia GQX10064
La Favorita: Spirto gentil Columbia GQX10067
La Favorita: Pietoso al par d'un nume Columbia GQX10068
Linda di Chamounix: Se tanto in Columbia CQ370
Don Pasquale: Sogno soave e casto Columbia GQX10101
Don Pasquale: Cerchero lontana terra Columbia GQX10103
Don Pasquale: Come gentil Columbia GQX10105
Martha: M'appari Columbia D5698
Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido Columbia CQ352
Mignon: Addio Mignon Columbia D5697
Mignon: Ah! non credevi tu Columbia D5697
Werther: Ah! non mi ridestar Columbia D11551
As Franco Lary
Fra mille donne tu (Losso-Valerio-Frati) Columbia DQ793
Cosa ne hai fatto del mio cuore (Barezi-Tibor-Marf) Columbia DQ793
Dimmi ancora che mi vuoi bene (Hollaender-Zorro) Columbia DQ810
Provincialina (Bracchi-Stothart-Ward) Columbia DQ2229
Fascino (Galdieri-Derewitsky) Columbia DQ2229
Partir (Jurmann-Kaper-Ramo) Columbia DQ939
Voglio Te (Mendes-Schor) Canzone Valzer Columbia DQ588
T' aspettero stasera (Bertini-Panseri-Schipa) Columbia MZ44
Wunder Bar Il re dei bar Columbia WB 4006
Wunder Bar Lisetta va alla moda Columbia WB 4005
Nuttata 'e sentimento (Capolongo-Cassese) Columbia
What a very unique voice, sort of gently metallic.
ReplyDeleteGlad I was able to listen to his recording.
Hello. Thanks. He is one of the best lyric tenors who performed on the italian opera stages from 1920-1940s.
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