Enrico De Franceschi (Baritone) (1885 Padova -Torino 1945)

                                                            Rigoletto

Very young he moved to Argentina where he began his studies and made his debut in 1907. In 1909, after a brief stay in Italy, he returned to Argentina where he retained until 1921 appearing at the main theaters of South America. He returned to Italy and sang until 1945, when committed suicide.

Chronology of some appearances

1907 Montevideo Teatro Urquiza Aida (Amonasro)

1908 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1909 Corfù Teatro Nuovo Traviata (Germont)

1910 Rosario di Santa Fè Teatro Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1911 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1912 Buenos Aires Politeama Argentino Don Pasquale (Malatesta)

1913 Buenos Aires Teatro Marconi Aida (Amonasro)

1914 Buenos Aires Teatro Marconi Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio)

1917 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Tristano e Isotta (Melot)

1919 Buenos Aires Teatro Marconi Africana (Nelusko)

1921 Montevideo Teatro Solis Amleto (Amleto)

1922 Torino Politeama Chiarella Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1923 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Pagliacci (Tonio)

1924 Verona Teatro Filarmonico Traviata (Germont)

1925 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Ballo in maschera (Renato)

1926 Parma Teatro Regio Ballo in maschera (Renato)

1927 Madrid Teatro Reale Africana (Nelusko)

1928 Palermo Teatro Massimo Otello (Jago)

1929 Brescia Teatro Grande Favorita (Alfonso)

1930 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Otello (Jago)

1931 Novara Teatro Coccia Otello (Jago)

1932 Milano Teatro Lirico Ernani (Carlo)

1933 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Tosca (Scarpia)

1934 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Trovatore (Conte)

1935 Palermo Teatro Biondo Forza del Destino (Carlo)

1936 Madrid Teatro Calderon Boheme (Marcello)

1937 Modena Teatro Municipale Trovatore (Conte)

1938 Milano Teatro La Scala Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1939 Milano Castello Sforzesco Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1940 Novara Teatro Coccia Otello (Jago)

1941 Parma Teatro Regio Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1942 Novara Teatro Coccia Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1943 Brescia Teatro Grande Elisir d’amore (Belcore)

1944 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1945 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Parlophon, Berlin 1923-10-10
Traviata (Verdi): Non, amario ditegli with Zita Fumagalli Riva P1614 2-6490
Traviata (Verdi): Dite, alla giovine with Zita Fumagalli Riva P1614 2-6491

Parlophon, Berlin 1923-10-11
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Oh! Il Signore vi manda with Zita Fumagalli Riva P1615 2-6494

Dinorah (Meyerbeer):  Sei vendicata assai P1607 2-6497

Parlophon, Berlin 1923-10-12

Otello (Verdi): Si pel ciel with Antonio Cortis P1609 2-6498
Ernani (Verdi): Lo vedremo veglio audace P1607 2-6500
Otello (Verdi): Era la notte P1609-I 2-6503

Parlophon, Berlin 1923-10-15

Rigoletto (Verdi): L'acciar qui piago with Zita Fumagalli Riva P 1613 2-6510

Brunswick 1924

Tannhauser (Wagner): O tu'bell astro 35038B

Rigoletto (Verdi): Pari siamo 35038

Columbia, Milano 1925?
Otello (Verdi): Sogno D9475 B604
Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Eri tu D5213 B606
Ernani (Verdi): Lo vedremo o veglio audace D5211 B634
Ernani (Verdi): Oh! Dei verd'anni miei D5211 B638

La Voce del Padrone 1925

Orfeo (Monteverdi): Orfeo son io DB5377 CBX1477

Orfeo (Monteverdi): Possente spirto with Albino Marone  DB 5377 

Fonit 1927

Tannhäuser (Wagner): Allor che tu coll'estro 35056
Gioconda (Ponchielli): O monumento 35041 2035
Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Resta immobile 35041 2028
Nerone (Boito): Vivete in pace 35050 2019

Fonografia Nazionale

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Largo al factotum 2071

Re di Lahore (Massenet): O casto fiore 2072

Rigoletto (Verdi): Povero Rigoletto e cortigiani 2079

Rigoletto (Verdi): Miei signori 2080

René Maison (Tenor) (Frameries, Belgium 1895 - Mont-d'Or, France 1962)

Born in Frameries, Belgium, he studied in Brussels and Paris. He made his debut in Geneva in 1920, as Rodolfo in La bohème. He also appeared in Nice and Monte Carlo, before making his debut in 1927, at the Opéra-Comique in Paris, as Prince Dimitri in Franco Alfano's Risurrezione, opposite the soprano Mary Garden. His other roles there included Don José, Mylio, Werther, Canio, Cavaradossi, and Jean Gaussin in Massenet's Sapho.

He made his Paris Opéra debut at the Palais Garnier in 1929, in Henry Février's Monna Vanna. He sang there regularly until 1940, as Faust, Lohengrin, Radames, Siegmund and Samson. In 1934, he created there the role of Eumolphe in Stravinsky's Perséphone.

Maison also enjoyed a successful international career, appearing at the Lyric Opera of Chicago (1928-40), the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires (1934-37), the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in London (1931-36), and the Metropolitan Opera in New York. His Met debut occurred on February 3, 1936, as Stolzing in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. In eight seasons with the Met he sang Don José, Lohengrin, Samson, Julien, Florestan, Hoffmann, des Grieux and Herodes, among other roles.

In 1943, he began teaching at the Juilliard School in New York, and from 1957 until his death, at the Chalof School in Boston. Among his pupils was the baritone turned dramatic tenor Ramon Vinay.

Maison died in Mont-d'Or, France, aged 66. He was, in terms of birth dates, the middle member of a triumverate of outstanding Belgian operatic tenors who reached their peak in the period between the two world wars. The others were the lyric-dramatic tenor Fernand Ansseau (1890-1972) and the lyric tenor Andre D'Arkor (1901-1971).

Maison possessed a powerful and penetrating voice, capable of surprising nuance, and an impressive stage presence (he stood 6 feet 4 inches tall). Posterity is fortunate that he made some commercial, 78-rpm discs of French operatic arias which demonstrate his considerable merits as a singer. 

Chronology of some appearances

1928 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)
1929 Chicago Civic Opera House Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1930 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)
1932 Chicago Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)
1934 Buenos Aires  Teatro Colon Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1935 Buenos Aires  Teatro Colon Carmen (Don Jose)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Odeon, Paris 1927-05

Risurrezione (Alfano): Katiuska, ce jour exquis 188.532 Ki1228

Risurrezione (Alfano): Pleure, oui pleure 188.532 Ki1230

Odeon, Paris 1927 (between May & October)

Lohengrin (Wagner): Mon cygne aime 123.501  xxP6502

Lohengrin (Wagner): Recit du Gral 123.502 xxP6506

Odeon, Paris 1927-10

Louise (Charpentier): Mais un soir, dans l'escalier 188.539 Ki1363

Odeon, Paris 1927-10-31

Dannazione di Faust (Berlioz): Nature immense 123.502 xxP6523

Odeon, Paris 1927-11-02

Faust (Gounod): Me voici, d'ou vient ta surprise? 123.510, xxP6528

Faust (Gounod): O merveille with Julien Lafont 123.510, xxP6529

Odeon, Paris 1927-11/12

Lohengrin (Wagner): Ma confiance en toi 188.547 Ki1410

Odeon, Paris 1928-07-11

Sigurd (Reyer): Prince du Rhin 188.602 Ki1793

Odeon, Paris 1928-07-13

Favorite (Donizetti): Un ange, un femme inconnue 123.564 xxP6701

HMV, Paris 1934-05-14

Hérodiade (Massenet): Ne pouvent reprimer les élans DB4938 2PG1579

Bettina Freeman (Soprano) (Boston 1889 - ?)

She was a Boston-born opera singer with the San Carlo Opera Company who was active from 1913-1920.  Her mother is French and her father an American of German descent. She was educated in the public schools and began to take lessons on the piano at the age of thirteen, her teacher being Madame de Berg Lofgren, who began to teach her singing also when she was sixteen. When the Boston Opera enterprise was launched Madame Lofgren took her young pupil to the opera school, and after some coaching with Minetti and Conti, Miss Freeman made her debut as Siebel in " Faust," and sang with the Boston Opera Company for one season. Seeking an opportunity for larger parts she went to New York where she was engaged for the Quinlan Opera Company, and made a tour through England and Scotland, singing leading parts, — Madame Butterfly, Micaela, Gretel, and she even sang Elizabeth in Tannhauser, a role considered much too taxing for a young singer. Her voice is of mezzo-soprano quality with an unusual range. Miss Freeman had a rather unusual experience, for in 1907 being consumed with the desire to study abroad, she went to Paris, took three or four lessons, was taken ill, and returned to Boston in time to resume her lessons, in the fall, with Madame Lofgren. She thus made her operatic debut with practically no European study or experience

Chronology of some appearances

1909 Boston Opera House Aida (Sacerdotessa)

1910 Chicago Auditorium Carmen (Mercedes)

1916 New York Hotel Astoria Aida (Aida)

1918 Città del Messico Teatro Virginia Fabregas Gioconda (Gioconda)

1919 Winnipeg Teatro Walker Cavalleria rusticana (Santuzza)

1920 Calgary Grand Theater Faust (Margherita)

1921 Los Angeles Philarmonic Theater Trovatore (Leonora)

1922 New York Academy Theater Otello (Desdemona)

1924 Gorizia Teatro Sociale Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1925 Sanremo Teatro del Casinò Fedora (Fedora)

1926 Messina Teatro Mastroieni Fedora (Fedora)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Columbia, New York 1910-03-17

Nozze di Figaro (Mozart): Voi, che sapete H1050 30388

Columbia, New York 1910-03-23

Ugonotti (Meyerbeer): Nobil, Signori  A5215 30393
Trovatore (Verdi): Stride la vampa A5215 30399

Columbia, New York 1910-04-11

Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia dell'amore with Florencio Constantino, Ramon Blanchart and Eugenia Bronskaja H1029 30422

Columbia, New York 1910-04-15

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Chi mi frena with Florencio Constantino, Luigi Cilla, Ramon Blanchart, Eugenia Bronskaja and Jose Mardones A5177 30443

Columbia, New York 1910-04-23
A little thief (Stern) A856 4452
The little Irish girl (Löhr) A856 4451

Oreste De Bernardi (Tenor) (Torre Annunziata 1893 - Milano 1944)

He studied in Milan with under Cataldi and he made his debut  in 1913 at the Teatro Donizetti of Bergamo in ''La Traviata''. He had immediately to interrupt the career because of the Great War. In 1923 he sang in the absolute premiere of  ''Lucania'' of  B. Fonte at  the Teatro Verdi in  Pisa.

Chronology of some appearances

1913 Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Traviata (Alfredo)

1915 Novara Teatro Coccia Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)

1919 Alessandria Teatro Virginia Marini Boheme (Rodolfo)

1920 Novara Teatro Coccia Antigone di G. Bondonio

1921 Asti Politeama Nazionale Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1922 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Boheme (Rodolfo)

1923 Pisa Teatro Verdi  Lucania di B. Fonte (Maurizio)

1924 Milano Teatro Verdi Rigoletto (Duca)

1925 Brescia Teatro Sociale Boheme (Rodolfo)

1926 Como Teatro Sociale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1927 Catania Teatro Bellini Turandot (Calaf)

1928 Padova Teatro Verdi Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)

1929 Bologna Teatro Duse Turandot (Calaf)

1930 Torino Teatro Regio Vascello Fantasma (Erik)

1931 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Iris (Osaka)

1932 Sidney Her Majesty's Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1934 Bologna Teatro Del Corso Turandot (Calaf)

1935 Novara Teatro Coccia Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1936 Roma Teatro Adriano Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)

1938 Ancona Teatro Delle Muse Il Piccolo Marat (Marat)

1939 Empoli Aperto Gioconda (Enzo)

1940 Bagnacavallo Politeama Verdi Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1941 Ancona Teatro Delle Muse Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Fonit, Italy

Canzone del mare 7045 

O sole mio (Di Capua) 7023-A

Canta nu marenare (Valente)  7055-A

Passione (Bovio-Lama-Tagliaferri) 7055-B

Santa Lucia luntana (E. A. Mario) 8909-A 

'O marenariello (Gambardella) 8912-A

Piscatore e pusilleco (Murolo-Tagliaferri) 12918-A

Silenzio cantatore (Bovio- Lama) 12918-B

Partono gli emigranti 7054
Marechiare (Tosti) 7016-B
Core 'ngrato (Salvatore Cardillio) 7016-A

Fonotecnica

Fedora (Giordano): Amor ti vieta B 3017 

Tosca (Puccini): E lucean le stelle B 3009
Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil B 3016 

Fonografia Nazionale
Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Ch'ella mi creda MA 7108
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar MA 7104
Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile MA 7074
Carmen (Bizet): La fleur que tu m'avais jetée MA 7107
Aida (Verdi): Se quel guerrier io fossi MA 7104
La vedova Allegra (Lehar): Tace il labbro with Rosa Ferlito V 9687 

Columbia, Milano
Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Lo so che il torto è mio with Gino Vanelli D5976 WB2310

Excelsius

Turandot (Puccini): Non piangere, Liu M 7075 23M/883

Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella M 7074 25M/877

Iris (Mascagni): Apri la tua finestra  M 7209 25M/879

Carmen (Bizet): Il fior M 7107 25M/890

Dominion
Turandot (Puccini): Nessun dorma  1408-2

Napule 'e notte
Silenzio cantatore 
Addio, bel sogno
Addio suonno luntano
'O Balcone 'E Napule
Rondine al nido
Solo tu nel cuore
Dammela nina dammela
Vieni sul Mar

Elias (Helio) Reis e Silva (Tenor) (Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil 1895- Rio de Janeiro 1958)

He made only one record, duet with his wife, soprano Carmen Gomes.

Chronology of some appearances

1923 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Rigoletto (Duke)

1929 San Paolo Teatro Santana Trovatore (Manrico)

1931 Buenos Ayres Teatro Marconi Gioconda (Enzo)

1933 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Otello (Otello)

1933 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Pagliacci (Canio)

RECORDING FOR SALE

 

Victor, Brazil 1929

Guarany (Gomez): Sento una forza indomita...Ma deh, che a me togliase with Carmen Gomes  91500

Albertina Dal Monte (Contralto) (Faenza 1897 - ?)

She began her education with Savioni and with Alessandro Vezzanti in Bologna and then became a pupil of Manlio Bavagnoli in Milan. She made her debut in 1919 at theb Teatro Comnale of Faenza as Santuzza in ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’. Since 1920 Dal Monte started to appear as mezzo-soprano and made her second debut at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. Here she sang the role of Countess  in ‘’Andrea Chenier’’. Her career evolved as follows:

1919 Faenza Teatro Comunale Cavalleria rusticana (Santuzza)

1920  Milano Teatro Carcano Andrea chenier (Contessa/Madelon)

1921 Milano Teatro Arena Gioconda (Laura)

1922 Palermo Teatro Biondo Aida (Amneris)

1923 Parma Teatro Regio Trovatore (Azucena)

1924 Brescia Teatro Grande Aida (Amneris)

1925 Parma Teatro Regio Aida (Amneris)

1926 Trieste Teatro Verdi Aida (Amneris)

1927 Cairo Kursaal Dalbagni Carmen (Carmen)

1928 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Aida (Amneris)

1929 Brescia Teatro Grande Favorita (Leonora)

1930 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Aida (Amneris)

1931 Bologna Teatro Duse Trovatore (Azucena)

1933 Palermo Teatro Massimo Adriana Lecouvreur (Principessa)

1934 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Ballo in maschera (Ulrica)

1935 Parma Teatro Regio Rigoletto (Maddalena)

COMPLETE RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

HMV, Milano 1926-10-05

Trovatore (Verdi): Ai nostri monti with Aristodemo  Giorgini  R5443 7-254200

Trovatore (Verdi): Stride la vampa  R5329 7-253160

Antonin Trantoul (Tenor) (Toulouse 1887 - Marseille 1966)

After initial education at the Toulouse Conservatory he studied with the famous tenor Jean de Reszke in Paris.  He made his stage deubt in 1911 at the opera house of Nimes as Des Grieux in Massenet's Manon - the beginning of a big career.  From 1920-24 he was at the Opera-Comique in Paris and from 1923-35 was also at the Grand Opera.  His roles were the title character in Gounod's Faust, the Duke in Rigoletto, title characters in Lohengrin and Don Carlos, Manrico in Il Trovatore and the title character in Pizzetti's Fra Gherardo (he had sung the world premiere at La Scala on May 16, 1928).  He also participated in the world premieres of Charles-Marie Widor's Nerto (1924), and, at the Opera-Comique, Henri Busser's Les noces corinthiennes (May 10, 1922).  He switch into the heroic roles of his fach [at this time].  Toscanini was fond of his voice and summoned him to La Scala, where he appeared until 1931.  In 1926 he had the high point of his career when he sang the title role in Don carlo, and in 1927 he sang in Otello.  He sang in Boito's Nerone and made several guest appearances (around Italy) in this role.  In the 1929-30 season he sang at the Metropolitan Opera and at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires.  He gave up his stage career in 1935 and stayed in Marseille as a teacher.

Chronology of some appearances

1920 Madrid  Teatro Reale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1926 Milano  Teatro La Scala Carmen (Don Jose)
1926  Buenos Ayres  Teatro Colon Carmen (Don Jose)
1926 Firenze  Politeama Fiorentino Carmen (Don Jose)
1927 Parma Teatro Regio Carmen (Don Jose)
1927 Milano  Teatro La Scala Carmen (Don Jose)
1927 Milano  Teatro La Scala Otello (Otello)
1927  Bergamo  Teatro Donizetti Carmen (Don Jose)
1928 Bologna  Teatro Comunale Carmen (Don Jose)
1928 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Otello (Otello)
1928  Milano  Teatro La Scala Otello (Otello)
1929  Milano  Teatro La Scala Carmen (Don Jose)
1929 Roma  Teatro dell'Opera Carmen (Don Jose)
1929 Torino  Teatro Regio Carmen (Don Jose)
1931 Milano  Teatro La Scala Norma (Pollione)

RECORDING FOR SALE

 

I wish to thank Jean Trantoul for providing me this record

Private Record 
Boheme (Puccini): Che gelida manina  
Tosca (Puccini): Le ciel luisait d'etoiles

Giovanni Tamagno (Baritone) (? 1859 - ? 1910)

He was the younger brother of Francesco Tamagno and he had a minor singing career.

Chronology of some appearances

1884 Fabriano Teatro Gentile Trovatore (Conte)

1884 Fabriano Teatro Gentile Traviata (Germond)

 COMPLETE RECORDINGS FOR SALE

G&T, Ospedaletti 1903-02-07 to 11

3005-(F.T.) Perche? (Filippi) (77) (matrix altered to 3023-(F.T.) (52685), unpubl
 Roi de Lahore: O casto fior (77) 18-R

Otello: Si pel ciel (w. F Tamagno) 19 private 

Dino Borgioli (Tenor) (Florence 1891 - Florence 1960)

He was an Italian lyric tenor. Praised by critics for his musicianship, he was particularly associated with roles in operas composed by Mozart, Rossini, and Donizetti.

Dino Borgioli studied with Eugenio Giachetti in Florence, and made his operatic debut in 1914, as Arturo in I puritani, at the Teatro Corso in Milan. He then sang the role of Fernand in La favorite at the Teatro Dal Verme, before making his La Scala debut in 1918 as Ernesto in Don Pasquale.

In 1924, he was the lead tenor in the Melba-Williamson Grand Opera tour of Australia, opening the Sydney season opposite Melba in La bohème.

On the international scene, Borgioli debuted at the Royal Opera House in London, as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, opposite Toti Dal Monte in 1925—and at the Glyndebourne Festival where he sang as Ottavio in Don Giovanni, and as Ernesto. He also appeared in Paris, at both the Opéra-Comique and the Palais Garnier, as Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Ramiro in La Cenerentola, the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Ottavio, Edgardo and des Grieux in Manon.

The role of Cavaradossi in Tosca was his debut role for both the San Francisco Opera in 1932, and the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1933. He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City on December 31, 1934, as Rodolfo in La bohème. Borgioli appeared there for one season only: his other roles were Ottavio and des Grieux (Massenet).

Borgioli made a number of gramophone records which confirm the attractiveness of his lyric voice and the elegance of his phrasing. These qualities can be discerned in two famous complete recordings of Il barbiere di Siviglia and Rigoletto which he made in 1928, opposite the baritone Riccardo Stracciari. Nonetheless, he was still overshadowed in the theatre and on disc by another stylish tenore di grazia of his era in Tito Schipa.

In 1949, Borgioli became director of vocal studies at the New Opera Company of London, where he directed stage productions of Il barbiere di Siviglia and La bohème. He died in Florence, aged 69.

Chronology of some appearances

1919 Palermo Teatro Massimo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1919 Barcelona Teatro Liceo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1919 Madrid Teatro Reale Boheme (Rodolfo)

1920 Madrid  Teatro Reale Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1920 Lisbon Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1921 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1922 Montecarlo  Palais Garnier Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1922 San Sebastian Teatro Victoria Eugenia Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1922 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1923 Milano Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1923 Zurigo  Staatsoper Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1924 Milano Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1924 Sidney His Majesty's Theater Boheme (Rodolfo)

1924 Melbourne Her Majesty's Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1926 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1926 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1926 Il Cairo Kursaal Dalbagni Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1927 Mantova  Teatro Sociale Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1927 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1927 Milano Teatro La Scala Boheme (Rodolfo)

1928 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1928 Montecarlo Teatro del Casinò Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1929 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1930 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1930 Milano Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1931 Milano Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1931 Livorno Politeama Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1933 San Francisco Civic Auditorium Boheme (Rodolfo)

1940 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Boheme (Rodolfo)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Columbia, Milan 1922?

Favorita (Donizetti):  Spirto gentil D16379 74847          

Columbia, Milano 1923

Traviata (Verdi):  Parigi, o cara with Ena Surinach  D5105 B269

Traviata (Verdi):  Un di, felice with Ena Surinach D5105 B268

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Tornami a dir che m’ami with Ena Surinach D5036  B26

Puritani (Bellini): Vieni fra queste braccia with Ena Surinach D 5036 b 20

Sonnambula (Bellini): Son geloso with Ena Surinach  D 5035 B19

Mignon (Thomas): Ah! non credevi tu D5034 B14

Mignon (Thomas): Addio Mignon D5034 B17

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Come gentil D4963 70665-2           

Mefistofele (Boito): Giunto sul passo D5107 B247

Fedora (Giordano): Amor ti vieta D9432 B16

Columbia, Milano 1924?

Puritani (Bellini): A te, o cara D9411

Columbia, Milano 1925

Faust (Gounod):  Salve dimora  D5037 B18 

Pescatori di Perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora D4963  70668 

Columbia, Milan 1927-04-04

Faust (Gounod): Duetto d'amore P. I with Maria Zamboni L 2077 WBX 92

Columbia, Milano 1927-04-08

Faust (Gounod): Duetto d'amore P. II with Maria Zamboni L 2077 WBX93

Columbia, Milan 1927-04-11

Elisir d'Amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima BX 97 L2054

Columbia, Milan  1927-04-14

Sonnambula (Bellini): D'un pensiero with Ena Surinach D 5035 b 27  

Sonnambula (Bellini): D’un pensiero with Gina Pedroni, Ida Mannarini and Maria Gentile M 7129 WBX 105

Columbia, Milan  1927-04-14/15

Rigoletto (Verdi): E’ il sol dell’anima with Maria Gentile D18055 BX99

Columbia, Milan  1927-04-15

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Chi mi frena with Gino Vanelli, Maria Gentile, Salvatore Baccaloni, Giuseppe Nessi and Ida Mannarini D 18016 BX 104

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-05

Bohème (Puccini): O Mimi tu piu non torni with Gino Vanelli 1859-D D1797

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-10

Lohengrin (Wagner): Merce, merce 2424-D  B1839

Bohème (Puccini): Nei cieli bigi with Gino Vanelli D7024 B1806

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-13

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Dal tempio al limitar with Gino Vanelli GQX10250 BX247

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-15

Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi, l’anel ti dono with Ena Surinach D1642  WB 1814

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): All'idea di quel metallo with Gino Vanelli  D12578 B1817

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Numero quindici with Gino Vanelli D12578 B1816

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-17

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Tornami a dir with Aurora Rettore D 12579 b 1823

Columbia, Milan  1928-02-18

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Sogno soave e casto D12579 WB1828   

Pescatori di Perle (Bizet): Della mia vita D12580 B1830

Columbia, Milan  1930-05-13

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Suzel buon di...Tutto tace with Rosetta Pampanini GQX10282 WBX830

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Tutto tace with Rosetta Pampanini GQX10282 WBX831

Columbia, Milan  1930-05-14

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): O amore, o bella luce B3385 2424-D           

Columbia, Milan  1930-05-16

Princessita (Padilla) GQ7144 B3404

Columbia, Milan  1930-05-18

Caro mio ben (Giordani) D12477 B806

Columbia 1935

Do not go my love (Hageman) LB24  15115-2

Columbia

Pescatori di perle  (Bizet): Del tempio al limitar with Benvenuto Franci D5127 B249

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini):  Ecco ridente  D4964 70662

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Se il mio nome D4964 70663

Traviata (Verdi): Lunge da lei...De'miei bollenti spiriti   D1503  B274        

Carmen (Bizet):  Il fior che avevi a me 2017-M  B235

Barcarola della Marangona LB29 15106-1      

Boheme (Puccini): Che gelida manina D9411

Gondoliera Veneziana (Sdero) LB29

Private record

Orontea (Cesti): Intorno all'idol mio