His real
name was Aloys Federler. He studied singing under Joseph Gänsbacher and
Johannes Ress in Vienna .
Pennarini made his debut in 1893 at the municipal theatre of Bratislava as Turiddu
in ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’. Then in the 1895-96 season he sang at the
municipal theatre of Olmütz (Olomouc ),
from 1896-97 at the municipal theatre of Elberfeld, from 1898-1900 he was engaged by the municipal
theatre of Graz, where he appeared in Wagner’s operas. Since 1900 he was a
principal tenor of the municipal theatre of Hamburg, where he appeared till 1913
with great success. He appeared in Hamburg
in the premiere of Siegfried Wagner’s operas "Der Kobold" (29. 1. 1904) and "Bruder Lustig" (13.
10. 1905). Pennarini aslo sang there in the premiere of the opera ‘’Tragaldabas’’
of Eugene d'Albert (3. 12. 1907) and in the german premières of the operas "Le Jongleur de Notre Dame" of Massenet (1902 as Jean)
and ‘’Adriana Lecouvreur’’ of F. Cilea (1902 as Maurizio). He guested in 1900 and
1903 at the Vienna Court Opera, since 1900 till 1912 he performed at the Berlin
Court Opera. Since 1900 he often appeared aslo at the court opera of Munich like at the court theatre
of Stuttgart. In 1908 he guested at the Dresden
court opera. In 1904 he sang with the Savage Opera Company in North
America . He made guest performances at the Covent Garden in London , in Amsterdam
and Hague. From 1913 to 1920 he was a manager of the Nuremberg municipal theatre, where he still
appeared as a singer. In 1920 he became a manager of the municipal theatre of Reichenberg. He was married to
the soprano Ella Appelt. Pennarini appeared also in several movies.
Chronology
of some appearances
1893 Bratislava municipal
theatre Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)
1902 Hamburg municipal theatre Le Jongleur de Notre Dame (Jean)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Jetzt spielen 50119
Meistersinger
von Nurnberg (Wagner): Preisleid 50177 xB1759
Lohengrin
(Wagner): Atmest du nicht 50208 xB1789
Evangelimann
(Kienzl): Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden
50318 xB2643
This is my great-grandfather.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment
Delete