He studied singing under Leonardo Pla and
Antonio Baldelli and made his debut in Madrid at Teatro de la Zarzuela in ‘’La Indiana ’’ of A.Saco del Valle (1897). In
1898, during a performance of G. Meyerbeer’s ‘’Ugonotti’’ at the Teatro Moderno
of Madrid , he was heard by the maestro
Campanini, the director of the Teatro Real in Madrid , where he and made in 1899 his debut
in G. Puccini’s ‘’Boheme’’. After the retirement which took place in 1926, he lived
in Milan .
Chronology of some appearances
1899 Napoli
Teatro Bellini Trovatore (Conte)
1901 Lisbona Teatro San
Carlos Trovatore (Conte)
1904 Modena Teatro Storchi
Boheme (Marcello)
1906 Livorno Politeama Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)
1908 Verona Teatro Ristori Ballo
in Maschera (Renato)
1910 Milano
Teatro Lirico Ballo in Maschera (Renato)
1913 Brescia Teatro Grande Gioconda (Barnaba)
1915
Venezia Teatro La Fenice Gioconda
(Barnaba)
1918 Città del Messico Teatro
Virginia Fabregas Gioconda (Barnaba)
1920 Livorno Politeama Trovatore
(Conte)
1923 Messina Teatro Mastroieni Gioconda (Barnaba)
1925 Brescia Teatro Grande Ugonotti (Nevers)
1926 Arezzo Teatro Petrarca Lohengrin
(Tetralmondo)
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