Edmondo Grandini (Baritone) (Parma, Italia 1882 - Brescia, Italia 1952)

                                                                   Rigoletto

He studied singing at the Milan Conservatory under the vocal pedagogue  Joseph Gallignani. He made his debut in 1908 at the Teatro Sociale of Crema in ‘’Traviata’’. After his retirement he taught singing in Brescia. Carlo Bergonzi and Giacinto Prandelli belonged to his pupils.

Chronology of some appearances

1910 Roma Teatro Costanzi La nave rossa (Ardì) with Giovanni Genzardi  as Rimuel

1910 Roma Teatro Costanzi Pagliacci (Tonio) with Gaetano Tommasini as Canio

1916 Parma Teatro Regio Favorita (Alfonso) with Pietro Navia as Fernando

1916 Parma Teatro Regio Isabeau (re Raimondo) with Antonio Saludas as Folco

1916 Parma Teatro Regio Aida (Amonasro) with Bernardo De Muro/Amador Famadas/Antonio Saludas as Radames

1926 Torino Teatro Regio La cena delle beffe (Neri Chiaramantesi) with Franco Lo Giudice as Giannetto Malaspini

1929 Venezia Teatro alla Fenice Otello (Jago) with Renato Zanelli/Domenico Apostolescu as Otello

1933 Parma Teatro Regio Lohengrin (Telrampondo) with Fernand Faniard/Giovanni Voyer as Lohengrin

1933 Parma Teatro Regio Aida (Amonasro) with Luigi Marletta/Francesco Merli as Radames

1934 Parma Teatro Regio La cena delle beffe (Neri Chiaramantesi) with Nino Bertelli as Giannetto Malaspini

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Favorite, Verona
Faust (Gounod): Dio possente 1-35236
Don Carlo (Verdi): Morte di Rodrigo 1-35240