Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Mar 1, 2016

Menotti Frascona (Tenor) (Palermo, Italia 15 Oct 1879 - Los Angeles 20 Mar 1966)




He started his career as baritone (probably in USA, not in Italy), but in the early 1920's Frascona switched from baritone to tenor and appeared in Havana, Guadalajara etc.

Chronology of some appearances

1902 Scranton Lyceum Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)
1911 Brooklyn, New York Academy of Music  Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

 RECORDINGS FOR SALE









Emerson, USA 1920?
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar 02034-XP 
4512-1
Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 02034-XP 4513-1


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