Hipolito Lazaro (Tenor) (Barcelona, Spain 1887 - Barcelona, Spain 1974)

His voice was discovered during military service. He made his debut at the Teatro Novedades in Barcelona in 1910 without special study of singing. After studies with Ernesto Colli in  Milan, he sang in London and Manchester, England in 1913 under the name Antonio Manuele. He first created a sensation at La Scala when he sang in the world premiere of Mascagni's Parasina (1913). In 1918, Lazaro came to the Metropolitan opera, where he sang for three seasons, performing 8 roles in 34 performances. He appeared as a guest at all of the world's great opera houses, and also created roles in Mascagni's  Piccolo Marat  at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome in 1921, and in Giordano's Cena delle Beffe at La Scala in 1924. During the Spanish Civil War he was for a short time the director of the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona. He gave a farewell concert in New York in 1940, but appeared again at the Teatro Liceo in 1944 and at the Havana Opera in 1950. He had a wide-ranging, timbred, considerably vibrant, extended, bold, resilient even if slightly guttural voice with a brilliant metallic shine, and a passionate approach to singing.

Chronology of some appearances

1910 Valencia Teatro Prencesa Favorita (Fernando)

1911 Milano  Teatro Dal Verme Boheme (Rodolfo)

1912 Il Cairo  Teatro Abbas Boheme (Rodolfo)

1914 Roma  Teatro Costanzi  Boheme (Rodolfo)

1914 Roma  Teatro Costanzi  Favorita (Fernando)

1914 Montevideo  Teatro Solis Boheme (Rodolfo)

1914 Montevideo  Teatro Solis Favorita (Fernando)

1914 Buenos Aires  Teatro Coliseo Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1914 Buenos Aires  Teatro Coliseo Favorita (Fernando)

1914 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1914 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Favorita (Fernando)

1914 Barcelona Teatro Liceo Favorita (Fernando)

1915 Buenos Aires  Teatro Colon Boheme (Rodolfo)

1915 Buenos Aires  Teatro Colon Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1915 Rio de Janeiro  Teatro Municipal Boheme (Rodolfo)

1915 Porto Alegre  Teatro San Pedro Boheme (Rodolfo)

1915 San PaoloTeatro Municipal Boheme (Rodolfo)

1915 Montevideo Teatro Solis Carmen (Don Jose)

1915 Roma Teatro Costanzi Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1916 Havana  Teatro Nacional Boheme (Rodolfo)

1916 Havana  Teatro Nacional Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson

1917 Mexico City  Teatro Arbeu Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1918 Mexico City  Plaza de Toros Favorita (Fernando)

1920 Lisbon Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1920 Havana  Teatro Nacional Boheme Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1920 Havana  Teatro Nacional Favorita (Fernando)

1920 Mexico City  Teatro Arbeu Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)

1920 Mexico City  Teatro Arbeu Favorita (Fernando)

1927 Havana Teatro Nacional Carmen (Don Jose)

1928 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Carmen (Don Jose)