ALESSANDRO
DOLCI (BERGAMO, 24 MAY 1890 – BERGAMO, 17 SEPTEMBER 1954)
He studied singing
under V. Baccanelli in Bergamo and with D. Lari in Milan. Probably he made his
debut in 1912. In the 1914-15 season Dolci made guest appearances at the Teatro
Fenice in Venice. In 1915 he performed at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna as Amenofi
in ‘’Mosè in Egitto’’ by G. Rossini. Here he also appeared in
1918 as Radames in ‘’Aida’’, in 1927 as Dimitri in ‘’Boris Godunov’’ and as
Herodes in ‘’Salome’’ of R. Strauss. In 1916 he performed at La Scala
again as Radames in ‘’Aida’’. In 1918 he once more appeared at La Scala as
Elisero in ‘’Mosè in Egitto’’ of G. Rossini. From 1923-32 he was to be found
regularly at La Scala, where he also sang in the premiere of the opera
‘’Debora e Jaele’’ of I. Pizzetti (16. 12. 1922 under the direction of A.
Toscanini) and in 1926 in the Italian première of M. Mussorgsky’s
‘’Khovantchina’’. In the 1918-19 season he was engaged by the Chicago Opera.
In the 1919-20 season he sang at the Lexington Theatre of New York in
‘’Loreley’’. In 1919 he appeared at Covent Garden in London. In 1920 he sang at
Arena di Verona in G. Verdi’s ‘’Aida’’. In 1918 (première of G. Puccini’s ‘’La
Rondine’’), 1930 (‘’Debora e Jaele’’) and in 1938 (Italian première ‘’Macbeth’’
of E. Bloch) he guested at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. In 1936 he sang at
the Teatro Carlo Felice of Genoa in the premiere of Gian Francesco Malipiero's
opera ‘’Giulio Cesare’’. In 1925 he appeared at the Teatro Regio of Turin in
the Italian première of Richard Strauss’s ‘’Ariadne auf Naxos’’ performing as
Bacchus. In 1931 he sang at the Teatro Comunale in Florence the role
of Pollione in ‘’Norma’’, in 1933 Ismaele in ‘’Nabucco’’ and Licinio in
‘’La Vestale’’ of G. Spontini (which he also sang in 1933 in the Maggio musicale
Florence opposite Rose Ponselle). Later he taught singing in
Bergamo.
Chronology of some
appearances
1913 Casale
Monferrato Teatro Sociale Loreley (Walter)
1914 Pescara
Politeama Michetti Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1914 Montagnana
Teatro Sociale Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1915 Padova Teatro
Verdi Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1915 Roma Teatro
Quirino Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1915 Bergamo Teatro
Donizetti Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1915 Genova Politeama
Genovese Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1915 Genova Politeama
Genovese Gioconda (Enzo)
1915 Venezia Teatro
La Fenice Gioconda (Enzo)
1915 Firenze Teatro
Della Pergola Gioconda (Enzo)
1916 Palermo Teatro
Massimo Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1916 Rio de Janeiro
Teatro Lirico Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1916 San Paulo Teatro
San Jos¨ Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1916 Buenos Ayres
Teatro Coliseo Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1917 Napoli
Teatro San Carlo Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1917 Torino Politeama
Chiarella Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1917 San Pellegrino
Terme Kursaal Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1917 Bergamo Teatro
Donizetti Loreley (Walter)
1917 Bari Teatro
Petruzzelli Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1918 Roma Teatro
Costanzi Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1918 Chicago Civic
Opera House Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1918 Chicago Civic
Opera House Gioconda (Enzo)
1919 Citta del
Messico Teatro Esperanza Iris Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1919
Citta del Messico Teatro Esperanza Iris Barbiere di
Siviglia (Almaviva)
1919
Citta del Messico Teatro Esperanza Iris Norma (Pollion)
1919 Londra
Covent Garden Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1919 Londra
Covent Garden Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1919 Chicago
Civic Opera House Loreley (Walter)
1919 Chicago
Civic Opera House Norma (Pollion)
1919 New
York Teatro Lexington Loreley (Walter)
1919 Bergamo Teatro
Donizetti Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1920 Bergamo Teatro
Donizetti Loreley (Walter)
1920 Ravenna Teatro
Alighieri Fanciulla del West (Dick Johnson)
1920 Trieste
Politeama Rossetti Norma (Pollion)
1920 Boston Opera
House Gioconda (Enzo)
1921 Venezia Teatro
La Fenice Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1921 Roma Teatro
Adriano Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1922 Bergamo
Teatro delle Societ Gioconda (Enzo)
1931 Firenze Teatro
Della Pergola Norma (Pollion)
1932 Roma Teatro
dell'Opera Norma (Pollion)
1934 Bergamo Teatro
Nuovo Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1936 Napoli Teatro
San Carlo Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
TRACKLIST
1. Parisina
(Mascagni): Commessa fu la mia colpa with Francisca Solari
69143XPh5056 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-03-01
2. Parisina
(Mascagni): E disse in cuore Isotta with Francisca Solari 69144
XPh5057 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-03-01
3. Parisina
(Mascagni): Or voi composto m'avereste nella bara with Francesca
Solari 69138 XPh5044 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-18
4. Parisina
(Mascagni): Vittoria! Sia laudata la Regina del cielo! with
Francisca Solari 69137 XPh5045 Fonotipia,
Milano 1914-04-18
5. Parisina (Mascagni): Se
pietа ho di voi with Francesca Solari 69140 XPh5046 Fonotipia,
Milano 1914-04-18
6. Parisina
(Mascagni): Le grida e il clamore with Francesca
Solari 69141 XPh5047 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-18
7. Parisina
(Mascagni): Vogliate qui sedere with Francisca
Solari 69139 XPh5063 Fonotipia, Milano
1914-04-26
8. Parisina
(Mascagni): Stanno in mucchio fra i lauri with Francesca Solari
69142 XPh5048 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-21
9. Parisina
(Mascagni): Ah, serra ancora with Francisca Solari 74182 XPh5049
Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-21
10. Parisina
(Mascagni): Merce, Maria! Merce, Vergine santa! with Francisca
Solari 74181 XXPh5052 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-22
11. Parisina
(Mascagni): O tristo, tristo with Laura Del
Lungo 69131 XPh5053 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-23
12. Parisina
(Mascagni): Ah com'e bella with Francesca Solari 69147
XPh5057 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-24
13. Parisina
(Mascagni): Giungesti in punto with Laura Del Lungo 74180 XPh5060
Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-25
14. Parisina (Mascagni): Meglio
campar la vita in arme 69133 XPh5061 Fonotipia, Milano
1914-04-26
15. Parisina (Mascagni): O fiore di mia vita with Laura Del Lungo 74179 XXPh5059 Fonotipia, Milano 1914-04-29
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