Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Aug 13, 2024

NINETEENTH CENTURY GREEK TENORS GIOVANNI APOSTOLU GIOVANNI COCKINIS CDR

 





GIOVANNI APOSTOLU (IOANNIS APOSTOLOU) (MENIDIS, ATHENS 1860 – NAPLES, ITALY, 28 AUGUST, 1905)

 

  

 

He studied singing at the Conservatory in Athens and made his debut in 1888 as Yorghis in the opera ''The Parliamentary Candidate'' by Xyndas. 

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1891 Novara  Teatro Coccia Cavalleria Rusticana

1892 Ferrara  Teatro Comunale Cavalleria Rusticana

1892 Vicenza  Teatro Eretenio Gioconda

1893 Genova Politeama Genovese Cavalleria Rusticana

1893 Palermo  Politeama Gioconda

1893 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Lohengrin

1895 Napoil  Teatro Mercadante Carmen

1895 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Cavalleria Rusticana

1895 Alessandria d'Egitto Teatro Alhambra Gioconda

1895 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Lohengrin

1896 Milano  Teatro La Scala Andrea Chenier

1896 Torino  Teatro Regio Andrea Chenier

1896 Brescia  Teatro Grande Boheme (Puccini)

1896 Firenze  Politeama Vittorio Emanuele Cavalleria Rusticana

1897 Venezia  Teatro La Fenice Boheme (Puccini)

1898 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Lohengrin

1898 Verona  Teatro Filarmonico Andrea Chenier

1898 Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Boheme (Puccini)

1899 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Andrea Chenier

1899 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Carmen

1899 Roma Teatro Adriano Carmen

1899 Roma Teatro Adriano Cavalleria Rusticana

1899 Treviso  Teatro Sociale Carmen

1900 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Andrea Chenier

1900 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Boheme (Puccini)

1900 Odessa  Teatro Municipale Cavalleria Rusticana

1900 Atene  Grand Theatre Carmen

1903 Rostov  Teatro Nazionale Carmen

1904 Alessandria d'Egitto  Teatro Alcazar Boheme (Puccini)

1904 Alessandria d'Egitto Teatro Alhambra Cavalleria Rusticana

 

 


GIOVANNI COCKINIS (IOANNIS COKINIS)




He likely made his debut in Greece but soon moved to Italy. In 1893, he sang the role of Enzo in I Promessi sposi by E. Petrella at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. The following year, he made successful guest appearances in Milan (Teatro Dal Verme), Bassano del Grappa (Teatro Sociale), Brisighella (Teatro Sociale), Bergamo (Teatro Riccardi), Busseto (Teatro Sociale), and Piacenza (Politeama). In 1896, he performed in Odessa, Moscow, and Helsinki. In 1900, he appeared at the National Old Theatre in Kraków. In 1902 and again in 1908, he performed at the Sporting Club in Smyrna.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1893 Milan Teatro Dal Verme I Promessi sposi

1894 Milan Teatro Dal Verme Rigoletto

1896 Odessa Teatro Municipale Linda di Chamonix

1896 Mosca Teatro Nikitzka Rigoletto

1896 Helsingfors Teatro Alexandre

1900 Cracovia Teatro Nazionale Puritani

1902 Smirne Sporting Club Cavalleria Rusticana


   

TRACKLIST

  

 

1. Giovanni Apostolu Faust (Gounod) Tardi si fa, addio with Cesira Ferrani 54035 2931b G&T, Milano 1902-12

2. Giovanni Apostolu Ghiati (Perchè) 12133 5517a G&T, Milano 1902-12

3. Giovanni Apostolu Manon Lescaut (Puccini) Tra voi belle 52284 5521a G&T, Milano 1902-12

4. Giovanni Apostolu Marcos Botsaris (Carrer) O Gero Demos (Old man Demos) 12123 5514a G&T, Milano 1902-12

5. Giovanni Cockinis O yero dimos as Jean Kokini Victor 63527 Oct. 1907 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Istanbul, Turkey

6. Giovanni Cockinis Triandafila as Jean Kokini Victor 63527 3161909 Constantinople, Ottoman Empire Istanbul, Turkey

 

 

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7. Giorgio Luca (Georgios Z. Chatziloukas) Mefistofele (Boito) Dai campi, dai prati 62296 XPh3042 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-12-19

8. Giorgio Luca (Georgios Z. Chatziloukas) Oneiron (A dream) (Papageorgiou) 39580 XPh1730 Fonotipia, Milano 1906-03-26

9. Nikos Moraïtis Ela pame sta xena 44365 Columbia

10. Nikos Moraïtis Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) To tragoudi tou Paliatsou (Vesti la giubba) E2988 44364 Columbia


NINETEENTH CENTURY GREEK TENORS GIOVANNI APOSTOLU GIOVANNI COCKI

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