Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Feb 19, 2025

ITALIAN TENOR ALFREDO BRAGLIA CDR

 


ALFREDO BRAGLIA (PESARO, 1878 – ?)


 

 


Career: He performed primarily at smaller opera theaters across the Italian provinces and with touring companies. In 1903, he made a guest appearance in Mexico City, where he portrayed De Grieux in Massenet’s Manon.

Further Performances: In 1904, he spent a season in Cuba, specifically in Havana, where he sang in productions of Faust, Pagliacci, Tosca, and Dinorah.

In 1921, he performed at the Teatro Morgana in Rome, taking on the role of Ruy Blas in Marchetti’s Ruy Blas.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1899 Buenos Ayres Politeama Argentino Concerto
1900 Buenos Ayres Societa Operai Italiani Concerto
1901 Buenos Ayres Teatro Doria boheme (Rodolfo)
1903 Mexico City Teatro Rinascimento Manon (De Grieux)
1904 Havana Teatro Nacional Dinorah (Corentino)
1905 Fabriano Teatro Gentile Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1907 San Paolo Teatro Santana Boheme (Rodolfo)
1908 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Aida (Radames)
1909 Venezia Teatro Rossini Boheme (Rodolfo)
1910 Fano Teatro Della Fortuna Pagliacci (Canio)
1911 Cagliari Politeama Regina Margherita Aida (Radames)
1912 Como Teatro Sociale Aida (Radames)
1913 Napoli Teatro Mercadante Aida (Radames)
1914 Palermo Teatro Biondo Guarany (Pery)
1915 Milano Teatro Verdi Norma (Pollione)
1916 Torino Teatro Trianon Trovatore (Manrico)
1917 Sampierdarena Politeama Sampierdarenese Trovatore (Manrico)
1919 Schio Teatro Civico Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1920 Prato Teatro Metastasio Pagliacci (Canio)
1921 Terni Politeama Ternano Norma (Pollione)
1922 Montevideo Teatro Solis Aida (Radames)
1923 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1924 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Aida (Radames)
1925 Terni Politema Ternano Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

 


TRACKLIST


1. Africana (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 42435 Beka

2. Aida (Verdi) Pur ti riveggo (w. Besalù) 673, 674, Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1912

3. Aida (Verdi) Fuggiam gli ardori (w. Besalù) 673, 674, Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1912

4. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) La rivedrò nell’estasi 42432 Beka

5. Ebrea (Halevy) Rachele allor che iddio 42465 Beka

6. Iris (Mascagni): Or dammi il braccio tuo 42443 Beka

7. Isabeau (Mascagni) Tu ch’odi lo mio grido 42480 Beka

8. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Sestetto (w. Zuffo, Tetrazzini & Galli) 298 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908

9. Mefistofele (Boito) Dai campi dai prati 681 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1912


ITALIAN TENOR ALFREDO BRAGLIA CDR

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