AGOSTINO CASAVECCHI
(28 APRIL, 1900 - 1989)
He began his career during the 1920s and achieved his first major
success in 1929, when he sang the role of Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, performing
alongside the Japanese soprano Nobuko Hara. In the following years, he appeared
primarily in provincial Italian theaters in various roles.
In 1937, he made guest appearances at the Italian Opera House in
Holland, where he performed in La
Bohème, Rigoletto, Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and took
part in the premiere of Lattuada’s opera Le
Preziose ridicole.
In the 1941–42 season, he sang at La Scala, where he appeared as
Cassio in Otello and as
Leukippos in the Italian premiere of Richard Strauss’s Daphne. He also took part in the premiere of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana.
After the Second World War, he performed in French theaters, including
the opera houses of Toulouse, Bordeaux, and Marseille, as well as at the Opéra
de Wallonie in Liège.
Chronology of some appearances
1928 Messina Teatro Mastroieni Rigoletto (Duca)
1929 Torino Teatro Alfieri Rigoletto (Duca)
1929 Catania Anfiteatro Ganci Rigoletto (Duca)
1929 Palermo Teatro Nazionale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1929 Padova Teatro Garibaldi Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1929 Pisa Teatro Verdi Rigoletto (Duca)
1930 Catania Arena Balilla Puritani (Arturo)
1931 Rimini Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1931 Ferrara Teatro Apollo Puritani (Arturo)
1932 Il Cairo Teatro Kedivhiale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1933 Parma Teatro Regio Mignon (Guglielmo)
1941 Catania Teatro Bellini Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
TRACKLIST
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) All'idea di quel metallo... Numero
quindici (w. Weinberg) S10165 S10165 CM1272 CM1273 HMV, Milano 1929-11-28
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Ecco ridente in cielo 102-654 CM1279-1
HMV HMV, Milano 29-11-29
Canto notturno (Bixio-Avitabile-Cherubini) HN705 OBA188 HMV
Manon (Massenet) Manon Certo amai, part 1... Deh parla ancor, part 2
(w. Morini) 102-674 S10208 CM1514-2, 102-675 S10208 CM1516-2
Parlami d'amore Mariu' (Neri-Bixio) R11070 100-2182 Disco
Grammofono
No comments:
Post a Comment