TIESTE WILMANT (LODI, 1859 – LODI, 20/03/1937)
He made his professional opera debut in 1878 in Chiari. In 1896, he originated the role of Marcello in the world premiere of Giacomo Puccini’s La bohème at the Teatro Regio in Turin. He debuted at La Scala during the 1893-1894 season, performing in productions of Alfredo Catalani’s Loreley and Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.
Over the next decade, he appeared at La Scala several more times, notably portraying Alberich in Italy’s first performance of Richard Wagner’s Siegfried and Iago in Verdi’s Otello.
Chronology of some appearances
1881 Lodi Teatro Gaffurio Favorita (Alfonso)
1881 Torino Teatro Regio Gioconda (Barnaba)
1882 Bologna Teatro Comunale Gioconda (Barnaba)
1882 Bologna Teatro Comunale Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)
1883 Rovigo Teatro Sociale Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)
1885 Nice Teatro Municipal Poliuto (Severo)
1885 Nice Teatro Municipal Trovatore (Conte)
1886 Nice Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1886 Nice Teatro Municipal Rigoletto (Rigoletto)
1888 Bologna Teatro Comunale Carmen (Escamilio)
1890 Novara Teatro Coccia Otello (Jago)
1891 Palermo Politeama Carmen (Escamilio)
1891 Palermo Politeama Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1891 Novara Teatro Coccia Ernani (Don Carlo)
1894 Genova Politeama Genovese Gioconda (Barnaba)
1894 Genova Politeama Genovese Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)
1894 Genova Politeama Genovese Otello (Jago)
1894 Milano Teatro La Scala Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)
1895 Modena Teatro Storchi Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)
1896 Torino Teatro Regio Boheme (Marcello)
1896 Firenze Teatro Pagliano Boheme (Marcello)
1896 Brescia Teatro Grande Boheme (Marcello)
1897 Bologna Teatro Comunale Boheme (Marcello)
1897 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)
1898 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)
1899 Parma Teatro Regio Otello (Jago)
1899 Livorno Teatro Avvalorati Otello (Jago)
1899 Ascoli Piceno Teatro Ventidio Basso Otello (Jago)
1899 Milano Teatro La Scala Otello (Jago)
1900 Livorno Politeama Otello (Jago)
1901 Novara Teatro Coccia Otello (Jago)
1901 Lodi Teatro Verdi Otello (Jago)
1901 Treviglio Teatro Sociale Otello (Jago)
1902 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Otello (Jago)
1902 Mantova Teatro Sociale Tosca (Scarpia)
1903 Mantova Teatro Sociale Germania (Worms)
TRACKLIST
Tieste Wilmant made 4 recordings
Zonophone, Milano 1902?
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Prologo X-1871
Roi de Lahore (Massenet): O casto fior X-1895
Tosca (Puccini): Ella verra X-1896
Otello (Verdi): Credo X-1870
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