EUGENIO GALLI (TURIN, 1862 – TURIN, 1910)
He began his career as a baritone in 1887 at the Teatro Politeama in Genoa, performing the role of Count di Luna in Il Trovatore. At the same theater, he also sang Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and the title role in Verdi’s Rigoletto, alongside the renowned soprano Emilia Corsi.
After taking a year-long break from the operatic stage, he re-emerged as a tenor, making his debut at the Teatro Carignano in Turin in R. Rasori’s new opera Nerone. He went on to perform with great success on various Italian opera stages in prominent tenor roles:
As Alvaro in Verdi’s La Forza del Destino (Faenza, 1889; Messina, 1890)
As Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore (Padua, 1892; Genoa, 1894)
As Otello in Verdi’s Otello (Teatro Regio, Parma, 1895)
As Radamès in Verdi’s Aida (Teatro Politeama, Genoa, 1899)
One of his most celebrated roles was Otello in Verdi’s Otello. He first performed this role in 1894 at the Teatro Olimpo in Rosario di Santa Fé and went on to reprise it at major Italian opera houses.
He also had a close friendship with Brazilian composer Carlos Gomes and appeared in Gomes’s opera Condor at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in 1893, earning critical acclaim.
Chronology of some appearances
1887 Genoa Teatro Politeama Trovatore (Count di Luna)
1888 Torino Carignano Nerone di R. Rasori (Nerone)
1894 Rosario di Santa Fe Teatro Olimpo Otello (Otello)
1895 Parma Teatro Regio Otello (Otello)
1899 Genoa Teatro Politeama Aida (Radames)
TRACKLIST
Eugenio Galli made 6 recordings
Zonophone, Milano 1902
Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida X-1743
Otello (Verdi): Esultate… Ora e per sempre addio X-1744
G&T, Milano 1902-11
Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere 52408 2830b
Otello (Verdi): Esultate & Addio 52409 2831b
No comments:
Post a Comment