GIOVANNI SBRIGLIA (NAPLES, JUNE 23, 1832 – PARIS, FEBRUARY 20, 1916)
A native of Naples, Sbriglia attended the city’s music conservatory under Emanuele De Roxas before making his debut, aged 21, at the Teatro San Carlo. He then performed throughout Italy before being engaged by Max Maretzek for New York City’s Academy of Music. Sbriglia appeared, too, in Havana, Cuba and in Mexico, as well as the United States, until 1875, when he settled in Paris to teach.
During this period, he most notably transformed Jean de Reszke from a baritone into the world’s foremost lyric-dramatic tenor. He also worked with Jean’s soprano sister Josephine and his brother Édouard, a famous bass. Among Sbriglia’s other renowned pupils were the dramatic soprano Lillian Nordica, the basso Pol Plançon, soprano Mena Cleary, the lyric soprano Sybil Sanderson and the tenor Vladimir Rosing. Annie Lippincott, daughter of Grace Greenwood also studied under Sbriglia.
Sbriglia was made a member of the Royal Academy in Florence in 1890; he was also a member of the French Academy. He died in Paris at the age of 83.
TRACKLIST
Clarence Whitehill Tannhäuser (Wagner): Wohl wüsst’ ich hier sie im Gebet 042196 2814f Gramophone, London 1909-02-12
Clarence Whitehill Walküre (Wagner): Farewell, thou valiant (Wotan’s farewell, pt 1) 3-0782 Cc1523 HMV, London 1922-06-22
Clarence Whitehill Parsifal (Wagner) Mein Vater HMV 2-042014 DB439
Aleksander Myszuga Chciałbym umrzeć (Vorrei morire) (Tosti) 222075 1776ae Gramophone, Warsaw -9-10
Aleksander Myszuga Piosenkę zaśpiewaj mnie moja Sing me a song, my dear (Erazmus Dłuski) 222076 1777ae Gramophone,Warsaw -9-10
Nikolai Rostovsky Faust (Gounod) Salut demeure chaste et pure 471 Rebikoff and Co.
Nikolai Rostovsky The Queen of Spades (Tchaikovsky): Herman’s aria What is our life 470 Rebikoff and Co.
Nikolai Rostovsky Faust (Gounod): Duo with Vasili Petrov 45339 Beka
Rosalia Chalia Aida (Verdi): O patria mia 9203 Zonophone, New York 1901?
Rosalia Chalia Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Ma dall’arrido stelo divulsa 9199 Zonophone, New York 1901?
Rosalia Chalia Carmen (Bizet): Air of Micaëla 9134 Zonophone, New York 1901?
Ada Adini Aida (Verdi): Grand air 39110 XPh553 Fonotipia, Paris 1904/1905
Ada Adini Trovatore (Verdi): D’amor sull’ali 39112 XPh571 Fonotipia, Paris 1904/1905
Ada Adini Hérodiade (Massenet): Il est doux 39216 XPh580 Fonotipia, Paris 1904/1905
Riccardo Martin Trovatore (Verdi): Ah! si, ben mio B161 BA 28113 Edison
Riccardo Martin Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): O Lola B162 BA 28158 Edison
Riccardo Martin Good-bye (Tosti) Edison Blue Amberol 28167
Vladimir Rosing May Night (Rimsky-Korsakov): Levko’s aria 4-22617 ak16845e HMV, London 1913-07-31
Vladimir Rosing Autumn (Tcherepnin) 4-22618 ak16849e HMV, London 1913-07-31
Vladimir Rosing Do not believe (Petrov) 4-22613 ak16848e HMV, London 1913-07-31
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