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ITALIAN TENOR GIUSEPPE ACERBI (1871-1934) VOL. 3 CDR

Pinkerton

GIUSEPPE ACERBI (CODOGNO, 1871 – MILAN, 1934)

He studied in Milan with Marziani, Blasco, and Rossi. He made his debut in 1899 at the Teatro Gaffurio in Lodi in Rigoletto and La Traviata. Unsatisfied with his initial performances, he decided to resume his studies.

In 1901, he made a new debut at the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza in Lucia di Lammermoor alongside Isabella Svicher and Giuseppe Pacini. This time, his performance was remarkable, despite the presence of renowned singers, and he was met with genuine enthusiasm.

In 1905, he signed his first significant contract with the Teatro Comunale in Bologna, where he performed in Madama Butterfly with Salomea Krusceninski. He also recorded many operatic roles that he never performed on stage.

Chronology of some appearances

1901 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1902 Soresina Teatro Sociale Mefistofele (Faust)

1903 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Martha (Lionello)

1904 Modena Teatro Storchi Boheme (Rodolfo)

1905 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1906 Palermo Teatro Massimo Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1907 Alessandria d’Egitto Teatro Zizinia Faust (Faust)

1908 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1909 Parma Teatro Regio Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1910 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1911 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Rigoletto (Duca)

1912 Correggio Teatro Bonifazio Astoli Gioconda (Enzo)

1913 La Spezia Teatro Monteverdi Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1914 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1917 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Tosca (Cavaradossi)

TRACKLIST

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 142 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 92132 XPh2796 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-29

Rigoletto (Verdi) Parmi veder le lagrime 302 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi): Quartetto, pt 1 (w. E Tetrazzini, del Lungo & Baldassarri) 165 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi): Quartetto, pt 2 (w. E Tetrazzini, del Lungo & Baldassarri) 166 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 136 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 92133 XPh2795 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-29

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella G&T 2-52425 7149b G&T, Milano 1905-08

Tosca (Puccini): O dolci mani (w. Burzio) 708 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Tosca (Puccini): Amaro sol per te, pt 1 (w. Burzio) 709 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Tosca (Puccini): Amaro sol per te, pt 2 (w. Burzio) 710 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 705 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 92020, XPh2761 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-26

Traviata (Verdi) Dei miei bollenti spiriti 92022 XPh2794 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-29

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Bimba dagli occhi piena (w. de Franzeschini) 862 Fonografia Nazionale

ITALIAN TENOR GIUSEPPE ACERBI (1871-1934) VOL. 2 CDR

Cavaradossi

GIUSEPPE ACERBI (CODOGNO, 1871 – MILAN, 1934)

Chronology of some appearances

1901 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1902 Soresina Teatro Sociale Mefistofele (Faust)

1903 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Martha (Lionello)

1904 Modena Teatro Storchi Boheme (Rodolfo)

1905 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1906 Palermo Teatro Massimo Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1907 Alessandria d’Egitto Teatro Zizinia Faust (Faust)

1908 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1909 Parma Teatro Regio Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1910 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1911 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Rigoletto (Duca)

1912 Correggio Teatro Bonifazio Astoli Gioconda (Enzo)

1913 La Spezia Teatro Monteverdi Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1914 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1917 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Tosca (Cavaradossi)

TRACKLIST

Lohengrin (Wagner) Di, non t’incantan 92023 XPh2757 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-26

Lohengrin (Wagner) S’ei torna alfin… Cigno fedel 92019 XPh2758, 92018 XPh2759 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-26

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Fra poco a me ricovero92039 XPh2793 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-28

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Tombe degl’avi miei 92038 XPh2792 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-28

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Maledizione (w. Brambilla, Cigada & Sillich) Victor 52459

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) O sole più rapido (w. Minolfi) 52453 Victor

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Tu che a Dio 266 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Di pescatore ignobile 8036 Artiphon, Milano 1908/1909

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Vesti la giubba 796 Phonodisc, Milano 1912

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Del tempio al limitar (w. Minolfi) 054118850c G&T, Milano 1906-11

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Del tempio al limitar (w. Caronna) 336 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet) Terzetto (w. Brambilla & Cigada) 58304 Victor

Rigoletto (Verdi) Giovanna ho dei rimorsi… E’ il sol dell’anima with Eva Tetrazzini 357, 358 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) Della vendetta with Luigi Baldassarri 188 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) Ella mi fu rapita 301 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 2-52579 9448b G&T, Milano 1906-11

ITALIAN TENOR GIUSEPPE ACERBI (1871-1934) VOL. 1 CDR

Cavaradossi

GIUSEPPE ACERBI (CODOGNO, 1871 – MILAN, 1934)

Chronology of some appearances

1901 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1902 Soresina Teatro Sociale Mefistofele (Faust)

1903 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Martha (Lionello)

1904 Modena Teatro Storchi Boheme (Rodolfo)

1905 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1906 Palermo Teatro Massimo Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1907 Alessandria d’Egitto Teatro Zizinia Faust (Faust)

1908 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)

1909 Parma Teatro Regio Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1910 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1911 Varsavia Teatro Imperiale Rigoletto (Duca)

1912 Correggio Teatro Bonifazio Astoli Gioconda (Enzo)

1913 La Spezia Teatro Monteverdi Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1914 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1917 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Tosca (Cavaradossi)

TRACKLIST

Africana (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 1 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Aida (Verdi) Celeste Aida 360 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Come un bel di di maggio 371 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Un di all’azzurro spazio 372 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina 306 Phonodisc, Milano 1908/1909

Bohème (Puccini) Mimì, è una civetta (w. Baldassarri & NN (soprano)) 134 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Bohème (Puccini) O Mimì tu più non torni with Luigi Baldassarri 776 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1912

Cassandra (Gnecchini) Sortita di Agamennone 368 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Cassandra (Gnecchini) Ver’ gli occhi 369 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Brindisi 361 Phonodisc, Milano 1908/1909

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza… No, no Turiddu with Eugenia Burzio 711, 712 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1912

Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Cerchero lontana terra 92021 XPh2760 Fonotipia, Milano 1907-10-26

Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Sogno soave e casto 52418 Victor

Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir che m’ami with Elvira Tetrazzini 305 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908/1909

Don Pasquale (Donizetti) Tornami a dir with Emma Trentini 54262 7068b G&T, Milano 1905-08

Favorita (Donizetti) Orsù Fernando (w. Cappiello & Cigada) 52456 Victor

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 322 Phonodisc, Milano 1908/1909

GILDA DALLA RIZZA THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 2 CDR

GILDA DALLA RIZZA (VERONA, 12 OCTOBER, 1892 – MILAN, 5 JULY, 1975)

She was born in Verona. She made her operatic debut in Bologna (the Teatro Verdi) in 1912, as Charlotte in ‘’Werther’’. Especially acclaimed in the verismo repertory, she was regarded as being Giacomo Puccini’s favorite soprano, creating Magda in his ‘’La rondine’’ (1917). Although he created the part of Minnie in ‘’La fanciulla del West’’ for Emmy Destinn, when Puccini saw Dalla Rizza in the part, he said, “At last I have seen my true Fanciulla”. She also gave the first European performances of his ‘’Suor Angelica’’ and ‘’Gianni Schicchi’’, at Rome in 1919. She also created roles in Pietro Mascagni’s ‘’Il piccolo Marat’’ and Riccardo Zandonai’s ‘’Giulietta e Romeo’’. She was also an important interpreter of that composer’s ‘’Francesca da Rimini’’. She also appeared at the Teatro Colón (including ‘’Manon Lescaut’’ opposite Aureliano Pertile) and Covent Garden, and was a favorite at Monte Carlo and the Teatro alla Scala. One of Dalla Rizza’s unexpected successes at the latter theatre was in ‘’La traviata’’, under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. The beautiful singing-actress bade Farewell to the stage in 1939, though she returned for a final ‘’Suor Angelica’’, at Vicenza in 1942. She was married to the tenor Tino Capuzzo, and, from 1939 to 1955, she taught at Venice’s Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello. The great prima donna died at Milan’s Casa Verdi, in 1975.

Chronology of some appearances

1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Dannazione di Faust (Margherita)

1913 Novara Teatro Coccia Fanciulla del West (Minnie)

1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Fanciulla del West (Minnie)

1914 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Boheme (Mimi)

1914 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)

1914 San Paolo Politeama Boheme (Mimi)

1914 Montevideo Teatro Solis Boheme (Mimi)

1914 Montevideo Teatro Solis Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1915 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Boheme (Mimi)

1915 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Mimi)

1915 Porto Alegre Teatro San Pedro Boheme (Mimi)

1915 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Boheme (Mimi)

1916 Milano Teatro La Scala Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1916 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1916 Montevideo Teatro Solis Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1916 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1916 Havana Teatro Nacional Boheme (Mimi)

1917 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Boheme (Mimi)

1918 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1919 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1920 San Paulo Teatro Municipal Francesca da Rimini (Francesca)

1920 Roma Teatro Costanzi Madama Butterfly (Cio-Cio-San)

1921 Rosario di Santa Fe Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1923 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1923 Milano Teatro La Scala Manon Lescaut (Manon)

1923 Milano Teatro La Scala Tosca (Tosca)

1923 Torino Teatro Scribe Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1924 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1924 Montevideo Teatro Solis Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1924 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1924 San Paolo Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1925 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1925 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1925 Conception Teatro Conception Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1926 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1930 Buenos Ayres Teatro Colon Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1930 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1931 Roma Teatro dell’Opera Andrea Chenier (Maddalena)

1933 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Manon Lescaut (Manon)

TRACKLIST

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) La mamma morta 74914 XXPh5393 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-13

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) La mamma morta D9338 42080 Columbia, Milano 1913

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Ah! Lo vedi (w. Tommasini) E2914 42059 Columbia

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Innegiamo al signore (w. Nuñez-Lopez) E2914 42058 Columbia

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) La tua Santuzza piange (w. Tommasini) E1995 42061 Columbia

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza (w. Tommasini) E1995 42062 Columbia

Faust (Gounod) Permettereste a me (w. Tommasini & Lopez Nuñes) D4517 42064 Columbia, Milano 1913

Forza del destino (Verdi) La vergine degli angeli E2459 42070 Columbia, Milano 1913

Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa vergine E2459 42071 Columbia, Milano 1913

Gianni Schicchi (Puccini) O mio babbino caro 152025 Pho5439 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-27

Isabeau (Mascagni) Questo mio manto bianco D9338 42082 Columbia, Milano 1913

Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Un bel dì, vedremo 74991 XXPh5434 Fonotipia, Milano 1925-05-01

Manon (Massenet) Addio, o nostro picciol desco 120160 XXPh6315 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-06-15

Manon (Massenet) Duetto della lettera (w. Manuritta) 120160 XXPh6314 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-06-15

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 152024 Pho5438 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-27

Mefistofele (Boito) L’altra notte 74915 XXPh5437 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-25

Otello (Verdi) Canzone del salice… Ave Maria D7395, D9336 Columbia, Milano 1913

Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 120164 XXPh6316 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-06-15

Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 152028 Pho5435 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-25

Traviata (Verdi) Addio, del passato 74920 XXPh5418 Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-19

Traviata (Verdi) Addio, del passato 120163 XXPh6287 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29

Traviata (Verdi) Ah, fors’è lui… Sempre libera (w. Pollicino) 74918, 74919, XXPh5416, XXPh5417, Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-19, 02-27

Traviata (Verdi) E strano… Ah, fors’è lui… Sempre libera (w. Manuritta) 120156, 120156, XXPh6284, XXPh6285 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29

Traviata (Verdi) Libiamo, libiamo (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120152 XXPh6282 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29

Traviata (Verdi) Parigi, o cara (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120163 XXPh6283 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29

Traviata (Verdi) Pura siccome… E grave… Dite alla giovane…Imponete… Morrò! la mia (w. Fregosi) 120186, 120186, 120187, 120187, XXPh6437, XXPh6438, XXPh6439, XXPh6

Traviata (Verdi) Un dì felice (w. Manuritta & chorus) 120152 XXPh6286 Fonotipia, Milano 1928-05-29

VERA AMERIGHI-RUTILI THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 2 CDR

VERA AMERIGHI-RUTILI (NAVACCHIO, 22 AUGUST, 1896 – PISA, 13 MAY, 1952)

The Italian sopranos: Ester Mazzoleni, Giannina Russ, Eugenia Burzio, Iva Pacetti, Bianca Scacciati, Claudia Muzio, Giannina Arangi Lombardi, Tina Poli Randaccio, Celestina Boninsegna Gina Cigna, Caterina Mancini, Anita Cerquetti and Maria Caniglia are all familiar to opera fans around the world. They had a great deal in common including, that their repuations as famous Normas survive, though several sang the role very few times. Not all were equally successful, but each one left a stamp of individuality as the Druid priestess. Unquestionably, Russ is the one whose fame most clearly rests on that role and she certainly sang more than one hundred performances of the opera in an illustrious career. To round out the list of the Century’s famous Normas, we can add Rosa Raisa, Maria Callas, Rosa Ponselle, Zinka Milanov, Montserrat Caballe and Joan Sutherland, each of whom can be counted among the most lauded sopranos of all time. Rasponi’s “The last Prima Donnas” states, “In the twenties and thirties there were very few who dared to challenge (Norma); among the successful were Raisa, Muzio, Scacciati, Pacetti, Ponselle, Amerighi-Rutili and Cigna.” This story is about the one who is least well known; the one who sang more performances of the role than any other in this Century, and in more places.

Amerighi was born at Pisa in 1896 and studied voice at the Florence Conservatory from 1915 until the end of World War One. Leopoldo Mugnone discovered her during a concert for students at the academy and persuaded her to debut as Aida. The venue was, surprisingly enough, London’s Covent Garden in July of 1919, though other biographies list it as at Reggio Emilia during the same year. Those performances took place three months later. Harold Rosenthal, in his book “Two Centuries of Opera at Covent Garden” states that her intense performance was extremely successful, more successful than would be her career in her homeland. Well, that isn’t really true, but it does again highlight how little is known about her.

She sang ten performances of “Norma” at Reggio in late September and was immediately hired to repeat the opera at Catania’s Massimo Bellini, a high honor indeed, for this young, unknown singer. She sang both Aida and Norma in the autumn and returned in February of 1920 for Donizetti’s “Lucrezia Borgia” and her first performances of “La Gioconda”. Genoa’s Politeama, hearing of this new sensation, offered her a contract and she debuted as Norma in mid year. It was so successful that she was asked to return in November for performances of “Gioconda” and a new opera for her, “Mose”, which she performed with Nazzareno De Angelis. While in Genoa, the Carlo Felice presented her in two concerts with Angelo Minghetti. Pisa also saw her Norma in 1920.

Amerighi Rutili was now among the most sought after singers from Italy. In 1921, she traveled to Lisbon, where, at the San Carlo she repeated the role as well as Gioconda. Oporto also saw her in the Ponchielli work. Later in the season she toured with Norma to several Adriatic cities, including Ancona and Trieste. Her year ended at Palermo where she debuted again as Norma. During the years 1922 to 1924 she sang Norma at Milan’s Teatro Lirico, and appeared as Gioconda in several Northern Italian cities including Mantua, Pisa and a tour of the Veneto. In the 1925-26 period she sang Norma at Parma with Irene Minghini Cattaneo and Renato Zanelli, at Venice, Cremona, Catania’s Bellini and at Modena. Venice’s Fenice feted her to gala evenings of celebration not only for Norma, but Aida and Gioconda, which she also sang there to enormous success. Ebe Stignani partnered her in the Bellini and Verdi operas. At Turin’s Teatro Chiarella she sang in “La Gioconda”, at Bologna’s Comunale she sang the “Siegfried” Brunnhilde and at Pisa’s Verdi she sang in “Il Trovatore” for the first time.

1927 saw Amerighi at Brescia, Trieste and Genoa in “Norma”, and the Verona Arena presented her as the Grand Vestale in Spontini’s opera. In the autumn she undertook Elvira in “Ernani” for the first times at Pisa and Florence. In 1928,at Genoa’s Carlo Felice, she sang in Bellini’s “Pirata”; at Milan’s Dal Verme she presented the Druid priestess and Florence saw her as Aida. 1929 found her at Palermo for “Tosca” and “L’Africaine”, at Genoa, Florence and Como for Norma and at Mantua for “La Gioconda” with Apollo Granforte. Amerighi also debuted at Milan’s La Scala in “Vestale”. She had a fine success, but there were very negative observations about her girth, which was apparently, enormous. About her singing there was no equivocation.

1930 found her at Livorno for Aida, at Lecce for Aida and “La Forza del Destino” and at Trieste for Aida and “Il Trovatore”. She sang Norma at Pola, Bologna and Forli in 1931, as well as for Italian Radio at both Rome and Turin. The Rome Radio station also presented her in “Il Trovatore”. Livorno and Genoa saw her as Norma in 1932 and Italian Radio of Turin hosted her in Donizetti’s “Poliuto” and Verdi’s “I Vespri Siciliani”. Vera’s Rome stage debut was at the Teatro Adriano in “La Gioconda”. In 1933 Fiume, Trento, and Bari all heard her in Norma and Cagliari and Sassari saw her Aida with Luigi Marletta, Minghini-Cattaneo and Apollo Granforte.

1934 was Amerighi’s Norma year of Norma years. She sang the role at Bolzano and Merano, and after singing Donna Anna and Norma at Trieste she embarked on a two month tour of Italy in the Bellini masterpiece with Irene Minghini Cattaneo, Ebe Stignani, Antonio Bagnariol, Antonio Melandri, Diulio Baronti, Pasero and Pinza. Though the list of cities visited is not complete, she is known to have appeared at Civitavecchia, Rome, Grosseto, Livorno, Siena, Montevarchi, Frosinone, L’Aquila, Pescara, Foggia, Lecce, Perugia, San Severo and Chieti.

In 1935, the Centenary of Bellini’s death, Amerighi debuted at both Piacenza and Monte Carlo as Norma and repeated the role at the Carlo Felice with the defining Oroveso of De Angelis. In commemoration of the anniversary, Palermo’s Massimo presented her in a gala production of “Pirata”. At Bari, in 1936, she sang in “Aida” with Aureliano Pertile and in “Mefistofele” as Elena, and, she made her long overdue debut at Naples’ San Carlo in “La Gioconda”. Naples’ Teatro Giacosa also presented her as Gioconda and Frascati mounted “Aida” and “La Gioconda” for her. At Assisi she sang in Perosi’s “Resurrezione di Lazzaro”.

In 1937, after “Gioconda” at Ancona, she made another two month tour of Italy with Carro di Tespi as Aida and Gioconda, singing at Grosseto, Pisa, Lodi, Lecco and Prato among about fifteen cities. In the autumn, Amerighi appeared at Santiago, Chile and Lima, Peru in “La Forza del Destino”, “Aida” and “Gioconda” and she returned to South America in 1938 for “Gioconda” and “Mefistofele” at Rio de Janeiro. The career in opera was by now winding down, appearing sporadically at her home town, Pisa, in “Trovatore” and “Ernani” as well as in Turin as the “Trovatore” Leonora. Concerts took most of her time and she offered at least one every year at Pisa until 1950 as well as in other cities of Tuscany and Liguria. Galliano Masini partnered her at Livorno in 1940 and other singers often joined her in scenes from her beloved “Norma”. “Casta Diva’ and “Mira o Norma” were programmed as late as 1946. Amazingly, in 1947, she sang the Gotterdammerung Brunnhilde at Trieste, and with these performances her opera career came to an end.

Many years later Elena Nicolai was to say “I first sang Adalgisa at Piacenza with the remarkable Vera Amerighi-Rutili, .of huge dimensions, but with a nobility that left one in awe. She taught me to understand the dignity of a priestess, and I shall always be grateful for her example and her advice.”

Amerighi’s performance total as Norma is uncertain, though I know it exceeds one hundred and fifty. What is certain is that no other soprano in this Century has approached it. Her several recordings of scenes from the opera are quite wonderful and for those who would want to know

more, she is represented on Genoa’s Carlo Felice, One Hundred Years – Vol 5 in “Deh, non volerli vittime” with Antonio Righetti. We find the voice to be in fine estate, clear, vibrant and with a ringing top though her ascent is rather ungraceful. The tone is very forward and she can darken it for dramatic effect when she wishes. The line is lovely and the dramatic urgency is very apparent. I do not wonder why she was Italy’s Norma for nearly twenty years.

Chronology of some appearances

1919 11 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Mefistofele (Elena)

1922 05 Pavia Teatro Fraschini Norma (Norma)

1924 06 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Aida (Aida)

1926 01 Venezia Teatro Fenice Aida (Aida)

1928 04 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Il Pirata (Imogene)

1930 04 Livorno Politeama Aida (Aida)

1932 01 Pisa Teatro Verdi Concerto

1934 06 Livorno Piazza Luigi Orlando Norma (Norma)

1936 01/02 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Aida (Aida)

1938 08 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Gioconda (Gioconda)

1940 07 Pisa Politeama Trovatore (Leonora)

1942 06 Massa Teatro Guglielmi Concerto

1943 01 Pisa Dopolavoro Ospedalieri Concerto

1947 Trieste Teatro Verdi Crepuscolo Degli Dei

TRACKLIST

Fonotipia, Milano 1929-12-16

Norma (Bellini): Deh! non volerli vittime (w. Righetti & Oldrati) 120206, XXPho6541

Norma (Bellini): Casta diva 120205, XXPho6542

Norma (Bellini): Ah! bello, a me ritorna (w. chorus) 120205, XXPho6543

Norma (Bellini): Qual cor tradisti (w. Oldrati) 120206, XXPho6544

Fonotipia, Milano 1929-12-18

Aida (Verdi): Ritorna vincitor!, pt 1 120210, XXPho6545

Aida (Verdi): Ritorna vincitor!, pt 2 120210, XXPho6546

Aida (Verdi): Qui Radames verrà 120211 XXPho6549

Fonotipia, Milano 1929-12-19

Forza del destino (Verdi): Pace, pace! pace, mio Dio 120203, XXPho6553

Aida (Verdi): O cieli azzurri 120211, XXPho6554

Trovatore (Verdi): D’amor sull’ali rosee 120220 XXPho6557

Fonotipia, Milano 1930-03-18

Norma (Bellini): Sola, furtiva al tempio (w. Lanza) 172194, XXPh6564

Norma (Bellini): Sì, fa core abbracciami (w. Lanza) 172194, XXPh6565

Norma (Bellini): Mira o Norma, pt 1 (w. Lanza) 172127 XXPh6566

Norma (Bellini): Mira o Norma, pt 1 (w. Lanza) pt 2 172127 XXPh6567

Norma (Bellini): Oh! di qual sei tu vittima, pt 1 (w. Colombo & Lanza) 168838, Mo2886

Norma (Bellini): Oh! di qual sei tu vittima, pt 2 (w. Colombo & Lanza) 168838 Mo2887

Fonotipia, Milano 1930-03-22

Norma (Bellini): In mia man alfin tu sei (w. Colombo) 172128, XXPh6577

Norma (Bellini): Ah crudele (w. Colombo) 172128, XXPh6578

CELESTINA BONINSEGNA THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 5 CDR

CELESTINA BONINSEGNA (REGGIO EMILIA, ITALY, 26 FEBRUARY, 1877 – MILAN, ITALY, 13 FEBRUARY, 1947)

She first studied singing in Reggio Emilia with Guglielmo Mattioli and made her debut at the Politeama Ariosto in Reggio Emilia as Norina in Don Pasquale. Later, she perfected her vocal technique at the Conservatorio Gioachino Rossini in Pesaro, where she studied under Virginia Boccabadati.

Chronology of appearances

1892 Reggio Emilia Politeama Ariosto Don Pasquale (Norina)

1896 Fano Della Fortuna Rigoletto (Gilda)

1897 Bagnacavallo Comunale Rigoletto (Gilda)

1899 Matelica Condominiale Elisir d’Amore (Adina)

1900 Milano Dal Verme Ernani (Elvira)

1900 Milano Dal Verme Jone (Jone)

1900 Milano Dal Verme Ruy Blas (Maria)

1900 Milano Dal Verme Trovatore (Leonora)

1900 Cremona Politeama Ruy Blas (Maria)

1900 Piacenza Municipale Lohengrin (Elsa)

1901 Milano Dal Verme Trovatore (Leonora)

1901 Roma Teatro Costanzi Le Maschere (Rosaura)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Aida (Aida)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Ernani (Elvira)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Gioconda (Gioconda)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Mefistofele (Margherita/Elena)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Norma (Norma)

1901 Santiago del Cile Municipale Tosca (Tosca)

1901 Valparaiso Victoria Aida (Aida)

1901 Lima Principal Aida (Aida)

1901 Lima Principal Gioconda (Gioconda)

1901 Lima Principal Ernani (Elvira)

1901 Lima Principal Mefistofele (Margherita/Elena)

1901 Lima Principal Tosca (Tosca)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Africana (Selika)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Ballo in maschera (Amelia)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Aida (Aida)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Cavalleria Rusticana (Santuzza)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Ernani (Elvira)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Gioconda (Gioconda)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Mefistofele (Margherita/Elena)

1902 Santiago del Cile Municipale Trovatore (Leonora)

1902 Valparaiso Victoria Trovatore (Leonora)

1902 Valparaiso Victoria Aida (Aida)

1902 Modena Municipale Aida (Aida)

1902 Bologna Duse Trovatore (Leonora)

1903 Parma Regio Trovatore (Leonora)

1903 Bari Petruzzelli Trovatore (Leonora)

1903 Genova Politeama Genovese Aida (Aida)

1903 Milano Dal Verme Trovatore (Leonora)

1903 Modena Storchi Trovatore (Leonora)

1904 Genova Politeama Genovese Trovatore (Leonora)

1904 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Norma (Norma)

1904 Reggio Emilia Municipale Aida (Aida)

1904 Faenza Comunale Aida (Aida)

1904 Matelica Condominiale Aida (Aida)

1904 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Trovatore (Leonora)

1904 London Covent Garden Aida (Aida)

1904 London Covent Garden Ballo in maschera (Amelia)

1904 Milano La Scala Aida (Aida)

1905 London Covent Garden Aida (Aida)

1905 London Covent Garden Trovatore (Leonora)

1905 Madrid Reale Aida (Aida)

1906 Madrid Reale Ballo in maschera (Amelia)

1906 Madrid Reale Dannazione di Faust (Margherita)

1906 Madrid Reale Trovatore (Leonora)

1906 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Aida (Aida)

1906 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Trovatore (Leonora)

1906 New York Metropolitan Aida (Aida)

1909 Roma Teatro Costanzi Aida (Aida)

1912 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Aida (Aida)

1913 Bologna Teatro Comunale Messa da Requiem

1913 Roma Teatro Costanzi Mefistofele (Margherita/Elena)

1916 Parma Teatro Regio Aida (Aida)

1918 Bergamo Teatro Donizetti Aida (Aida)

TRACKLIST

Africaine (Meyerbeer) Già l’odio m’abbandona 053068 535½c G&T, Milano 1905

Africaine (Meyerbeer) Qual celesti concenti 53418 7324½b G&T, Milano 1905

Aida (Verdi) Duetto, act 2 (w. Frascani) 12565, 86600 Pathé, Milano 1918

Aida (Verdi) Fuggiam gli ardori (w. Calleja) 13076 86523 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Aida (Verdi) Il ciel dei nostri amori (Fuggiam gli ardori) with Giovanni Valls 054044 215m G&T, Milano 1904-11

Aida (Verdi) O cieli azzurri 84523 10087 Pathé, Milano 1908

Aida (Verdi) O patria mia 30382, A5196 Columbia, New York 1910-03-14

Aida (Verdi) O Patria mia 053049 212m G&T, Milano 1904-11

Aida (Verdi) Qui Radames verrà… O patria mia 053232 1952c Gramophone, Milano 1909-04-02

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor 4 April 1911†; London, unpublished wax master 619-B Edison

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor 4178 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor 30381 A5196 Columbia, New York 1910-03-14

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor… I sacri nomi 10250, 10250, 86518, 86519 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Aida (Verdi) Ritorna vincitor…Aida (Verdi) I sacri nomi 053253, 053231, 1950½c, 1951c, Gramophone, Milano 1909-04-01, 02

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) Vicino a te (w. Bolis) 2-054075 3205c Gramophone, Milano 1917-06-05

Ave Maria (Gounod) (violin Ranzato) 84346 Pathé, Milano 1908

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) M’ami, m’ami… O qual soave brivido (w. Bolis) 2-054071, 2-054074, 3204c, 3203c Gramophone, Milano 1917-06-05

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Ma dall’arido stelo divulsa 053065, 538c G&T, Milano 1905

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Morrò ma prima in grazia 4175 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Morró, ma prima D4683 11034- Columbia, Milano 1911

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Morrò, ma prima in grazia 53415 7306b G&T, Milano 1905

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Non sai tu (w. Ischierdo) 054098 798½c G&T, Milano 1906-10

Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Non sai tu… O qual soave (w. del Ry) 74711, 74712, D16315, D16315 Columbia, Milano 1911

Bohème (Puccini) Mi chiamano Mimì 4174 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Bohème (Puccini) Mi chiamano Mimi 30353 A5195 Columbia, New York 1910-02-14

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Tu qui Santuzza…No, no, Turiddu (w. De Gaviria) 86619, 86620 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete 4180 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete 30352 A5198 Columbia, New York 1910-02-14

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete 053172 1430½c G&T, Milano 1907

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Voi lo sapete 53376 2177L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Ernani (Verdi) Da quel dì (w. Cigada) 054062 530c G&T, Milano 1905

Ernani (Verdi) Ernani involami 30380 A5199 Columbia, New York 1910-03-14

Ernani (Verdi) Ernani involami 53417 7321b G&T, Milano 1905

Ernani (Verdi) Ernani involami S62 42128-1 Columbia, Milano 19131914

Ernani (Verdi) Ernani, involami 4173 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Faust (Gounod) Aria dei gioielli D8080 11029 Columbia, Milano 1911

Faust (Gounod) C’era un re di Thulé D4284 11028 Columbia, Milano 1911

Faust (Gounod) C’era un re di Thulé Pathé 4176 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Faust (Gounod) Ei m’ama 053235 1852c Gramophone, Milano 1909-05-14

Faust (Gounod) Ei m’ama D4285, 11048 Columbia, Milano 1911

Faust (Gounod) Tardi si fa (w. de Lucia) 054043 213m G&T, Milano 1904-11

Forza del destino (Verdi) La vergine D4290 11045 Columbia, Milano 1911

Forza del destino (Verdi) La vergine degli angeli (w. chorus) 53416 7309b G&T, Milano 1905

Forza del destino (Verdi) La vergine degli angeli (w. chorus) 84138 Pathé, Milano 1908

Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa D4290 11046 Columbia, Milano 1911

Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa vergine (w. chorus) 053067 532½c G&T, Milano 1905

Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa vergine (w. chorus) 053089 800c G&T, Milano 1906-10

Forza del destino (Verdi) Madre pietosa vergine 84519 Pathé, Milano 1908

Forza del destino (Verdi) Pace! Pace mio Dio April 1911; London, unpublished diamond disc test pressing 620-B Edison

Forza del destino (Verdi) Pace, pace 4177 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Forza del destino (Verdi) Pace, pace, mio Dio 30383 A5199 Columbia, New York 1910-03-14

Forza del destino (Verdi) Pace, pace, mio Dio 053088 793c G&T, Milano 1906-10

Gioconda (Ponchielli) L’amo come il fulgor (w. Frascani) 86599 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Suicidio 4184 Pathé, Milano 1908

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Suicidio 30358, A5198 Columbia, New York 1910-02-18

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Suicidio! 53373 2145L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Guarany (Gomez) Sento una forza (w. Bolis) 2-054087 3198c Gramophone, Milano 1917-06-02

Isabeau (Mascagni) Questo mio bianco manto 86524 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Isabeau (Mascagni) Questo mio bianco manto D9340 42126- Columbia, Milano 19131914

Isabeau (Mascagni) Venne una vecchierella 86525 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Leggenda valacca (Braga) (violin Ranzato) 84347 Pathé, Milano 1908

Lohengrin (Wagner) Sole nei miei D4285 11036- Columbia, Milano 1911

Loreley (Catalani) Invocazione 10284 86522 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Loreley (Catalani) Lascia per or che libera (w. Bolis) 2-053136 3197c Gramophone, Milano 1917-06-02

Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Com’è bello 84525 Pathé, Milano 1908

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 4183, 10084 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Manon Lescaut (Puccini) In quelle trine morbide 53372 2144L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Maschere (Mascagni) Aria della lettera 53374 2146L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Mefistofele (Boito) Spunta l’aurora D4683 11047 Columbia, Milano 1911

Mefistofele (Boito) Spunta l’aurora pallida 4182 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Mefistofele (Boito) Spunta l’aurora pallida 84524 Pathé, Milano 1908

Ninna Nanna (Leoncavallo) 53392 2370½L G&T, Milano 1904-12

Norma (Bellini) Ah bello a me ritorna 30357 A5197 Columbia, New York 1910-02-18

Norma (Bellini) Ah! bello a me ritorna (w. chorus) 53481 9063b G&T, Milano 1906-10

Norma (Bellini) Casta diva 30356 A5197 Columbia, New York 1910-02-18

Norma (Bellini) Casta diva 053050 216m G&T, Milano 1904-11

Norma (Bellini) Casta diva 84520 Pathé, Milano 1908

Norma (Bellini) Deh non volerli vittime (w. Colazza & de Segurola) 054097 789c G&T, Milano 1906-10

Notturno (Cantoni) 053101 852c G&T, Milano 1906-11

Ruy Blas (Marchetti) O dolce voluttà (w. Colazza) 054109 854c G&T, Milano 1906-11

Semiramide (Rossini) Bel raggio 30359, H1016 Columbia, New York 1910-02-18

Semiramide (Rossini) Bel raggio lusinghier 84521 Pathé, Milano 1908

Te solo (Sabaino) (p Sabaino) 53492 9358b G&T, Milano 1906-11

Tosca (Puccini) Preghiera 30355 A5195 Columbia, New York 1910-02-14

Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte 4179 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Tosca (Puccini) Vissi d’arte D9340 42127 Columbia, Milano 19131914

Trovatore (Verdi) D’amor sull’ali rosee 4181 Pathé, Paris 19061907

Trovatore (Verdi) D’amor sull’ali rosee 30351 A5194 Columbia, New York 1910-02-14

Trovatore (Verdi) D’amor sull’ali rosee 53375 2176L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe lagrime (w. Cigada) 54264x 7304½b G&T, Milano 1905

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Scampini & chorus) 84141 Pathé, Milano 1908

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Valls) 54056 2179L G&T, Milano 1904-11

Trovatore (Verdi) Racconto di Azucena, pt 1, pt 2 86550, 86551 Pathé, Milano 19181919

Trovatore (Verdi) Tace la notte pacida 11 April 1911; London, (ten-inch matrix 632-B) published briefly as 82035 Edison

Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte 30354 A5194 Columbia, New York 1910-02-14

Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte 053063 537c G&T, Milano 1905

Trovatore (Verdi) Tacea la notte 84518 Pathé, Milano 1908

Trovatore (Verdi) Vivra contende il giubilo (w. Cigada) 54266 7320b G&T, Milano 1905

Vêpres Siciliennes (Verdi) Mercè diletti amichi (Bolero) 53419 7325b G&T, Milano 1905

Vêpres Siciliennes (Verdi) Mercè, diletto amiche 84522 Pathé, Milano 1908

DOMENICO VIGLIONE-BORGHESE THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS 2 CDR

DOMENICO VIGLIONE BORGHESE (MONDOVI, 3 JULY, 1877 – MILAN, 26 OCTOBER, 1957)

He studied at the Conservatorio Rossini in Pesaro and under Antonio Cotogni in Rome. He made his debut in 1899 at the Teatro Verdi as the King’s Herald in Lohengrin. Over the next two years, he sang at various Italian opera houses before emigrating to North America in 1901. In San Francisco, he worked as a railroad worker and docker while taking extensive singing lessons. With the recommendation of Enrico Caruso, impresario Scognamillo engaged him in his opera troupe, which also included Luisa Tetrazzini. The troupe toured Mexico, the Caribbean islands, the Antilles, and Venezuela during the 1905-06 season, where he achieved significant success.

He returned to Italy in 1906 and made his debut at the Teatro Regio in Parma as Amonasro in Aida in 1907. He continued to perform at major Italian opera houses with great success, regularly appearing at La Scala and the Teatro Costanzi in Rome, where he was featured in the premiere of Ruggiero Leoncavallo’s Maia in 1910. In 1914, he performed at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa in the Italian premiere of Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari’s I Gioielli della Madonna. He also sang at the Teatro Reale in Madrid in 1913, at the Arena di Verona in 1914, and later at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1919.

In the 1930s, he appeared on Italian radio and in opera houses in Turin and Palermo. His star role was Jack Rance in Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West, and Puccini himself referred to him jokingly as ‘Il principe degli sceriffi’. He also performed as a guest in Paris, Warsaw, and at the Teatro Regio in Turin in the Italian premiere of Rimsky-Korsakov’s The Golden Cock in 1925. His final performance was at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels in 1938. He retired from the stage in 1940 and went on to teach singing in Milan.

His repertoire included more than 70 roles, predominantly in Verdi and verismo operas. He was known for his powerful and imperious dramatic baritone voice, described as having a sweet timbre but also capable of delivering commanding performances.

Chronology of some appearances

1906 Caracas Teatro Municipal Boheme (Marcello)

1907 San Paolo Politeama Boheme (Marcello)

1909 Roma Teatro Costanzi Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1909 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Boheme (Marcello)

1909 Valparaiso Teatro Victoria Boheme (Marcello)

1909 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Carmen (Ecamilio)

1912 Budapest Volgsopera Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1913 Treviso Teatro Sociale Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1915 Madrid Teatro Reale Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1916 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Amica (Rinaldo)

1918 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1918 Brescia Teatro Sociale Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1919 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1921 Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1923 Il Cairo Teatro Khediviale Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1924 Torino Teatro Regio Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1926 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1927 Milano Teatro Carcano Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1928 Bologna Teatro Comunale Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1930 Milano Teatro La Scala Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1932 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1935 Milano Teatro Lirico Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1937 Bologna Teatro Del Corso Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1939 Brescia Teatro Grande Fanciulla del West (Rance)

1940 Milano Teatro Lirico Fanciulla del West (Rance)

TRACKLIST

Africaine (Meyerbeer) Adamastor re dell’ onde profonde 72940 Polydor, Berlin (ac)

Aida (Verdi) Di Napata le gole with Icilio Calleja, Ester Mazzoleni and Laura del Lungo 92673 xPh 4366 Fonotipia Milano, 11-10-10

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) Son sessant’anni 92647 XPh4218 Fonotipia Milano, 03-12-09

Andrea Chénier (Giordano) Un dì m’era di gioia 92648 XPh4223 Fonotipia Milano, 04-12-09

Carmen (Bizet) Con voi ber J 22036 Polydor, Germany 1924

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Il cavallo scalpita 72941 Polydor, Germany 1924

Faust (Gounod) Morte di Valentino 72940 Polydor, Berlin (ac)

Forza del destino (Verdi) Solenne in quest’ora with Mario Gilion 92663 XPh4367 Fonotipia, Milano 1910-10-11

Germania (Franchetti) Ascolta, io moriro 92672 xPh 4370 Fonotipia Milano, 12-10-10

Germania (Franchetti) Ferito, prigionier! 92782 XPh4372 Fonotipia Milano, 12-10-10

Germania (Franchetti) Tu m’eri innanzi 92671 XPh4374 Fonotipia, Milano 1910-10-12

Gioconda (Ponchielli) O monumento 92650 xPh 4222 Fonotipia Milano, 03-12-09

Gioconda (Ponchielli) O monumento 72939 Polydor, Berlin (ac)

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Pescatore Affonda L’esca J 22038 643AZ Polydor, Germany 1924

Herodiade (Massenet) Visione fuggitiva 92646 xPh 4221 Fonotipia Milano, 03-12-09

Otello (Verdi) Credo J22044 675 AZ Polydor, Germany 1924

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si puo J 22045 Polydor, Germany 1924

Rigoletto (Verdi) Cortigiani vil razza 72937 641AZ Polydor, Germany 1924

Rigoletto (Verdi) Pari siamo 72937 Polydor, Germany 1924

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