ATTILIO SALVANESCHI (25 NOVEMBER 1863 NEAR LIVORNO –
18 JULY 1938 THE HAGUE)
After singing with mostly
minor Italian opera houses for some years, Salvaneschi toured North America in
performances with Mario Lombardi’s opera troupe in 1907. He was also heard that
year in operas in Havana. He made appearances at the New German Theatre in
Prague in 1908, 1910 and 1914. Also in 1914, he performed as a guest artist at
the Odessa Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera, and the Teatro Corso in Bologna. For
the 1914-1915 season, Salvaneschi was engaged at the Italian Opera in Holland.
He returned briefly to Italy in early 1915 to portray the Duke of Mantua in
Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto at La Fenice with Mario Sammarco in the title role.
Due to the difficulties in Italy during World War I, he decided to return to
Holland; working as a member of the Theatre Royal in The Hague from 1915-1919.
He returned to Italy in 1919, and arrived at La Scala the following year. With
the La Scala orchestra and chorus he notably recorded the role of Cavardossi in
Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca in 1920 with Carlo Sabajno conducting and Valentina
Bartolomasi as the title heroine. In 1921 Salvaneschi found great success in a
series of performances of the Duke of Mantua at a variety of theatres,
including the Teatro Adriano in Rome and the rebuilt Teatro Verdi di Padova
(with Toti dal Monte and Mattia Battistini). In 1924 he retired from the stage
after an unsuccessful throat operation. He spent the next four years teaching
singing in Italy, and then moved in 1928 he to The Hague where he continued to
teach voice.
Chronology of some appearances
1904 Milano Teatro Dal Verme
Aminta di A. Saibene
1905 Costarica Teatro Colon
Stagione Compagnia Lambardi
1906 San Salvador Teatro
Colon Stagione Compagnia Lambardi
1907 Havana Teatro Tacon
Stagione
1908 Spoleto Teatro Nuovo
Mignon (Guglielmo)
1909 Bologna Teatro Verdi
Faust (Faust)
1910 Praga Teatro Nazionale
Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1911 Bologna Teatro Verdi
Mignon (Guglielmo)
1912 Faenza Teatro Masini
Mignon (Guglielmo)
1913 Cremona Politeama Verdi
Fra’ Diavolo (Frа Diavolo)
1914 Havana Politeama Grande
Carmen (Don Josи)
1915 Venezia Teatro La Fenice
Rigoletto (Duca)
1916 ‘S-Gravenhage Gebouw Voor
Kunsten en Wetenschappen Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1917 ‘S-Gravenhage Koninklijke
Schouwburg Manon (De Grieux)
1918 Mijmegen Opera Traviata
(Alfredo)
1919 ‘S-Gravenhage Koninklijke
Schouwburg Louise (Julien)
1920 Novara Teatro Coccia
Werther (Werther)
1921 Sampierdarena Politeama
Sampierdarenese Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1922 Bergamo Teatro Delle
Societа Boheme (Rodolfo)
1923 Novara Teatro Coccia Manon (De Grieux)
TRACKLIST
1. Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet)
Mi par d’udir ancora Odeon Fonotipia 110096
2. Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan
le stelle Odeon Fonotipia 37877
3. Barbiere di Siviglia
(Rossini) Ecco ridente in cielo, pt 1, pt 2 Odeon Fonotipia 82428, 82429
4. Boheme (Puccini) Che gelida
manina 7519 BA22440 Edison 4-min cylinders
5. Fra Diavolo (Auber) Agnese
la zitella 82433 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano
6. Iris (Mascagni) Apri la tua
finestra 82432 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano
7. Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) Fra poco a me ricovero 7531 BA22452 Edison 4-min cylinders
8. Mignon (Thomas) Ah! non
credevi tu 37785 Odeon Fonotipia, Milano
9. Bohème (Puccini) O soave
fanciulla with Giuseppe Piccoletti Odeon Fonotipia 37895 Xm1339
10. Bohème (Puccini) Nei cieli
bigi with Tegani Odeon Fonotipia 37896 Xm1338
11. Bohème (Puccini) Addio
dolce svegliare… Che facevi, che dicevi with Riccardo Tegani, Giuseppe
Piccoletti & Vaccari Odeon Fonotipia 37894, 37895
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