CARLO CARTICA (ROME, 1865 – BOSTON, 1935)
In 1894, he already appeared
at La Scala, where he sang the Duke in Rigoletto and Edgardo in Lucia di
Lammermoor alongside Nellie Melba. During the 1903-04 season, he performed at
the Teatro Regio in Parma with great success as Alvaro in Verdi’s La forza del
destino and Raoul in Gli Ugonotti (Les Huguenots). From 1909 to 1910, he was in
North America as part of the Boston Opera ensemble, where he achieved
significant success as Manrico in Il Trovatore with Guerrina Fabbri, as well as
in roles like Radames in Aida and Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. In 1911, he
toured America with the Lombardi Opera Company, performing as Manrico at the
Teatro Nacional in Washington. He also sang Manrico in 1916 at the Teatro
Costanzi in Rome.
Chronology of some appearances
1894 Milan La Scala Rigoletto
(Duke)
1904 Parma Teatro Regio Gli
Ugonotti (Raoul)
1911 Washington Teatro
National Aida (Radames)
1916 Rome Teatro Costanzi
Trovatore (Manrico)
TRACKLIST
Aida (Verdi) O terra addio (w.
Villani) Columbia A 5331 30814 Columbia, New York 1911-08
Faust (Gounod) All’erta (w.
Wright, Wright-Heims & Alessandroni) A5381 30795 Columbia, New York 1911-08
Forza del destino (Verdi) O tu
che in seno 021130 US Everlasting cylinders
Forza del destino (Verdi)
Solenne in quest’ora (w. Alessandroni) A 5343 30809 Columbia, New York 1911-08
Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e
mar 33016 US Everlasting cylinders
Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
Troncar i suoi dì (w. Alessandroni & Autori) US Everlasting cylinders
33017, USA 1906
Guillaume Tell (Rossini)
Troncar i suoi dì (w. Alessandroni & Bauer) A5465 36503 Columbia, New York
Lombardi (Verdi) Qual voluttà
(w. Alessandroni & Kaestner) A5446 Columbia, New York
Lucia di Lammermoor
(Donizetti) Chi mi frena (w. Wright, Wright-Heims & Alessandroni) D 16326
30709 Columbia, New York 1911-04-01
Martha (Flotow) Solo, profugo
(w. Alessandroni) A5343 30817 Columbia, New York 1911-08
Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia
dell’amore (w. Wright, Wright-Heims & Alessandroni) A5306 30710 Columbia,
New York 1911-04-01
Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o
quella 638 Phono-Cut, USA 1918
Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le
stelle 711 Phono-Cut, USA 1918
Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella
pira Phono-Cut 5132-B
Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Villani) D16326 30812 Columbia, New York 1911-08
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