Manfredo Miselli (Tenor)

He had a long career and probably made his debut in 1895 at the Teatro Comunale in Terni.

Chronology of some appearances

1895 Terni Teatro Comunale Ettore Fieramosca di G. Cerquetelli

1897 Terni Politeama Ternano Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1902 Terni Politeama Ternano Boheme (Rodolfo)

1908 Venezia Teatro Malibran Stagione Compagnia Operette Mauro

1909 Venezia Teatro Malibran Stagione Compagnia Operette Mauro

1910 Venezia Teatro Malibran Stagione Compagnia Operette Mauro

1916 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Le Maschere (Arlecchino)

1917 Valencia  Teatro Principal Le Maschere (Arlecchino)
1926 Montevideo Teatro Solis Stagione Compagnia Operette Clara Weiss

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Odeon Fonotipia, Milano

Dormite Stornelo Toscano 37241

Agnese Mometti (Soprano)

She studied singing under Maestro Morotin in Venice and made her debut in 1901. She retired from the stage in 1925.

Chronology of some appearances

1902 Venezia  Teatro Goldoni Carmen (Mercedes)

1906 Ajaccio Teatro Municipale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1907 Fiorenzuola d'Arda Teatro Verdi Sonnambula (Lisa)

1908 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Boheme (Musetta)

1910 Albenga  Teatro Civico Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1913 Pisa Politeama Norma (Adalgisa)

1914 Livorno Politeama Puritani (Enrichetta)

1915 Bari Teatro Piccinni Andrea Chenier (Bersi)                   

1919 Voghera  Teatro Sociale Faust (Marta)

1921 Fano Teatro Della Fortuna Rigoletto (Giovanna)

1922 Sondrio Teatro Sociale Barbiere di Siviglia (Berta)

1924 Chioggia Teatro Garibaldi Elisir d'amore (Giannetta)

1925 Prato Politeama Novelli Puritani (Enrichetta)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

La Voce del Padrone

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) with Edoardo Taliani, Ernesto Badini, Malvina Pereira, Davide Carnevali and Umberto Di Lelio

Odeon Fonotipia, Milano

Florin di Canna Stornello Toscano 37243

Giovannina Coliva (Soprano)

Sister of the soprano Antonietta Coliva and daughter of the baritone Filippo Coliva. She made her debut in 1884 as Amina in ‘’Sonnambula’’ at the Teatro Rossi in Bergamo.

Chronology of some appearances

1886 Madrid Teatro Reale Ugonotti (Margherita)

1890 Bologna  Teatro Brunetti Papa' Martin di A.Cagnoni (Amelia)

1891 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Compagnia Operette Franceschini

1900  Alicante Teatro Principal Compagnia Operette Giovannini

1902 Smirne Sporting Club Boheme (Mimì)

1903 Milano Teatro Carcano Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1904 Milano Teatro Carcano Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1905 Genova Politeama Genovese Don Pasquale (Norina) 

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Zonophone, Milano 1904-12
Faust (Gounod): Aria dei gioielli X-93025
Traviata (Verdi): Addio del passato X-93027
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Dunque io son with Luigi Prestini X-94005

Nina Friede (Mezzo-Soprano) (St. Petersburg 1859 - St. Petersburg 1942)

First she studied singing at the St. Petersburg conservatory under Natalya Iretskaya, then with Mathilde Marchesi in Vienna (1880-1881) and Gilbert-Louis Duprez in Paris (1881-1882). She made her debut with great success as Pieretto in G. Donizetti’s ‘’Linda di Chamounix’’ at the TeatroNicolini in Florence (October 18, 1882). In the 1882-1883 season she appeared at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, then in Vienna. Then she returned to Italy and perfected her vocal technique under the pedagogue Buzzi in Milan, then with G. Ronconi in Madrid. In 1883 she again appeared in Florence, this time at the Teatro Nuovo, but the same year she returned to Russia. In the 1883-1884 season mostly she sang in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In 1884 she made her debut at the Mariinsky Theatre as Amneris in ‘’Aida’’ (St. Petersburg) and sang here till 1891, then in the 1895-1903 seasons and in 1914. In 1884 she made guest appearances in Madrid, Barcelona andLisbon. In 1891 in Warsaw. In 1898 she made her debut at the Moscow Bolshoi Theatre. In 1903 she made 4 recordings for Columbia.

Chronology of some appearances

1882 Florence Teatro Nicolini
1882 Barcelona Teatro Liceo
1883 Barcelona Teatro Liceo
1883 Florence Teatro Nuovo
1884 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre
1898 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Columbia, St Petersburg 1903?
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod): Air of the page  35088
Jocelyn (Godard): Berceuse 35096

Emilio Bione (Baritone) (La Spezia 1882 – La Spezia 1957)

He studied singing under the pedagogue Domenico Cortopassi and made his debut in 1908 at  the Teatro Verdi in Florence as Germont in ‘’Traviata’’. In 1916 he appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genova in the world premiere of R. Leoncavallo’s opera ‘’Goffredo Mameli’’. He spent the last years of his life in Casa di Riposo G. Verdi in Milan.

Chronology of some appearances

1908 Firenze Teatro Verdi Traviata (Germont)

1910 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1912 Guastalla Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1914 Gorizia Teatro Sociale Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1916 La Spezia Politeama Duca di Genova Favorita (Alfonso)

1918 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Ernani (Carlo)

1920 Lisbona   Teatro San Carlos Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1922 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1924 Massa Teatro Guglielmi Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1926 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1930 La Spezia Politeama Duca di Genova Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1932 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Ernani (Carlo)

1935 La Spezia Teatro Monteverdi Boheme (Marcello)

1939 La Spezia Teatro Monteverdi Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1910/1912
Ernani (Verdi) Oh! Dei verd'anni miei  0056 mo 6293

Aida (Verdi): Di Napata le gole with Carlo Albani and Louise Plavano X110321 Xm17?? 

Arminio Ballistini (Baritone) (Legnago ? - ?)

He studied singing in Padua under the pedagogue G. Orefice and in Milan with Giuseppe Mandolini. He made his debut in 1909 at the Teatro Dauno in Foggia in ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’. After the First World War he started to appear as tenor, but without success.

Chronology of some appearances

1910 Cagliari   Teatro Civico Wally (Gellner)

1911 Malta Teatro Reale Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1912 Lendinara Teatro Ballarin Werther (Albert)

1913 Livorno   Teatro Rossini  Traviata (Germont)

1914 Caltagirone Teatro Garibaldi Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1918 Milano Teatro Lirico Pagliacci (Canio)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Odeon Fonotipia, Milano 1911?

Trovatore (Verdi): Un istante almen with Carlo Albani and Bianca Besalu 110143

Tadeusz Orda (Bass/baritone) (Ukraine, village Rashkovo, province of Chernovitskaya 1889 – Warsaw, Poland 1930)

                                                                 Onegin

                                                                 Escamilio

The real surname of this totally forgotten bass-baritone was Zalessky. He studied vocal art at the Music School of Kishinev. Later he also took lessons from great italian baritone Antonio Cotogni in Italy and Paris. Orda made his debut as Escamilio in Bizet’s ‘’Carmen’’ at the Opera Theatre of Tbilisi. It happened in 1910. Guest appearances followed in Odessa, Ekaterinoslav, Moscow (Opera House of S. Zimin, 1915) and Baku (1918-1919). In 1919 he also appeared in Turkey, Bulgaria, Greece and in Egypt. From 1921 to 1922 Orda was in Italy, where he performed with success. In 1922 he made his debut at Warsaw appearing as Rigoletto. From 1922 to 1923 Orda appeared not only at the Grand Opera in Paris but also in french provincial theatres. He visited also Belgium and Czech Republic. From 1925 to 1927 he was a soloist of the Warsaw Opera. In 1927 Orda fell seriously ill, he was forced to end his career and after losing his voice he committed suicide. He possessed a strong, equal voice of a deep timbre (especially in the top register). Orda was made only one record for Sirena.

Chronology of some appearances

1910 Tbilisi Opera Theatre

1915 Moscow S. Zimin's Opera House

RECORDING FOR SALE

Sirena 1925

Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky): Monologue

M. Geninatti (Tenor)

About this singer I have no information.

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Excelsius

Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi l’anel ti dono with Rosetta Ferlito M 7129 25M/1012

Sonnambula (Bellini): Son geloso with with Rosetta Ferlito  M 7129 25M/1013

Gabriel Hernández (Baritone) (Valencia 1866 - ?)

He made his debut at the Opera House in Chieti (1892?).

Chronology of some appearances

1896 I Pescatori di perle Valencia Principal with Ignazio Varela (Nadir)

1899 Boheme Valencia Apollo with Edoardo Mario Pagani (Rodolfo), Giuseppina Huguet (Mimi) and Alfredo Papi (Colline)

RECORDING FOR SALE

Puerto e Novella cylinder

Ernani (Verdi): Lo vedremo o veglio audace with Alfredo Papi

Anna El-Tour (Soprano) (Odessa 1886 – Amsterdam 1954)

She was one of those rare musicians whose teaching career began while she was at the beginning of her singing career. She studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory, where her professors were Annette Essipova for the piano and Mme von Hacke (mother of the soprano Eugenia Bronskaja), voice. She is credited with a debut in London in 1909, and she sang in the Saint Gall Opera, in Switzerland, from 1913 to 1914. She taught in Moscow from 1915 to 1920 and in Berlin at the New Conservatory, from 1922 to 1925, after touring for two years in China, Burma, India and the Philippines. From 1925 she taught in Paris, from where she continued to make extensive concert tours. Her repertoire included songs in Russian, French, German and English. Among her students was the mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel. Mme El-Tour died in Amsterdam on 30 May 1954.

Chronology of some appearances

1913-1914 Switzerland Saint Gall Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Gramophone  1910

The soldier's bride, op 8, n° 4 (Rachmaninov) 2-23476 14095

Zuleika (Persian songs, op 34, n° 1) (Rubinstein) 2-23488 14096
By the sea: op 46: 2. Not a sound from the sea. - 1. The wave breaks into spray (Rimsky-Korsakov) 2-23491 14100

Daria Zakharova (Mezzo-Soprano) (Kirovograd 1887 - St. Petersburg 1963)

Following studies at the St Petersburg Conservatory, she sang from 1910 to 1918 as soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre. During the seasons that followed, she made guest performances in the major provincial Russian theatres and abroad. From 1938 to 1952, she taught in the conservatory of Gorky (now Nizhny- Novgorod) and in addition she gave recitals and undertook stage direction.

Chronology of some appearances

1910-1918 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

RECORDING FOR SALE

Gramophone 1912
Life for the Tsar (Glinka): Do not weep, little orphan 2-23663 16545
The cherry-tree blossoms (Glinka) 2-23664 16546

Stefan Makedonski (Tenor) (Sliven, Bulgaria 1885 - Sofia, Bulgaria 1952)

                                                                   Canio

His mother was a folk singer. In 1902 he left for Russia where he started his vocal studies. After a year in Russia he was accepted in the Moscow Conservatory as a student of Korssi. He returned to Bulgaria in 1910. Following his debut with the Operna Drushba on January 5, 1911 and following additional engagements he traveled to Paris to study the French repertoire. In 1916 Makedonsky left for Berlin where he studied the Italian roles with Marini in addition to guest appearances with the Berlin Royal Opera, Hanover and the Cassel Opera. From 1922 to 1933 he was a principle soloist with the Sofia Opera. During the First World War he performed numerous charity concerts. In addition to his stage activities he was the Artistic Director of the Varna Opera from 1930-1932 where he produced not only operas of the Italian composers but also of his fellow Bulgarian composers. In 1934 he founded the Traveling Opera Company and until 1937 was responsible for their productions. He became the Director of the State Music Theater in 1948. Major roles in his career included Radames, Otello, Alfredo, Don Jose, Tannhäuser, Manrico, the Duke in ''Rigoletto'', Pinkerton and Canio. Later in his career he turned to roles of the operetta repertoire. The State Music Theater was named after him.

Chronology of some appearances

1910 Bulgaria Operna Drushba

1922-1933 Sofia Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

I wish to thank Hristo Botev for providing me this records

Gramophone ?

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Whither, whither have you gone

Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema

Galina Nikitina (Mezzo-Soprano) (? 1877 - ?)

Born in 1877, she studied in Kiev and made her debut at the Kiev opera. She was engaged, on the recommendation of F.I. Chaliapin, by the Bolshoi Opera, Moscow, where she sang from 1905 to 1913, excepting the years 1907-10. During these years she appeared at the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, making her debut in the role of Ratmir (Ruslan and Ljudmila). She was famous for her performances in Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia as well as the major mezzo roles in Russian opera. In 1912 she gave a recital in Paris, singing songs of Mussorgsky and Rachmaninov.

Chronology of some appearances

1905-1913 Moscow Bolshoi Theatre

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Gramophone St. Petersburg -08
Life for the Tsar (Glinka): The rose that blooms, quartet with Maria Michailova, Lev Sibiryakov and Andrei Labinsky 2-24157 7839L

Klavdia Tugarinova (Mezzo-Soprano) (Perm 1877 - ? 1940)

Born in 1877, she was a soloist of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, from 1902 to 1917, and was distinguished as a Wagner singer as well as an interpreter of roles in the Russian repertoire like Olga in ''Eugene Onegin'', the Countess in ''The Queen of Spades'' and, with Chaliapin as Boris Godunov, Fedor, a role in which she was heard in Paris in 1909, when Diaghilev brought the troupe of the Imperial Opera to the Theatre Sarah Bernhardt. She spent the years following her retirement as a teacher of singing, first in Petrograd and later in Stalingrad. She died after 1940.

Chronology of some appearances

1902-1917 St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

G&T, St Petersburg 1905 (early)

Rose, little rose (Dargomyzhsky) with Maria Michailova3-4068 2808L

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): Evening already with Maria Michailova 24376 2809L

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): O viens, mon doux berger with Maria Michailova 7-34005 2810L

Maiglöckchen und die Blümelein (Mendelssohn) with Maria Michailova 24385 2811L

The little bird sang and sang (Rubinstein) with Maria Michailova 3-4067 2813L

Wanderers Nachtlied (Rubinstein) with Maria Michailova 24386 2814L

Doubt (Glinka) with Maria Michailova 24380 2815L

The sea-gull's cry (Grodskij) with Maria Michailova 3-4069 2816L

Eugen Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Did you hear with Maria Michailova 24382 2817L

Be silent, rye (Gurilev) with Maria Michailova 24383 2878L

Fair maiden (Dargomijsky) with Maria Michailova 24384 2880L

Elizaveta Popova (Soprano) (Astrakhan, Russia 1889 - Lazarevskoe, Krasnodar Krai, Russia 1967)

She was born in 1889, and studied at the St Petersburg Conservatory under Alma Fohstrom and loakhim Tartakov. From 1912 to 1917 she sang at the Mariinsky Theatre, where she made her debut as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin. She sang in Moscow and other cities of Russia before leaving, with her husband, Mikhail Karakash, in 1921, for guest appearances in Italy, Spain and France. Sne sang regularly with the Belgrade Opera from 1921 until the 1940s. She had an active career as recitalist and as soloist in choral/symphonic works. She returned to the Soviet Union in 1944 and died there in an automobile accident in 1967.

Chronology of some appearances

1912-1917 St. Petersburg Mariinksy Theatre

1921-1940's Belgrad Opera

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Gramophone, St. Petersburg  30-10-13

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Finale scene Part1 with Mikhail Karakash 024080 2886½c

Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky):  Finale scene Part2 with Mikhail Karakash 024081 2887c

Gramophone, St. Petersburg  5-11-13
Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Mesdames, I have taken the liberty with Aleksander Aleksandrovich, Mikhail Karakash and Alexandra Sakhnovskaya 024083 2891½c