Oct 10, 2021

Giuseppe Micheli (Tenor)

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  Giuseppe Micheli made his debut in 1909. During his career he rarely made guest appearances abroad (Alessandria 1909/1910 season) and most...
May 31, 2021

Alexander Ilyich Mozzhukhin (Bass) (Village Sergievka, Saratov Province, Russian Empire August 11, 1878 (or March 11 (23), 1879) - AsnièreS-Sur-Seine, Near Paris July 1, 1952)

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He was Born into a peasant family. He graduated from a theological school and a theological seminary in Penza. In 1900 he entered the Moscow...

Einar Nørby (Bass-Baritone) (Thisted, Denmark May 8, 1896 - Copenhagen, Denmark January 12, 1983)

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  Originally he was employed in the state telegraph service. His voice was noticed in an amateur competition. Then he trained as a singer in...

Rudolf Krasa (Bass-Baritone) (Loket, Czech Republic 16. 1. 1859 – Berlin, Germany 24. 7. 1936)

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  His voice was discovered when, after his service as an officer in the Austrian artillery, he took part in a concert of the German students...

Hermann Gallos (Tenor) (Vienna, Austria 21 January 1886 – Vienna, Austria 20 February 1957)

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  First he studied law at the University of Vienna, but also took singing lessons at the Vienna Conservatory with Philipp Forstén. He joined...

Max Meili (Tenor) (Winterthur, Switzerland 11 December 1899 - Zürich, Switzerland 17 March 1970)

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His voice was trained by the famous Felix von Kraus in Munich. The artist was then able to distinguish himself as a concert and oratorio sin...
Aug 24, 2020

Maria Ivogün (Soprano) (Budapest, Hungary 18 November 1891 – Beatenberg, Switzerland 3 October 1987)

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  Her real name Maria Kempner was shortened to "Ivogün" after the maiden name of her mother, the operetta singer I (da) vo (n) Gün...
Aug 18, 2020

Domenico Russo (Tenor) (Messina, Italy 11 March 1874 - USA 28 September 1932)

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  I wish to thank Nestor H. Masckauchan for providing me this rare photo Please, visit his site  https://www.taminoautographs.com  to buy au...
Jul 29, 2020

Teresa Di Leva (Soprano)

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I wish to thank Jerry Carbone for providing information

Francesco Garguilo

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Born: Around 1858 (or thereabouts) in Sorrento, Napoli, Campania, Italy (father listed as Antonio, mother unknown) – he died in Sydney A...

Eduard Habich (Baritone) (Kassel, Germany Sept. 3, 1880 - Berlin, Germany March 15, 1960)

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He attended the Raff Conservatory in Frankfurt a.M., where he was a student of Max Fleisch. He began his stage career in the 1904-190...
Jul 17, 2020

ITALIAN TENOR GUIDO CICCOLINI

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Jul 4, 2020

Enrico Nani (Baritone) (Parma 1873 - Rome 1940)

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I wish to thank Jose Almeida for providing me photo of Enrico Nani
Jul 1, 2020

Mary C. Carbone (aka Marie Montain) “She Lived for Her Music”

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Mary C. Carbone (aka Marie Montain) “She Lived for Her Music” Short Bio Mary C. Carbone was born in the Wyoming mining ...
Jun 22, 2020

Sara Melita (Soprano)

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She came from Trecastle (South Wales).   Her real name was Sara Davies    [ Davies is a very common family name in Wales. ] From the ...

Charles Moorhouse (Baritone)

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He performed with the Moody Manners, Harrison Frewin and Carl Rosa opera companies between 1908 and at least 1917. I wish to than...

Dan Beddoe (Dan Theophilus Beddoe) (Tenor) (Aberdare, Wales, UK March 16th 1863 - New York, USA December 1937)

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He won a gold medal in a singing competition in Wales (1882). He emigrated to North America and studied singing first in Pittsburgh a...
May 28, 2020

Ermanno Lorenzi (Tenor)

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He made guest appearances at the Vienna State Opera, at the Teatro alla Scala and sang in many other major Italian opera houses...

Miroslav Staryckyj (Tenor) (also known as Miroslav Grygorovich Skala-sStaryckyj; alias Miro Skala) (Skala-Podilska, now Borshchiv district of Ternopil region, Ukraine June 13, 1909 - Epine, Suburb of Paris, France February 17, 1969)

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He studied in high schools in the cities of Stanislav (now Ivano-Frankivsk) and Lviv. Then he graduated from the Higher Music Institu...
May 16, 2020

Paolo Silveri (Baritone) (Ofena, 28 December 1913 – Rome, 3 July 2001)

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He began his education with Perugini in Milan, then studied singing under Riccardo Stracciari at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia. H...

Paul Cabanel (Baritone) (29 June 1891, Orán - 05 November 1958, Paris)

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First he studied law in Toulouse, but in 1911 he began training his voice at the Conservatory there. He continued this training at ...

Baptist Hoffmann (Baritone) (Garitz 1864 - Garitz 1937)

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He studied singing under Louise Weinlich-Tipka in Munich and with Julius Stockhausen inFrankfurt a. M.. He made his debut in 1888 a...

Harry Da Garmo (Baritone) (1887 - 1919)

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He was the son of a Spaniard and an English woman. He came to Germany to study medicine, where his voice was discovered. He made hi...
Jan 20, 2020

Julius Pölzer (Tenor) (Admont, Austria 9. 4. 1901 - Wien, Austria 16. 2. 1972)

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He first studied dentistry. After he became aware of his beautiful voice, however, he decided to pursue a career in singing and was t...

Janko Blaho (Tenor) (Skalica, Slovakia September 15, 1901 - Bratislava, Slovakia April 24, 1981)

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He began studying law at the University of Prague, which he graduated and received a Dr. jur. doctorate. He trained his voice by Ms. ...