He studied with Oreste Tomassoni in Rome and made his debut in 1887 in Parma in the opera ‘’Jone’’ of E. Petrella. He soon appeared in the big Italian theaters and appeared in 1892 at La Scala, where in 1894 he performed in the premiere of A. Franchetti’s ‘’Fior d'Alpe’’ and in 1897 in ‘’Il Signor di Pourceaugnac’’ of the same composer. In 1903 he sang at La Scala in concert performance of ‘’Parsifal’’. Already in 1889 he had taken part in a South America tour of the prima donna Adelina Patti; in 1897 he appeared again in South America. Tours led him also to England, Spain and Russia. In 1908 he was appointed to the Metropolitan opera in New York (debut as king in ‘’Aida’’) and remained their till 1919 appearing also in the Sunday Night Concerts. Here he performed also as Sid in the premiere of Puccini’s ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’ (10. 12. 1910) and in "The Canterbury Pilgrims" of R. de Kovens (1917); he helped in the American premières of the operas ‘’La Wally’’ (1909), ‘’Le Donne curiose’’ of Wolf-Ferrari (1910), ‘’Boris Godunov’’ (1913 as Nikitich), ‘’Germania’’ of Franchetti (1910), ‘’L'Oracolo’’ of Leoni (1915) and ‘’Marouf’’ (1917).
Chronology of some appearances
1895 Teatro Costanzi Roma ‘’I Lombardi alla prima Crociata’’ with Evan Gorga, Elisa Ferrari and Tobia Bertini
1896 Teatro Costanzi Roma "La bohème’’ with Enrico Giannini-Grifoni, Maria Stuarda Savelli, Camilla Pasini, Maurizio Bensaude, Arturo Cerratelli and Leopoldo Cromberg
1899 Teatro Regio Torino "Tannhäuser with Orazio Cosentino, Eugnio Giraldoni, Fausta Labia, Maria Fiori and Emanuele Bucalo
1901 Teatro Cressoni Como ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’ with Americo Stampanoni, Luisa Tetrazzini, Edoardo Sottolana and Arcangelo Rossi
1901 Teatro Comunale Bologna ‘’Mefistofele’’ with Alessandro Ravazzolo, Fausta Labia, Vincenzo Montanari and Anna Giacomini
1903 Teatro Goldoni Livorno ‘’Guglielmo Ratcliff’’ with Francesco Signorini, Elisa Allegri and Virgilio Bellatti
1903 La Scala Milan ‘’Parsifal’’ with Bice Silvestri, Giuseppe Borgatti and Angelo Scandiani
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Zonophone, Milano 1903-04?
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Parsifal (Wagner): Racconto di Gurnemanz X-2551
G&T, Milano 1906-05?
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