Giuseppe Godono (Tenor) (Naples 1876 – Rome 1963)

He made his debut in 1902 at the Teatro Bellini in Naples as Alfredo in ‘’Traviata’’. At the same year he appeared in this theatre also in ‘’Rigoletto and ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’ and enjoyed his first success abroad at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Nemorino in ‘’L’elisir d’amore’’. In 1903 Godono appeared at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo as Elvino in ‘’La Sonnambula’’. He continued to appear on opera stages until 1912 and then devoted himself to recording Neapolitan songs. he was a great  friend of Enrico Caruso.

Chronology of some appearances

9 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Traviata

12 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Cavalleria rusticana

14 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Traviata

15 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Traviata

18 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Cavalleria rusticana

19 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Traviata

21 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Cavalleria rusticana

28 settembere  1902 Teatro Bellini Cavalleria rusticana

1 ottobre 1902 Teatro Bellini Cavalleria rusticana

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Phonotype, Napoli

Te voglio bene (Medina) 804

Fattura (Medina) 805

Mamma te guarda e dice (Giordano) 806

Salve Maria (Mercadante) 817

Marechiare  (Tosti) 1021

I' te vurria vasà (Di Capua) 1022

Fili d'oro (Buongiovanni) 1189

Aria fresca (Nardella) 1263

'A calamita (Fonzo) 1264

Desiderio 'e tè (Ricciardi) 1268

Tu sulo oi mare (Medina) 1271

Canzone napulitana (Mario) 1272

Nuttata 'e sentimento (Capolongo) 1276

Serenatella nera (Di Capua) 1290

'O piscatore (Gambardella) 1291

Na cammarella (Falvo) 1294

Luna curtese (Valente) 1298

Carmela (De Curtis) 1299

'A Campagnola (Gambardella) 1303

Bella, ca pe ttè moro (Fassone) 1335

Te ride 'o cielo (Ciociano) 1367

'E nnammurate (Buongiovanni) 1374

‘A furastera (Di Capua) 1530

Sai chiagnere tu? (Nardella) 1534

'O surdato innamorato (Cannio) 1646

Si chiamma Napule (Lama) 1689

Canta Mari (Fonzo) 1700

Serenata a Pusilleco (Valente) with Angela de Angelis 1717

'E canzone 1854

Follie di gioventù (Lama) 2039

'A luna 'e Napule! (Spagnuolo) 2043

'A canzone d'e rrose ( falvo) 2108  

Matenata 'e primmavera (Lama) 2110

Nfama (Del Vecchio) 2133

Sunate manduline (Procida) 2141

Chitarre napulitane (Lama) 2144

'O mare canta  (Lama) 2286

'E ddoie serenate  (Mario) 2419

Farfalla (Mario)   2474

Santa Lucia luntana 2721

Si mo dice o core 2725

Tabarin (Stolz) 3083

E' mio figlio (Pascariello) 3086

Addo' campa Maria (Tagliaferri) 3120

'O sole mio (Di Capua) 3669

Marechiare 3670  

Serenata napulitana (Murolo-Tagliaferri) 3700M

'A canzone 'e Pusilleco (Leone) 3785

Catena d'ammore (Cannio) 4122

Fonografica Napoletana

Chitarrata trista (Falvo) Societa 43346

Mamma mia che vo' sape' (Nutile) Società 43317

Si sta chitarra (Nardella) Società 43345

Oken

Maggio m'ha scritto (di Bovio/D'Annibale) 9305-A; mx W9305A

Columbia

Varca Napulitana 12414-F 106762

Victor, New York 1926-09-30

Mo tu che chiagne a ffa' (Ingenito) 78998 BVE-36373

Polyphon

A casa vostra (De Curtis) 14211 9953

Emanuele Ischierdo (Manuel Izquierdo) (Tenor) (Valencia 1875 - Milan 1951)

                                                                 Otello

His real name was Manuel Izquierdo, and under this name he also appeared in Spain, Portugal and South America. Already in 1900 he sang in Santiago de Chile  in ‘’Otello’’, ‘’Andrea Chénier'' and ‘’L’africana’’. In the 1907-1908 season he appeared  at the  Teatro Regio in Parma as Andrea Chenier in Giordano's ''Andrea Chenier'', as Faust in ''La dannazione di Faust'' of Hector Berlioz. and  in the première of the opera ‘’Rose rosse’’ of  Lebegott. At the Teatro Regio in Parma he sang as a partner of the soprano Tina Poli-Randaccio. During of his career he  appeared also in 1910 in Montevideo and in 1911 at the Teatro Real in Madrid as Siegmund in ‘’Walkiria’’. He gave up his career in 1914.

Chronology of some appearances

1895 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Roberto il Diavolo (Roberto)

1898 Vercelli  Teatro Civico Dal Sogno alla Vita di V. Mariani

1900 Modena Teatro Municipale Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1902 Salerno Teatro Verdi La Salinara di D.Brescia

1904 Brescia Teatro Grande Carmen (Don Jose)

1906 Madrid Teatro Reale Dannazione di Faust (Faust)

1908 Parma Teatro Regio Dannazione di Faust (Faust)

1912 Madrid Teatro Reale Pagliacci (Canio)

1914 Bologna Teatro Verdi Otello (Otello)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

G&T, Milano 1906-10

Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Non sai tu with Celestina Boninsegna 054098 798½c

G&T, Milano 1906-11?

Forza del destino (Verdi): La minaccie with Titta Ruffo  054102 550i

G&T, Milano 1907

Carmen (Bizet): Il fior 052193 1278c

Trovatore (Verdi): Di geloso amor sprezzato with Titta Ruffo and Fosca Titta  54359 10900½c

Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): Duo d'amore with Cecilia David  054183 1316c

 

Giuseppe Krismer (Tenor) (Naples, Italy 1873 - Pozzuoli, Naples / province, Italy 1946)

Faust

His stage debut took place in Venice (1902) at the Teatro Malibran  in ‘’Favorita’’. Already in 1904 he sang at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna as Walther von Stolzing in ‘’Meistersingern’’ under the direction of Arturo Toscanini. In 1904 he had at La Scala his first success as Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In 1908 he sang at the Teatro San Carlo, Lisbon in ‘’Paolo e Francesca’’ of  Luigi Mancinelli. In 1907 he appeared at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome in ‘’Damnation de Faust’’  of  Berlioz. This part was reported by him also in 1910 at  La Scala, Milan.  He was still singing in 1932 at the Politeama Genovese in Genoa.

Chronology of some appearances

1902 Venice Teatro Malibran Favorita (Fernando)
1904 Bologna Teatro Comunale I Maestri Cantori di Norimberga (Walter)
1904 Milan La Scala Rigoletto (Duca)
1907 Rome Teatro Costanzi Faust (Faust)
1908 Lisbon Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)
1911 Padova Teatro Verdi Dannazione di Faust (Faust)
1914 Ravenna Teatro Alighieri Mefistofele (Faust)
1916 Torino Teatro Regio Boheme (Rodolfo)
1918 Genova Politeama Genovese Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1920 Empoli Teatro Salvini Gioconda (Enzo)
1922 Genova Politeama Genovese Rigoletto (Duca)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-04-23

Dannazione di Faust (Berlioz): A te grazie o crepuscolo 92577 XPh 3851

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-04-24

Tosca (Puccini): O dolci mani with Lina Pasini – Vitale 92484 XPh 3865

Tosca (Puccini): Non la sospiri with Lina Pasini – Vitale 92483 XPh3864

Faust (Gounod): Tardi si fa with Lina Pasini-Vitale 92485 XPh3866
Faust (Gounod): Sempre amar! with Lina  Pasini-Vitale 92486 XPh3867

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-21

Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea): Ma dunque e vero ? with Giorgina Caprile 92573 XPh 3960

Damnation de Faust (Berlioz): Angelo mio with Giorgina Caprile 92574 XPh3961
Trovatore (Verdi): Condotta ell'era in ceppi with Armida Parsi-Pettinella  92549 xph 3962

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-23

Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea): La dolcissima effigie with Giorgina Caprile 92578 XPh 3977

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-24

Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara with Giorgina Caprile 92597 XPh 3983

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-26
Bohème (Puccini): Che gelida manina 74153 XXPh4001
Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar 74154 XXPh4002

Fonotipia, Milano 1909-06-28

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Suzel, buon di with Lina Pasini – Vitale 92595 XPh 4006

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Tutto tace with Lina Pasini – Vitale 92596 XPh 4007

Fonotipia, Milano 1910-10-14
Mefistofele (Boito): Dai campi, dai prati 92741 XPh4380
Mefistofele (Boito): Giunto sul passo estremo 92742 XPh4381

Eaglephone, Milano 1920?-1924

Adagio…Biagio (Mascheroni) 5649
Lacreme amate   5465

Artiphon, Milano 1920?-1924
Gioconda (Ponchielli): O grido di quest'anima with Ugo Marturano 8153  
Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella 8156
Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna e mobile 8157

Fonografia Nazionale, Milano 1920?-1924
O marenariello (Ottaviano-Gambardella) C4326

Torna a Surriento (E. De Curtis) C4325
Ll' onne 'e marechiare (Mario) C5506
Mare Straniero (Salemne) C4781
La donna è senza cuore 4302
Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle C4542
Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia C4541

Fonotecnica
Voce e’notte (De Curtis) A 2659
Maria, Mari (Di Capua) A 2658

Goodson
Napule canta  124
Marechiare 124

Il treno va
Scettico Blues

 

Lomelino Silva (Tenor) (S. Pedro, Funchal, Madeira / Portugal, Spain 1892 - Lisbon, Portugal 1967)

                                                       Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’

He should become originally an officer and entered in this intention into the Portuguese army. after discovering that he had voice he studied with Giovanni Lauro and Ercole Pizzi in Milan. In 1921 he debuted at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. In 1922 he sang at the Italian opera in Holland as Duke in ‘Rigoletto’’. In 1924 he appeared at the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon as Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’. He was called ‘’Portuguese Caruso’’. In 1926 he went in the USA and sang successfully at the opera theatre of Philadelphia as a partner of the famous baritone Titta Ruffo.

Chronology of some appearances

1921 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Rigoletto (Duca)

1922 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Boheme (Rodolfo)                           

1924 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Mefistofele (Faust)

1925 Bergamo Teatro Nuovo Rigoletto (Duca)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

HMV London, 26-4-26

Mãesinha (Alberto Sarti) B4667  7-62105

Guitarrada (Alberto Sarti) B4667 7-62106

As amendoeiras (Alberto Sarti) B4668 7-62107

Canto de Rouzinol (Alberto Sarti) B4668 7-62108

As cotovias (Alberto Sarti) B4669  7-62110

HMV London, 30-4-26

Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella B4675 7-62120 

Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna e mobile B4675 7-62121

HMV London, 18-5-26

Cancão perdida (de Lima) B4672 7-62115

Fado das romarias (Antonio Menano) B4672 7-62116

Fado de granja (Antonio Menano) B4673  7-62117

HMV London, 2-6-26

Arlesiana (Cilea): Lamento de Federico B4674 7-62119

Fado (Ruy Coelho) B4674 7-62122

Porque duvidas tu deste amor louco (Serrano)  B4673 7-62118  

HMV London, 3-6-26

Vindima (Alberto Sarti) B4669  7-62109

As pombas (Fernando Moutinho) B4670 7-62112

Papoulas (Alberto Sarti) B4671 7-62113

Para as raparigas de Coimbra(de Lima) B4670  7-62111

Carta da aldeia (Coutinho De Oliveira) B4671 B4671

Salvatore Pollicino (Tenor) (Porto Empedocle 1884 - Palermo 1961)

                                                           Lohengrin

                                                              Lohengrin

He studied at Palermo with Nino Santoro and made his debut in 1915 at the Teatro Biondo in Palermo as Alfredo in "La Traviata". In the same season he also sang the role of The Duke in "Rigoletto". Pollicino sang in Malta, at the Royal Theatre in Valletta in the 1920-1921 season making his debut as Turiddu in "Cavalleria Rusticana". During this season in Malta he also sang the tenor roles in ‘’Carmen’’, ‘’Lohengrin’’, ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’, ‘’La Traviata’’ and ‘’Tosca’’. In 1924 he performed in "Madama Butterfly" at the Teatro Nuovo di Castiglione (Ravenna)  In 1932 he performed in Milan, at the Teatro Carcano, "Cavalleria Rusticana" conducted by the author, Pietro Mascagni. The same year he sang the role of Folco in "Isabeau" in Sassari. In 1939 he inaugurated the RAI broadcastings in Palermo. He retired from the stage in 1942.

Chronology of some appearances

1916 Palermo Teatro Biondo Traviata (Alfredo)
1918 Palermo Teatro Biondo Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1920 Prato Teatro Metastasio Gioconda (Enzo)
1922 Savona Teatro Chiabrera Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1924 Lucca Teatro Del Giglio Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1926 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1928 Madrid Teatro De La Zarzuela Italiana in Algeri (Lindoro)
1930 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1932 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Boheme (Rodolfo)
1935 Palermo Teatro Biondo Rigoletto (Duca)
1937 Palermo Teatro Biondo Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1940 Palermo Teatro Massimo Giulietta e Romeo di R.Zandonai (Gregorio)
1942 Palermo Teatro Massimo Lodoletta

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Fonotipia, Milano 1924-09
Nerone (Boito): Ecco la Dea si china 74248 XXPh5448

Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-16

Loreley (Catalani): Infranto ogni altro vincolo with Olga Guerrieri 152585 Pho 5400

Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mare 152578 Pho 5401

Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-19

Andrea Chenier (Giordano): Si, fui soldato 152577 pho 5420

Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-20

Manon Lescaut (Puccini): Donna non vidi mai 152576 pho 5419

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): No pagliaccio non son  152582 Pho 5424

Fonotipia, Milano 1924-02-21

Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Di tu, se fedele 152580 pho 5428

Fonotipia, Milano 1925-10-02

Don Carlo (Verdi): Io l'ho perduta...Io la vidi 152709 pho 5683

Dejanice (Catalani): Mio bianco amor 152708 Pho 5682

Fonotipia, Milano 1927-05-11
Bohème (Leoncavallo): Testa adorata 168072 Pho5887
Werther (Massenet): Ah!  non mi ridestar 168095 Pho 5889

Ave Maria (Bach-Gounod) 168072 Pho5890

Fonotipia, Milano
Lampadina blu (Abbati)  83428

Nicola Zerola (Tenor) (Naples 1876 – New York 1936)

                                                              Radames 

His debut was in Trieste, 1898, and he was heard in various European theaters. In 1907 he first visited the U.S. and in 1908 appeared for a season with the Manhattan Opera. 1910-11 he was with the Philadelphia- Chicago Opera and 1911-12 with Hammerstein’s London Opera House. At the Metropolitan Opera he appeared during the season of 1920-21 in a Sunday night concert and as Canio, and, finally, a gala testimonial concert for Andreas Dippel. More than twenty celebrities in addition to Zerola were featured that evening, including Lydia Lipkowska, Riccardo Stracciari, Ellen Beach Yaw, Alice Nielsen, Margaret Matzenauer and Nellie and Sara Kouns. Zerola subsequently appeared with various smaller New York City companies. His voice was often compared to that of Tamagno in dramatic intensity. One of his last performances seems to have been at Carnegie Hall in a benefit evening in the late 1920s featuring the first act of the opera Vanna by Salvatore Virzi, a member of the Metropolitan Opera Chorus. Conductor Giuseppe Creatore refused to direct the second act, supposedly as a result of insufficient rehearsals.

Chronology of some appearances

1900 Trapani Teatro Garibaldi Boheme (Rodolfo)
1901 Forlм Teatro Comunale Boheme (Rodolfo)
1902 La Valletta/Malta Teatro Reale Boheme (Rodolfo)
1902 La Valletta/Malta Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)
1904 Empoli Arena Borsellini Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1905 Liegi Opera Ernani (Ernani)
1905 Barcellona Teatro Novedades Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1905 Amsterdam Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1905 Amsterdam Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Ernani (Ernani)
1906 Cremona Politeama Verdi Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1908 Havana Teatro Tacon Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1911 Chicago Civic Opera House Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1912 Budapest  Volgsopera Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1919 Salerno Teatro Verdi Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
 

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Gramophone, Milano 1909-04-29
Trovatore (Verdi): Perigliarti ancor languente with Carolina Pietracewska 54410 13159b

Victor, Camden NJ 1909-11-01
Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema 74217 C8302 

Trovatore (Verdi): Di quella pira 87045 B8304

Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Di tu se fedele 87036 B8337

Ballo in maschera (Verdi): La rivedrà nell'estasi 87037 B8338

Victor, Camden NJ 1909-11-19
Otello (Verdi): Ora e per sempre addio 64168 B8390

Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Un di all'azzurro 88243 C8391

Victor, Camden NJ 1909-12-17

Trovatore (Verdi): Deserto sulla terra 64172 B8389

Aida: La fatal pietra...Morir, si pura e bella  74225 C8493

Victor, Camden NJ 1910-03-03

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba 64169 B8682

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens): Figli miei v'arrestate  64173 B8492

Victor, Camden NJ 1911-03-10
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Un tal gioco 64206 B10038
L'alba nascente (Parelli) 64207 B10037
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): No, Pagliaccio non son 74247 C10039

Josef Mann (Tenor) (Lviv, Ukraine 1883 – Berlin 1921)

                                                                   Canio

                                                               Don Jose

He made his debut in 1909 in Stanislaw Moniuszko’s opera ‘’Jontek’’ at Lviv. In 1910 he appeared at the same opera house in Verdi’s ‘’Aida’’. His partner was Irene Heller. At the beginning of the 1910-1911 season he became a  member of the Lviv opera for two years. He deepened his music study with Guagni in Milan. From 1912 to 1915 he was engaged at the Vienna Volksoper. In the 1915-16 season he sang at the Royal Court Theatre in Wiesbaden; there he appeared in the premiere of Julius Bittners  opera  ‘’Das Höllisch Gold’’. From  1916 to 1919 he worked at the Land Theatre at Darmstadt. Guest performances led him to Prague, Bucharest, Dresden, Stuttgart, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin, Munich, Basel and Vienna. In 1918 he signed contract with Vienna Staatsoper. Here, in 1919, he sang the title role in the Berlin première of Hans Pfitzner’s  opera ‘’Palestrina’’. He  died onstage at the Berlin State Opera during a performance of ‘’Aida’’ preventing him from fulfilling his Met contract l921. He was actually scheduled to take over many roles for the ailing Enrico Caruso.

1909 Lviv Opera House Jontek (Jontek)
1910 Lviv Opera House Aida (Radames)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Pathe, Wien 1910?

Tannhauser (Wagner): Dir tone lob! 51374

Aida (Verdi): La fatal pietra...Morir si pura e bella 51382

Pathe, Wien 1911?

Juive (Halevy): Rachel quand du Signeur 51377

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): O Colombina 51382

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba 51753

Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella 51759

Ave Maria (Luigi Cherubini) 51980

Carmen (Bizet): Il fior 52834

Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna e mobile 52884

Tosca (Puccini): Recondita armona 52885

Odeon, Berlin 1919-06?

Konigin Von Saba (Goldmark): Am Fusse des Libanon RXX80730 xxB6398

Konigin Von Saba (Goldmark): Aus klaren Fluren RXX80731 xxB6398

Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): Das Schiff? Siehst du's noch nicht? LXX 80913 81915

Otello (Verdi): Du? Verrater! Weiche! 80740 xxB6402

Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida Rxx80700 xxB6403

Carmen (Bizet): Il fior Rxx 80701 XXB6405

Juive (Halévy): Allmächt'ger, blicke gnädig (w. chorus) 80729 xxB6404
Juive (Halévy): Recha, als Gott dich einst 80728 xxB6406

Odeon, Berlin 1921

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba Lxx80929 xxB6627
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Nein, bin Bajazzo nicht bloß 80709 xxB6628

Ballo in Maschera (Verdi): Di tu se fedele RXX80735 xxB6629

Trovatore (Verdi): Ah! si, ben mio 80717 xxB6687

Mona Lisa (von Schillings): Duo Part 1 with Barbara Kemp Rxx80738 xxB6693

Mona Lisa (von Schillings): Duo Part 2 with Barbara Kemp Rxx80739 xxB6694

Aida (Verdi): Ich seh' dich wieder with Barbara Kemp 80704 xxB6691
Aida (Verdi): Zur Ferne entflieh'n with Barbara Kemp  80705 xxB6692

Odeon, Berlin 1921-04/05
Halka (Moniuszko): Szmia jodly (Arie des Jontek)  80724 xxB6647

Parsifal (Wagner): Amfortas! Die Wunde! 80742 xxB6648

 

Aristodemo Giorgini (Tenor) (Naples 1879 – Naples 1937)

Duke in ''Rigoletto''

He studied at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and with Massimo Perilli in Naples. He made his debut in 1903 (?) and already in 1904 he appeared at La Scala as Ernesto in ‘’Don Pasquale‘’. He had a significant career in the leading Italian theatres; in 1910 he sang with great success at La Scala as Elvino in ‘’La Sonnambula’’ as a partner of Rosina Storchio. Already in 1905 he appeared at Covent Garden as Duke in ‘’Rigoletto’’ and as Rodolfo in  ‘’La Bohème ‘’. In 1907 he guested at the Teatro Regio in Parma in Mascagni’s ‘’Amico Fritz’’ and sang as Rodolfo in the 1908-09 season at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. In 1907 he was at the Teatro Politeama in Buenos Aires, in 1910 he gusted at the opera of Monte Carlo where he sang as Elvino in Bellini’s ‘’La Sonnambula’’ and as Almaviva in ‘’Il barbiere di Siviglia’’. He appeared in all leading Italian opera houses, in Genoa, Naples, Florence and Trieste and sang at La Scala in 1913 in Verdi’s ‘‘Requiem’’. Successful guest performances followed at Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, at the Teatro Real in Madrid, at the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon, at the opera houses of Warsaw and Russia (for example at the Sergei Zimin’s opera). From 1912 to 14 he was engaged by the Chicago Opera where he sang as Don Ottavio in ‘’Don Giovanni’’ and  many other lyrical tenor parts of the Italian repertoire. In 1920 he sang at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan in ‘’Mefistofele’’ of  Boito, in 1923 concert tour through Belgium and Holland. In 1921 he was to be heard again as a guest at the Vienna  State Opera. He appeared till 1930 and then lived as a pedagogue in Naples.

Chronology of some appearances

1903 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Rodolfo)
1904 Milano Teatro alla Scala Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1904 Novara Teatro Faraggiana Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1905 Trieste Politeama Rossetti Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1906 San Pietroburgo Teatro Nuovo Conservatorio Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1906 San Pietroburgo Nuovo Conservatorio Linda di Chamonix (Visconte)
1906 Brescia Teatro Grande Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1907 Genova Politeama Genovese Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1907 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1907 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1907 Firenze Teatro Verdi Boheme (Rodolfo)
1908 La Corugna Teatro Rosalia Mefistofele (Faust)
1909 Palermo Teatro Massimo Boheme (Rodolfo)
1909 Livorno Politeama Boheme (Rodolfo)
1911 Montecarlo Grand Theatre Linda di Chamonix (Visconte)
1912 Bari Teatro Piccinni Favorita (Fernando)
1912 Padova Teatro Verdi Mefistofele (Faust)
1913 Philadelphia Teatro Metropolitan Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1913 Chicago Civic Opera House Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1913 Chicago Civic Opera House Boheme (Rodolfo)
1913 Chicago Civic Opera House Gioconda (Enzo)
1914 Baltimora Opera House Boheme (Rodolfo)
1915 Genova Politeama Genovese Favorita (Fernando)
1915 Verona Teatro Nuovoc Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1915 Pavia Teatro Fraschini Mefistofele (Faust)
1920 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Mefistofele (Faust)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

G&T, Milano 1904-12

Tosca (Puccini): Recondita armonia  52168 2355L

Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 52170 2356L
Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea): La dolcissima effige 52173 2359L 

Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea): L'anima ho stanca 52174 2360L
Adriana Lecouvreur (Cilea): No più nobile 52175 2361L 

Africana (Meyerbeer): O paradiso 052084 230m   

Fedora (Giordano): Mia madre 052083 229m
Fedora (Giordano): Amor ti vieta 52178 2364L

G&T, Milano 1905-08?
Luisa Miller (Verdi): Quando le sere al placido 2-52422 6984b
Stornelli marini (Mascagni) 52195 7009½b

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Sogno soave e casto 2-52421 6987b

Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi, l'anel ti dono 52194 7008½b

Favorita (Donizetti): Spirito gentil 052106 529c

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Cercherò lontana terra  52197 7018b

Puritani (Bellini): A te o cara 2-52423 7031b

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Sogno soave e casto 2-52421 6987b

G&T, Milano 1905-10?
Favorita (Donizetti): Spirito gentil 052106 529c

G&T, Milano 1906-10

Favorita (Donizetti): Una vergine un angelo di dio 2-52565 9075b

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Com'è gentil 052149 801c

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Se il mio nome 2-52566 9076½b

G&T, Milano 1906-10/11

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Quant'è bella 2-52564 4735h

Sonnambula (Bellini): Son geloso with Maria Galvany 054122 904c

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Tornami a dir with Maria Galvany 054111 549i

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Chiedi all'aura with Maria Galvany 054110 551i

G&T, Milano 1907-10?

Favorita (Donizetti): Pietoso al par d'un nome with Bianca Lavin de Casas 054196 1284c

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima 052208 1287c

Gramophone, Milano 1908-05

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Della mia vita 2-52664 11193b

Puritani (Bellini): A una fonte 2-52691 11218b

Traviata (Verdi): Dei miei bollenti spiriti 052240 1490c
Bohème (Puccini): Che gelida manina 052232 1482½c

Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora 052228 1483c 
Werther (Massenet): Un altro ella sposò... Ma come dopo 052244 1459c 

Gramophone, Milano 1909-04-29
Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Del tempio al limitar with Federici 054289 1817½c

Gramophone, Milano 1909-05-11

Sonnambula (Bellini): D'un pensiero with Giuseppina  Huguet 054250 1845c

Victor 1909-05-14
Manon (Massenet): O dolor with Santoro, Nicolicchia & chorus  87083

Edison 4-min cylinders, USA? 1910?

Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil 30030

Manon (Massenet): Ah!  fuyez douce image 30031

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udire ancora 30032 BA 28199

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima 30037

Martha (Flotow): M'appari 30040 BA 28132 

Boheme (Puccini): O Mimi tu piu non torni with Oreste Benedetti 35017

Pathe, Milano 1912?

La Paloma (Yradier) 84419
Voce e notte (de Curtis) 84437

Mefistofele (Boito): Dai campi, dai prati 86241

Mefistofele (Boito): Giunto sul passo estremo 86242

Boheme (Puccini): In poverta mia lieta 86259

Fanciulla del West (Puccini):  Ch'ella mi creda 86260

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Com' e gentil 86262

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Deltempio al limitar with Romano Rasponi 86263
Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora 86257

Duca d'Alba (Donizetti): Angelo casto e bello86266

Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Duetto delle ciliege with Magliulo 86271
Luisa Miller (Verdi): Quando le sere 86258
Manon (Massenet): Ah, dispar, vision 86252
Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile 86256
Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella 86255
Favorita (Donizetti): Fia vero with Magliulo 86272
Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil 86265
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Sulla tomba with Baldassare-Tedeschi 86416
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima 86245
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Ridi, Pagliaccio 86414
Martha (Flotow): M'appari 86269

Pathe, Milano 1914?

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Fra poco a me 86415

HMV, Milano 1924-12-19

Bohème (Puccini): In povertà mia lieta...Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Ch'ella mi creda...Tosca (Puccini): O dolci mani S5004 2-0252037

HMV, Milano 1925-06-08

Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella R5199 7-252452

Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna e mobile R5199  7-252453

Tosca (Puccini): Recondita armonia R5181 7-252441

HMV, Milano 1925-06-09

Traviata (Verdi): Un di, felice with Margherita Salvi R5211 7-254170

Traviata (Verdi): Parigi, o cara with Margherita Salvi R5211 7-254171

HMV, Milano 1925-06-10

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udire ancora R5215 7-252457

Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle Gramophone R5181 7-252442

HMV, Milano 1925-06-13 (ac)

Puritani (Bellini): A te, o cara R5205 7-252455

Traviata (Verdi): Libiamo, libiamo with Lucia Fella R5197 7-254167

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Quanto e bella R5217  7-252459

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Della mia vita R5215 7-252458

HMV, Milano 1926-10-05

Trovatore (Verdi): Ai nostri monti with Albertina Dal Monte 54437-254200

HMV, Milano 1928-10-10
Tu parte (de Curtis) R10053 (252255)

HMV, Milano 1928
Complete Boheme (Puccini) with Ernesto Badini,  Rosina Torri,Thea Vitulli, Luigi Manfrini and Aristide Baracchi