Amerigo Gentilini (Tenor) (Pisa 1910 – Pisa 1988)

He sang first in a school choir and joined in 1927 to the cathedral choir of Pisa. Then he learned the occupation of a typographer. His voice was trained by the pedagogues Barsanti and Amatucci in Pisa where he also debuted in 1939 as Pinkerton in ‘’Мadamа Butterfly’’. In 1940 he appeared at the Teatro Verdi, Pisa as Arturo in ''Puritani''. In 1941 he guested at the Teatro Comunale in Larderello as Ernesto in Donizetti's ''Don Pasquale''. The next year, he performed at the Teatro Metastasio of Prato. Here he sang the role of Duke in ''Rigoletto''. In 1948 Gentilini guested at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, where he appeared with great success in ''Barbiere di Siviglia''. After the death of his wife he retired from the stage (1953). He went to Pisa, where he sang with the cathedral choir.

Chronology of some appearances

1939 Pisa Teatro Umberto Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1940 Roma Eiar Puritani (Arturo)

1945 Firenze Teatro Verdi Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

1947 Milan La Scala Die Rosenkavalier

1948 Barcelona Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1952 Turin Teatro Nuovo Guglielmo Tell (Arnoldo)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Columbia, Milano

Puritani (Bellini): A te, o cara  DQ2985 CB9300

Tosca (Puccini): Recondita armonia  DQ2967 CB9298

Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Addio fiorito asil  DQ 2967 CB9297

Nino Ederle (Tenor) (Verona 1892 - Milano 1951)

Probably he began his stage career in 1919. During the 1920s he sang in the leading Italian opera houses. In 1925 he appeared at the Teatro San Carlo, Napoli as Elvino in ‘’La Sonnambula’’. In 1926 Ederle made guest appearance in Rio de Janeiro. Here he sang in ‘’Don Carlo’’, ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’, ‘’Il Matrimonio Segreto’’, ‘’Rigoletto’’ and ‘’Un caso singolar’’. In 1927 he again performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, but this time in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’. Two years later he made his debut at the Teatro La Scala, Milan appearing in Verdi’s ‘’Rigoletto’’. Ederle continues to perform on the opera stages until 1942, then he worked in Verona as a pedagogue; the known soprano Rosanna Carteri was his pupil.

Chronology of some appearances

1919 Revere Teatro Sociale Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

1920 Asti Politeama Nazionale Crispino e la Comare (Contino)

1921 Verona Teatro Nuovo Favorita (Fernando)

1922 Genova Politeama Genovese Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1923 Livorno Teatro Avvalorati Traviata (Alfredo)

1924 Malta Teatro Reale Elisir d'amore (Nemorino)

1925 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Sonnambula (Elvino)

1926 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Don Carlo (Carlo)

1927 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1929 Milan Teatro La Scala Rigoletto (Duke)

1930 Augsburg Stadt Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

 

Columbia

Mignon (Thomas): Ah! non credevi tu D6112  WB2678

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Com'e gentil CED6111  WB2679

Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Sogno soave e casto D6111 WB2684

Rigoletto (Verdi): Parmi veder le lagrime D6115 WB2687

Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi   D6121 WB2688

Manon (Massenet): Ah dispar vision D 6121 WB2689

Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi l'anel ti dono D6115 WB2690

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Adina credimi CEDQ246 WB2692

Brunswick

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora   M 35044        

Parlophon, 1928-05-11

Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi  P56001  E10781

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Ecco ridente  P56004 E11276                 

Mefistofele (Boito): Dai campi, dai prati 56002-1         

Favorita (Donizetti): Una vergine, un angel di Dio P 56003-I          

Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Se il mio nome  P56004

Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima  P56002

Parlophon, 1928-05-14

Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil  P56003 E11276

     

Fonotipia

Italiana in Algeri (Rossini): Per lui che adoro with Conchita Supervia, Carlo Scattola and Vincenzo Bettoni   120200 6666

Giovanni Milani (Baritone)

Probably he made his debut in 1900 and had a short career.

Chronology of some appearances

1901 Pordenone Teatro Licinio Crmen (Escamillo)

1902 Modena Teatro Municipale Aida (Amonasro)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Zonophone, Milano 1902

Rigoletto (Verdi): Pari siamo 1313
Favorita (Donizetti) Vien Leonora 1327
Rigoletto (Verdi) Sì vendetta 1292
Aida (Verdi) Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate 1293
Ernani (Verdi) Da quel dì 1289
Rigoletto (Verdi): Cortigiani vil razza dannata 1314
Due Foscari (Verdi): Questa dunque è l'inniqua mercede X-417
Rigoletto (Verdi): Deh non parlar al misero 1411
Forza del destino (Verdi) Son Pereda 1415
Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Eri tu X-425
Puritani (Bellini): Suoni la tromba with Ettore Brancaleoni X-412

Zonophone, Milano 1902-09?
Faust (Gounod) Aria 10803
Africaine (Meyerbeer) Averla tanto amata 10793

Pathe-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903?
Trovatore (Verdi): Per me ora fatale

Eugenio Onegin (Tchaikovsky): Se dell'l men la dilce

Africana (Meyerbeer): Adamastor re dell'acque profonde

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Si puo?

Otello (Verdi): Si pel ciel with Oreste Mieli

Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Del tempio al limitar with Oreste Mieli

Zonophone, Milano 1903
Ernani (Verdi): O sommo Carlo X-92003

Zonophone, Milano 1905-08
Rigoletto (Verdi) Sì, vendetta with Tina Scognamiglio X-94006
Africaine (Meyerbeer) All'erta, marinar 92054
Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Prologo X-92057

Maria Gentile (Soprano) (Catania 1902 – Catania 1993)

Probably she made her debut in 1923. In 1925 she appeared at the Teatro Verdi in Pisa as Gilda in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In 1929 she sang at the same opera house in ‘’Rigoletto’’, ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’ and  ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’. In 1925 she performed at the Italian Opera in Holland and afterwards in the big Italian provincial stages. In 1928 she made guest appearance at the Teatro Regio in Parma, in 1929 at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli. She was much admired in Latin America, where she appeared at the opera houses of Havana, Mexico City, Rio de Janeiro and at the Teatro Colón of Buenos Aires. During  the 1930s she guested in opera and concert in Germany and Sweden. She was married to conductor Rotondo; After her retirement she taught singing in Catania.

Chronology of some appearances

1924 Berna  Opera Rigoletto (Gilda)

1925 Torino Politeama Chiarella Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1925 Pisa  Teatro Verdi Rigoletto (Gilda)

1925 Milano Teatro Carcano Rigoletto (Gilda)

1925 'S-Gravenhage  Gebouw Voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen Rigoletto (Gilda)

1926 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1926 'S-Gravenhage  Gebouw Voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1926 Bergamo  Teatro Donizetti Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1926 Bologna  Teatro Duse Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1926 Parma  Politeama Reinach Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1926 Trieste  Politeama Rossetti Rigoletto (Gilda)

1926 Fiume  Teatro Verdi Rigoletto (Gilda)

1928 Cremona Teatro Ponchielli Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1928 Lisbon  Coliseo Recrejos Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1929 Montagnana  Arena del Littorio Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1929 Parma  Politeama Reinach Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1929 Pisa  Teatro Verdi Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1930 Merano Teatro Civico Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1930 La Spezia  Politeama Duca di Genova Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1930 Casalmaggiore  Teatro Sociale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1931 Marsiglia Teatro del Casinò Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1931 Biella Teatro Sociale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1937 Lugano Teatro Apollo Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Columbia, Milano 1927

Sonnambula (Bellini): Son geloso with Enzo de Muro Lomanto D12563 WB1636

Sonnambula (Bellini): Part2 with Enzo de Muro Lomanto D12563 WB1637

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Chi mi frena with Gino Vanelli, Dino Borgioli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Giuseppe Nessi, Ida Mannarini D 18016 WBX 104

Sonnambula (Bellini): D’un pensiero with Gina Pedroni, Ida Mannarini and Dino Borgioli M 7129 WBX 105

Traviata (Verdi): Brindisiwith Alessandro Granda, Giuseppe Nessi, Aristide Baracchi & chorus D18031 WBX132

Rigoletto (Verdi): E’ il sol dell’anima with Dino Borgioli D18055 BX99
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Alfin son tua L1971 BX136

Columbia, Milano 1928

Rigoletto (Verdi): Tutte le feste al tempio WB 1500

Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia dell'amore with Alessandro Granda, Carlo Galeffi and Ebbe Stignani L 2310

Rigoletto (Verdi): E il sol dell'anima with Alessandro Granda  18056 BX 304

Rosetta Ferlito (Soprano) (Catania 1904 - ?)

She studied in Catania with Gaetano Emanuel Calì and Matteo Adernò. She made her debut in 1928 at Teatro del Popolo of Milan in ''Barbiere di Siviglia''. After some years she began to sing operetta.

Chronology of some appearances

1928 Milano Teatro Sperimentale Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1930 Bologna Teatro Duse Rigoletto (Gilda)

1932 Milano Teatro Puccini Barbiere di Siviglia (Rosina)

1937 Guidazzolo Teatro Sociale Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Excelsius

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

Sonnambula (Bellini): Son geloso with M. Genninati M 7129 25M/1013

HMV, Milano  20-2-31

Sola (Simeoli-De Torres-Padilla) R 10589 100-1198

HMV, Milano  27-3-31

Mandulinata a Napule (MuroloTagliaferri) with Enzo Fusco and Gino Ruggiero R 10626 100-1276

HMV, Milano  17-3-32

Comme facette mammeta (Capaldo-Gambardella) R 10786 100-1714

HMV, Milano  18-3-32

Mandulinata ( Bovio - De Curtis) R 10923 100-1754

Tic-ti, tic-tà (Feola-Lama)   R 10877  100-1716

HMV, Milano  21-3-32

L'urdema tarantella (Nisa-Mignone) R 10786 100-1715

Amor di pastorello (Bovio - Nutile)  R 10923 100-1755

Silvano Isalberti (Tenor) (? 1875 - ? 1940)

                                                 with soprano Sara Scuderi

Probably he made his debut in 1899 and already in 1904 was engaged to sing at the Italian Opera in Holland, where he appeared with great success. Till 1908 he sang with this ensemble and performed in Dutch premières of ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’, ‘’Pagliacci’’ , ‘’Tosca’’, ‘’Fedora’’ (1906 together with Gemma Bellincioni) and ‘’Amico Fritz’’ (1907). In the 1907-08 season he undertook a big guest performance tour through Germany. After discussions with the manager of the Italian opera in Holland M. de Hondt, in the 1908-09 season he became a soloist of the Rembrandt's theater in Amsterdam. In 1909 he sang at La Scala the role of Jason in Cherubini’s ‘’Medea’’ as a partner of Ester Mazzoleni. In 1919 he sang again in Amsterdam, this time in Verdi’s ‘’Ballo in maschera’’. Now he appeared in Holland and Belgium with smaller opera troups. After his retirement he taught singing in Brussels.

Chronology of some appearances

1901 Ravenna  Teatro Mariani Boheme (Rodolfo)

1901 Trento Teatro Sociale Carmen (Don Jose)

1902 Pisa Teatro Verdi Carmen (Don Jose)

1903 Verona  Teatro Drammatico Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1903 Verona  Teatro Drammatico Carmen (Don Jose)

1903 Chieti  Teatro Marruccino Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1904 Casalmaggiore  Teatro Sociale Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1904 Novara  Teatro Coccia Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1905 Rotterdam  Groote Schouwburg Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)

1905 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)

1905 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Boheme (Rodolfo)

1905 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)

1905 'S-Gravenhage Gebouw Voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1906 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)

1906 Amsterdam  Paleis Voor Volksvlijt Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)

1908 Il Cairo Teatro Khediviale Boheme (Rodolfo)

1909 San Pietroburgo  Nuovo Conservatorio Boheme (Rodolfo)

1909 Amsterdam Rembrandttheatre Boheme (Rodolfo)

1911 Rotterdam Groote Schouwburg Boheme (Rodolfo)

1911 Amsterdam Rembrandttheatre Boheme (Rodolfo)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

G&T, Milano 1904-12

Carmen (Bizet): Alto la 52863 1887k
Stelle d'oro (Denza) 52161 2339L

Lyrophon, Amsterdam1908?

Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile J103

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba J119

Adolfo Pacini (Baritone) (Manopelle prov.Chieti 1885 - ?)

                                                               Escamilio

He studied at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome with Antonio Cotogni. In 1904 he made his debut at the Teatro Dal Verme, Milan in ‘’Ruy Blas’’. In 1905 he undertook a guest performance tour through Central America and then became in 1907 a member of the Lombardi opuses Company with which he traveled through the USA and through Canada. After his return to Italy, he sang in Bologna (among other things in 1909 at the Teatro Verdi in ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’ and ‘’Pagliacci’’), Pisa and Napoli, then in 1910 in South America. In 1910 he was engaged by Teatro La Scala; here he sang in ‘’Simon Boccanegra’’ and ‘’Sigfrido’’.  In 1912 he guested at the Teatro Liceo of Barcelona, where he appeared in ‘’Manon Lescaut’’, ‘’Sigfrido’’ and ‘’Romeo et Juliette’’. In 1920 he performed in Cairo, two years later in Istanbul. Since 1928 he started to appear on the opera stages as comprimario. He retired from the stage in 1941.

Chronology of some appearances

1904 Milan Teatro Dal Verme  Ruy Blas (Sallustio)

1906 GuatemalaTeatro Colon Don Pasquale (Malatesta)

1909 Bologna Teatro Verdi Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio)

1910 Milan Teatro La Scala  Simon Boccanegra (Paolo)

1912 Barcelona Teatro Liceo Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)

1914 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Boheme (Marcello)

1917 Roma Teatro Adriano Boheme (Marcello)

1919 Salerno Teatro Verdi Aida (Amonasro)

1921 Lecce Politeama Greco   Aida (Amonasro)

1923 Torino Teatro Regio Lucia di Lammermoor (Enrico)

1925 Messina  Teatro Mastroieni Tosca (Scarpia)

1927 Roma Teatro Adriano Il Piccolo Marat (Carpentiere)

1929 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Amico Fritz (Hanezâ)

1931 Roma Teatro dell'Opera I Compagnacci di P.Riccitelli (Zio)

1933 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Amico Fritz (Hanezâ)

1935 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Traviata (D'Obigny)

1937 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Dafni di G.Mul¨ (Menalca)

1939 Roma Teatro dell'Opera Fra' Gherardo di I.Pizzetti (Uomo)

1941 Messina  Atrio Palazzo Municipale Boheme (Benoit/Alcindoro)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Pathe, Milano 1912/1913

Wally (Catalani): Schiavo dei tuoi begli occhi 86340

Lohengrin (Wagner): Vendetta avro with Elvira Magliulo 86346

Gramophone, Milano 1919-12-05

Pescatori di perle (Bizet):  Deltempio al limitar with Beniamino Gigli DB 269 2-054109

Gramophone, Milano 1919

Complete Tosca (Puccini) with Attilio Salvaneschi, Valentina Bartolomasi and Ubaldo Ceccarelli

Gramophone, Milano 1920
Complete Andrea Chénier (Giordano): with Bartolomasi, Lupato, Venturini, Garrone, Festa & chorus 

Gramophone, Milano 1920

Complete Faust (Gounod) with Giuliano Romagnoli, Gemma Bosini and Fernando Autori 

Desiré Pauwels (Tenor) (Ghent 1861 – Amsterdam 1942)

                                                                  Turiddu

                                                                 Manrico

He studied at the Royal Conservatory of Ghent with E. De Vos and Ch. Mirij. He became a member of the Dutch Opera Company and made his debut in Verdi's ‘’Trovatore’’ (1887, Amsterdam). Here he had big success and performed among other things in the Dutch premières of  ‘’Lohengrin’’, ‘’Tannhäuser’’, ‘’Rienzi’’, ‘’Der Evangelimann’’ of W. Kienzl and ‘’Pagliacci’’ of  Leoncavallo. When the Dutch Opera Company was closed in 1903, he sang  in the 1904-05 season at the Théâtre de la Haye in Hague. Guest appearances followed in Berlin,  Budapest, Geneva, Antwerp and Brussels. However, Pauwels soon picked up his stage career. Then he became director of the Rembrandt's-theater in Amsterdam, which passed, nevertheless, only short time. In this theatre he also appeared in different operas. Then he started to work in Amsterdam as a pedagogue and discovered among other things the voice of  Louis Morrison. His wife, Sophie van Biene was a respectable Dutch actress, his son Francois Pauwels became a known lawyer and author.

Chronology of some appearances

1887 Amsterdam Opera House
1904-05 Hague Théâtre de la Haye  

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Berliner, Amsterdam 1901-09

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Klaaglied 92070  928B

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Arioso  92064  929B

Vasili Damaev (Tenor) (village Otradnaya, Krasnodar 1878 – Moscow 1932)

 

                                                               Canio

                                                                  Canio

Born in 1878, he sang in a church choir as a boy. From 1903 to 1905 he studied at the Moscow school for music and drama. In 1906 he joined the Zimin Opera, where he prepared his roles with P. Olenin and Emil Cooper. He made his debut as the False Dmitry in Boris Godunov, and he remained with the company until 1920, with a repertory of more than 50 roles. On the invitation of Serge Diaghilev, he sang the False Dmitry, Andrej Khovansky (Khovanshchina), and Mikhail Tucha (Ivan the Terrible) in the 1909, 1911 and 1913 seasons of Russian music in Paris and London. After singing with several Moscow opera companies, including the Bolshoi opera, (in December, 1919, at the Zimin Opera, he sang the False Dmitry in casts headed by Fedor Chaliapin), he became the director of the Aquarium Theatre. He died in 1932. He was called the Russian Tamagno, because of the power of his voice.

Cronology of some appearances

1906-1920 Moscow S. Zimin's Opera House
1909, 1911 and 1913 London

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Gramophone, Moskva 1910-01-24

May night (Rimsky-Korsakov): Sleep, My Beauty 022142 1920c

Gramophone, Moskva 1910-01-25

May night (Rimsky-Korsakov): Is she asleep? with V. Petrova-Zvantseva   024038 1922½c

Gramophone, Moskva 1910-02-04

Dobrynya Nikitich (Grechaninov): Flowers were blooming 4-22087 37501

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): O you dark oak-grove 4-22088 37502

Gramophone, Moskva 1911-02-01

Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Preislied 022133 2177c

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): Ho, faithful friends 022194 2178c

Gramophone, Moskva 1911-02-06

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): What is our life 4-22248 15333b

Boheme (Puccini): Che gelida manina 022196 2181c

Gramophone, Moskva 1911-10-25

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba 022325 248af

Gramophone, Moskva 1911-10-26

Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky): I swear before God G 4-22284 16111

Gramophone, Moskva 1911-10-26

Oprichnik (Tchaikovsky): As before God 4-22284 16111b

Gramophone, Moskva 12-11-19

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov): As If I had a chest of gold 022298 247af

Gramophone, Moskva 12-11-20

Pique dame (Tchaikovsky): Forgive me 022300 249af

Gramophone, Moskva 12-11-21

Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky): Fountain Duet with S. Druzyakina024068 251af

Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 4-22476 4033ae

Gramophone, Moskva 1913-12-07

Fanciulla del West (Puccini): Ch'ella mi creda M 022348 2944c

Neron (Rubinstein): Invan, invan 022354 2948c

Gramophone, Moskva 1913-12-09

May night (Rimsky-Korsakov): Duet with E. Katulskaya 024092 2952c

Gramophone, Moskva 1913-12-15

The Maid of Pskov  (Rimsky-Korsakov): Raskukuy ty, kukushechka 4-22656 18652

Salvatore Papaccio (Tenor) (Borgo Loreto 1890 - ? 1977)

Papaccio appeared on the opera stages from 1912 to 1926 and always performed as comprimario. He was a famous interpreter of Neapolitan songs.

Chronology of some appearances

1912 Foggia Teatro Dauno Manon Lescaut (Edmondo)

1918 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo La Rondine (Prunier)

1921 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Francesca da Rimini (Malatestino)

1922 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boris Godunov (Sciuinski)

1926  Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boris Godunov (Sciuinski)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

Phonotype, Napoli
Napule e Maria (Lama)  2788

Scettico blues (Rulli)  4345

Silenzio Cantatore 3110

Brinneso  (Valente)  3158

Lettera d'amore (Lama)  3710

Marenaro traduto (d'Annibale)  3155
Mare 'e Pusilleco (Mario)  2786
Mandulinata 'a luna (Nardella) 3127

Gennarino Buonocore

Guappo songh’io

Addio mandulinata

Follie Di Gioventu

'O varcaiuolo

Tarantella a fronn 'e limone

'Ndifferenza

Georges Granal (Tenor)

He began his stage career in French provincial theaters. In 1910 he was engaged by the Grand Opéra of Paris, where he made his debut in ‘’Sigurd’’ of  E. Reyer. He had a long career in this opera house.

Chronology of some appearances

1912-1914 Paris Grand Opéra Huguenots, Aida, Samson et Dalila,  Rigoletto

1924-1925 Paris Grand Opéra La damnation de Faust, Lohengrin, Boris Godunov

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Gramophone, Paris1909-12-30

Huguenots (Meyerbeer): Ah, quel spectacle 032127  01288¹/2V

Guglielmo Tell (Rossini): Asile hereditaire 032128 01289v

Gramophone, Paris1910-03-05

Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida  032133  01345v

Gramophone, Paris1910-03-18

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens): Vois ma misere, helas 032139  01365v

Gramophone, Paris1910-03-23

Juive (Halevy): Dieu m’éclaire, 4-32018 15555u

Juive (Halevy): Va prononcer ma mort 032141 01371v

Gramophone, Paris1910-03-29

Juive (Halevy):  Air de la Pâque  032142 01382v

Gramophone, Paris1910-05-18

Sigurd (Reyer): Des présents de Gunther, duo 4° acte with Jane Lindsay 034061 01490v

Gramophone, Paris1910-05-20

Muette de Portici (Auber):  Duo, Amour sacré with Henri Sylvain 34237 15809u

Gramophone, Paris1910-05-24

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens): Arretez, o mes freres  4-32082 15817u

Gramophone, Paris1910-05-25

Sigurd (Reyer): Prince du Rhin, entrée de Sigurd 032146 01504v

Gramophone, Paris1910-06-14

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens): Israël, romps ta chaîne 4-32084  15864u

Samson et Dalila (Saint-Saens): Je viens célébrer ta victoire with Suzanne Brohly and Armand Narçon 034086 01548v

Gramophone, Paris1910-06-17

Aida (Verdi): J'entends sur moi le marbre qui retombe with Odette Carlyle 034069 01560v

Gramophone, Paris1910-07-25

Sigurd (Reyer): Un souvenir poignant 4-32092 15910u

Juive (Halevy):  Rachel, quand du Seigneur, 32169 01660v

Gramophone, Paris 1909/1910

Sigurd (Reyer): J’avais lu dans ton coeur with  Suzanne Brohly W 463 33229

Columbia

Caid (Thomas): L’amour ce dieu profane with  Armand Narcon RF 13 C. 
Chalet (Adam): Dans le service de l’Autriche with  Armand Narcon RF 13 C.