Description

UMBERTO URBANO (LIVORNO, ITALY, 16 OCTOBER, 1885 – ROME, ITALY, 16 JUNE, 1969)

He received his education in Milan and made his debut in Trieste in 1907. Little is known about the artist’s career, but in 1920, he appeared at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan as the Herald in Lohengrin. In 1923, he sang the role of Enrico in Lucia di Lammermoor and Telramund in Lohengrin at La Scala. In 1924, he performed as Rigoletto at the Grand Opéra in Paris and the Brno Theater. In 1926, he was a guest artist at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo.

In 1927, he guested at the Vienna Staatsoper and also appeared at Covent Garden in London, as well as on operatic stages in South America. During the 1930s, he performed frequently at the National Theater in Prague and the National Theater in Bratislava. In 1929, he made guest appearances at the Opera House of Frankfurt a.M. (as Renato in Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera and as Rigoletto) and at the Staatstheater in Wiesbaden. In 1930, he performed at the Stuttgart Opera House. He also gave concerts in Berlin (1926), Vienna (1926, 1930), and Wroclaw (1934).

TRACKLIST

1. ‘O sole mio (di Capua) 66938 279bi Polydor, Berlin 1927
2. ‘O sole mio (di Capua) 72951 661az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
3. Occhi di fata (Denza) B7653, B12081 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-23
4. Otello (Verdi) Credo in un Dio crudel P8537 2-21446 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-27
5. Otello (Verdi) Era la notte 72948 657az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
6. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si può, si può 73078 275bi Grammophon, Berlin 1927
7. Puritani (Bellini) Ah per sempre… Bel sogno beati EJ369, EJ369, Ck3013-2, Ck3014-4 HMV, Wien 1928-05-08
8. Roi de Lahore (Massenet) Le barbare tribù… O casto fior 72950 665az Polydor, Berlin 1925-01/02
9. Santa Lucia luntana (Mario) P8535, 2-21451 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-29
10. Sérénade espagnole (Ronald) B7662, B12081 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-29
11. Si vous l’aviez compris (Denza) 66775 1135bm Polydor, Berlin 1928-08/09
12. Tannhäuser (Wagner) O tu bell’astro 72973 2175as Grammophon, Berlin 1925-05/06
13. Tosca (Puccini) Se la giurata fede devo tradir 70707 3645ar Grammophon, Berlin 1925-05/06
14. Traviata (Verdi) Di Provenza il mar 72943 645az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
15. Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine (w. von Debitzka) 73018 931az Polydor, Berlin 1925/1926
16. Traviata (Verdi) Imponete (w. von Debitzka) 73018 932az Polydor, Berlin 1925/1926
17. Trovatore (Verdi) Il balen 66739 897bm Grammophon, Berlin 1928-03/04
18. Trovatore (Verdi) Il balen 72971 2174as Polydor, Berlin 1925-05/06
19. Trovatore (Verdi) Per me, ora fatale 70708 3648ar  Polydor, Berlin 1925-05/06
20. Tu non mi vuoi più bene (A Pini-Corsi) B7662 37536 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-29
21. Visione Veneziana (Brogi) 72952 670az Polydor, Berlin 1925-01/02
22. Zazà (Leoncavallo) Buona Zazà 70708 3647ar Polydor, Berlin 1925-05/06
23. Zazà (Leoncavallo) Zazà, piccolo zingara 72950 664az Polydor, Berlin 1925-01/02