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AMERICAN TENOR CHARLES HACKETT

AMERICAN TENOR CHARLES HACKETT (1889-1942) 4 CDR

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CHARLES HACKETT (WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 4 NOVEMBER, 1889 – NEW YORK, 1 JANUARY, 1942)         He studied first at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Arthur J. Hubbard and later with Vincenzo Lombardi in Florence. He made his stage debut in Genoa as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon in 1914. He sang in…

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CHARLES HACKETT (WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, 4 NOVEMBER, 1889 – NEW YORK, 1 JANUARY, 1942)

 

 

 

 

He studied first at the New England Conservatory in Boston with Arthur J. Hubbard and later with Vincenzo Lombardi in Florence. He made his stage debut in Genoa as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon in 1914. He sang in Italy and South America before making his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on January 31, 1919, as Almaviva. He appeared there for three seasons, performing roles such as Lindoro, Roméo, Il Duca di Mantova, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Pinkerton, Wilhelm Meister, Cavaradossi, Don Ottavio, Vincent, and Des Grieux. He also sang at the Lyric Opera of Chicago from 1923 until 1934. He returned to the Metropolitan on February 3, 1934, as Roméo and performed there for another five years. Hackett made a number of recordings for Edison and Columbia, including duets with Maria Barrientos and Rosa Ponselle, showcasing a fine technique and a certain elegance.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1914 Pavia  Teatro Fraschini Mefistofele (Faust)

1916 Barcellona  Teatro Liceo Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1916 Madrid  Teatro de La Zarzuela Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1916 Reggio Emilia  Teatro Municipale Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1916 Piacenza  Politeama Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1916 Roma  Teatro Costanzi Mefistofele (Faust)

1916 Genova  Politeama Genovese Mignon (Guglielmo)

1917 Buenos Ayres  Teatro Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1917 Montevideo  Teatro Solis Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1917 San Paolo  Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1917 Roma  Teatro Costanzi Rigoletto (Duca)

1918 Torino  Politeama Chiarella Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1918 Roma  Teatro Costanzi Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1918 Roma  Teatro Costanzi Boheme (Rodolfo)

1918 Buenos Ayres  Teatro Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1919 Rio de Janeiro  Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1919 San Paolo  Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1919 Philadelphia  Teatro Metropolitan Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1921 Chicago  Ravinia Park Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1921 San Francisco  Auditorium Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1921 Seattle  Teatro Metropolitan Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1922 Milano  Teatro La Scala Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1924 Chicago  Civic Opera House Boheme (Rodolfo)

1925 Chicago  Civic Opera House Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1925 Parigi  Teatro de La Gaitè  Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1925 Los Angeles  Philarmonic Auditorium Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1929 Chicago  Civic Opera House Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

1937 Chicago  Civic Opera House Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

  1. A dream (Bartlett) 79287, 33017-D Columbia, New York 1920-06-17
  2. A Song of Thanksgiving (Allitsen) 28021 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-01-29
  3. Africaine (Meyerbeer) O Paradiso 49623 68054-D Columbia, New York 1919-04-15
  4. Aida (Verdi) O terra addio (w. Ponselle) 49734, 71000-D Columbia, New York 1920-01-14
  5. All alone (Berlin) 33051-D 140366 Columbia, New York 1925-02-27
  6. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Ecco ridente 49604, 68043-D Columbia, New York 1919-03-24
  7. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Se il mio nome4034-M 03544 Columbia, New York 1925-10-24
  8. Because (d’Hardelot) 79879, 33017-D, Columbia, New York 1921-06-09
  9. Believe me if all those endearing young charms (Moore) 4042-M W144865 Columbia, New York 1927-10-14
  10. Beloved, it is morn (Aylward) 9030-M W98336 Columbia, New York 1927-05-10
  11. Beloved, it is Morn (Aylward) 28012 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-01-02 or 04
  12. Boheme (Puccini) Ah, Mimi, tu piu (w. Stracciari) 49937 unpubl Columbia, New York 1921-06-03
  13. Boheme (Puccini) Che gelida manina 49645, 68045-D Columbia, New York 1919-07-01
  14. Bohemian Girl (Balfe) Then you’ll remember me 79891, 33045-D Columbia, New York 1921-06-16
  15. Bohemian Girl (Balfe) Then you’ll remember me 82018, 80070 Edison, New York 1912-09-13
  16. Bohemian Girl (Balfe) Then you’ll remember me BA 1801 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-09-09
  17. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Siciliana 4039-M 03541 Columbia, New York 1927-05-02
  18. Cid (Massenet) O souverain 9029-M W98265 Columbia, New York 1926-10-13
  19. Could I (Vorrei) (Tosti) 49936, 68069-D Columbia, New York 1921-02-25
  20. Dear old pal of mine (Rice) 79196 Columbia, New York 1920-06-15
  21. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Il mio tesoro 50234-D W98663 Columbia, New York 1929-05-21
  22. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Il mio tesoro 98047, 68044-D Columbia, New York 1922-10-20
  23. Drink to me only with thine eyes (Jonson) 79896, 33045-D Columbia, New York 1921-06-17
  24. Duna (McGill) 4040-M W144857 Columbia, New York 1927-10-13
  25. Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima (Eng) L138 WAX1687 Columbia, London 1926-06-24
  26. Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima 49895, 68045-D, Columbia, New York 1920-09-20
  27. Faust (Gounod) Salut, demeure (Eng) L1382 WAX1691 Columbia, London 1926-06-25
  28. Fedora (Giordano) Amor ti vieta4036-M W140921 Columbia, New York 1926-02-05
  29. For all eternity (Mascheroni) 50039, 50064 Edison, New York 1912-09-13
  30. Forza del destino (Verdi) Solenne in quest’ora (w. Stracciari) 49666, 9009-M, Columbia, New York 1919-09-30
  31. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 98040, 68054-D, Columbia, New York 1922-10-02
  32. Heaven at the end of the road (Osgood) 80562, 33033-D, Columbia, New York 1922-09-22
  33. I hear a thrush at eve (Cadman) 1744-D W146345 Columbia, New York 1928-05-25
  34. I hear a thrush at eve (Cadman) Columbia 33006-D 81430 Columbia, New York 1923-12-20
  35. I heard you singing (Coates) 4037-M W142859 Columbia, New York 1926-10-22
  36. I look into your garden (Wood) 1911-D W146337 Columbia, New York 1928-05-24
  37. I shall know (Manna-Zucca) 80673, 4006-M Columbia, New York 1922-11-14
  38. I’d build a world in the heart of a rose (Nicholls) 78929, 33016-D Columbia, New York 1920-01-15
  39. In a Persian Garden (Lehmann) Ah, moon of my delight 9030-M W98335 Columbia, New York 1927-05-12
  40. Juive (Halevy) Rachel, quand du Seigneur 9029-M W98264 Columbia, New York 1926-09-24
  41. Kashmiri song (Woodforde-Finden) 4037-M W142858 Columbia, New York 1926-10-22
  42. Lakme (Delibes) Dans la foret 4036-M W140922 Columbia, New York 1925-10-22
  43. Love sends a little gift of roses (Openshaw) 79518, 33015-D Columbia, New York 1921-01-31
  44. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Chi mi frena with Maria Barrientos, Noe, George Meader, Riccardo Stracciari and Jose Mardones 74000-D 49768 Columbia, New York 1920-03-18
  45. Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Verranno a te (w. Barrientos) 49766, 71002-D Columbia, New York 1920-03-11
  46. Manon (Massenet) Ah! fuyez, douce image 68002-D 98095 Columbia, New York 1923-09-27
  47. Manon (Massenet) Le reve 9034-M W98337 Columbia, New York 1927-10-07
  48. Marcheta (Schertzinger) 33050-D 140087 Columbia, New York 1924-10-06
  49. Maritana (Wallace) Let me like a soldier fall (w. Anthony, Hindermeyer & Hooley) BA 1724 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-09-11
  50. Martha (Flotow) Ah, so pure 79885, 33023-D Columbia, New York 1921-06-13
  51. Martha (Flotow) Lost, proscribed (w. Chalmers) BA 28155 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-06-06
  52. Martha (Flotow) M’appari 4043-M W144873 Columbia, New York 1927-10-17
  53. Mattinata (Tosti) BA 1636 Edison 4-min cylinders, New York 1912-09-06
  54. Mefistofele (Boito) Dai campi, dai prati 80604, 33014-D Columbia, New York 1922-10-11
  55. Memory lane (de Sylva) 33050-D 140107 Columbia, New York 1924-10-15
  56. Mignon (Thomas) Ah, non credevi tu 9032-M W98315 Columbia, New York 1927-03-28
  57. Mother (Rice) 79060, 33034-D Columbia, New York 1920-03-20
  58. Mother Machree (Ball) 80097, 33-34-D, Columbia, New York 1921-12-12
  59. Old pal (van Alstyne) 33051-D 140367 Columbia, New York 1925-02-27
  60. One little dream of love (Simpson) 33053-D 140346 Columbia, New York 1925-02-14
  61. Parted (Tosti) 98003, 68069-D Columbia, New York 1921-12-12
  62. Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell’amore with Maria Barrientos, Riccardo Stracciari and Jeanne Gordon 49782 Columbia, New York 1920-03-27
  63. Rigoletto (Verdi) E’ il sol dell’anima (w. Barrientos) 49616, 71002-D, Columbia, New York 1919-04-04
  64. Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna e mobile 4039-M W143725 Columbia, New York 1927-10-07
  65. Roberta (Kern) The touch of your hand CA011426 Victor 1937
  66. Romeo et Juliette (Gounod) Ah, leve-toi, soleil 98045, 68043-D Columbia, New York 1922-10-09
  67. Semele (Handel) Where’er you walk 50234-D W98684 Columbia, New York 1930-04-23
  68. Serenade (Schubert) 7367 AX370 Columbia, London 1924-03-14
  69. Song of songs (Moya) 79282, 33016-D Columbia, New York 1920-06-16
  70. Thank God for a garden (del Riego) 33006-D 81412 Columbia, New York 1923-12-12
  71. The snowy breasted pearl (Robinson) 68083-D 98038 Columbia, New York 1922-10-19
  72. The sunshine of your smile (Cooke) 4042-M W144858 Columbia, New York 1927-10-13
  73. The world is waiting for the sunrise (Seitz-Lockhart) 1911-D W146339 Columbia, New York 1928-05-24
  74. There’s sunlight in your eyes (Harling) 79704, 33015-D Columbia, New York 1921-01-31
  75. Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle 79099, 33014-D Columbia, New York 1920-04-02
  76. Traviata (Verdi) Un di, felice with Maria Barrientos 49622 Columbia, New York 1919-04-10
  77. Where are you tonight (Christy) 33053-D 140347 Columbia, New York 1925-02-16
  78. Who is Sylvia (Schubert) 7367R WAX1710 Columbia, London 1926-06-30

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