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. Addio mia bella Napoli (Cottrau) Parlophon, Berlin 1929-01-01
2. Andrea Chénier (Giordano) Nemico della patria P8537 2-21445 Parlophon, Berlin 1929-05-27
3. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Alla vita che t’arride 72946 653az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
4. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Eri tu 72946 667az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
5. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Eri tu 73079 276bi Polydor, Berlin 1927
6. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Largo al factotum 66739 898bm Grammophon, Berlin 1928-03/04
7. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Largo al factotum 73078 282½bi Polydor, Berlin 1927
8. Canta pe’ me (de Curtis) ER255 (7-52403) HMV, Wien 1928-05-09
9. Caro mio ben (Giordani) BekaParlophon, Berlin 1929-01-01
10. Chatterton (Leoncavallo) Tu sola a me rimani 73004 917az Polydor, Berlin 1925/1926
11. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Su queste rose 72971 2179as Polydor, Berlin 1925-05/06
12. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Un puce gentille 73004 919az Polydor, Berlin 1925/1926
13. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Sei vendicata assai 72970 2171as Polydor, Berlin 1925-05/06
14. Dom Sébastien (Donizetti) O Lisbona ES625 Ck3015-2 HMV, Wien 1928-05-08
15. Don Carlo (Verdi) Per me giunto è il dì supremo 72948 666az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
16. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Deh vieni alla finestra 62671 1464bh Polydor, Berlin 1929 (Spring)
17. Don Giovanni (Mozart) Finch’han del vino 62671 1463½bh Grammophon, Berlin 1929 (Spring)
18. Ernani (Verdi) Vieni meco, sol di rose 66774, 280bi Polydor, Berlin 1927
19. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente 72943 658az Grammophon, Berlin 1925-01/02
20. Favorita (Donizetti) A tanto amor 72949 669az Polydor, Berlin 1925-01/02