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AURELIO VIALE (ROMA, 1864 – ?)

 

 

 

He made his debut in 1890 at the Teatro Quirino in Roma as Valentin in ‘’Faust’’. He retired from the stage in 1926.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1894 Parma Politeama Reinach Il piccolo Haydn (Hannitz)

1894 Parma Politeama Reinach Ruy Blas (Sallustio) with Gino Martinez-Patti as Ruy Blas

1894 Parma Politeama Reinach Pagliacci (Sivio) with Gino Martinez-Patti as Canio

1896 Parma Teatro Regio Andrea Chenier (sanculotto Mathieu) with Enrico Giannini-Grifoni/Elvino Ventura as Andrea Chenier

1897 Parma Teatro Regio Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio) with Giovanni Dimitresco/Enrico Giannini-Grigoni/Franco Mannucci as Turiddu

1901 Verona Teatro Filarmonico Le maschere (Tartaglia)

1905 Parma Teatro Regio Germania (Crisogono)

1911 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Conchita (Tonio)

 

 

ANGELO SCANDIANI (VENEZIA, 1872 – MILAN, 1930)

 

 

 

At first, he worked as a civil service employee. Around 1900, he began his singing career on smaller Italian stages. In 1903, he appeared as Amfortas in a concert performance of Parsifal at La Scala (probably only the third act). On 30 November 1904, he sang at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Turin in the premiere of Franco Alfano’s Risurrezione.

During the first decade of the 20th century, Scandiani made guest appearances at Covent Garden in London, where between 1906 and 1908 he performed in Carmen, Faust, several Verdi operas, and appeared alongside Emmy Destinn in Madama Butterfly.

In 1911, he joined Nellie Melba’s opera troupe, which toured Australia. In 1916, he returned to La Scala, singing Lothario in Mignon with Ninon Vallin; that same year, he appeared at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires as Hans Sachs in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg.

He was also known as an interpreter of Mephistopheles in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust. From 1919 to 1930, he was active in the administrative staff of La Scala.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1903 Trieste Teatro Verdi Siberia (Gleby)

1903 Trieste Teatro Verdi Dannazione di Faust (Mefistofele)

1903 Novara Teatro Coccia Favorita (Alfonso)

1904 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet)

1904 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1905 Odessa Teatro Municipale Adriana Lecouvreur (Michonnet)

1905 Odessa Teatro Municipale Tannhauser (Wolfram)

1905 Firenze Teatro della Pergola Favorita (Alfonso)

1905 Mirandola Teatro Nuovo Gioconda (Barnaba)

1905 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Tosca (Scarpia)

1906 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1906 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1906 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Otello (Jago)

1907 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Dannazione di Faust (Mefistofele)

1907 Londra Covent Garden Boheme (Marcello)

1907 Londra Covent Garden Carmen (Escamilio)

1910 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Boheme (Marcello)

1910 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1910 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Dannazione di Faust (Mefistofele)

1910 Trieste Teatro Verdi Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)

1911 Sidney Her Majestic’s Boheme (Marcello)

1911 Sidney Her Majestic’s Lohengrin (Tetralmondo)

1911 Sidney Her Majestic’s Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1911 Melbourne His Majesty’s Otello (Jago)

1914 Novara Teatro Coccia Dannazione di Faust (Mefistofele)

1916 Milano Teatro alla Scala Mignon (Laerte)

 

 

MINO ZUFFO (GENOVA ? – ?)

 

 

 

He studied with Benedetto Lucignani and made his debut in 1908 in Locarno as Carlo in Ernani. Immediately after his debut, he appeared in Carmen (Escamillo) at the Teatro Garibaldi in Chioggia, where he was urgently called to save the production after two baritones had been protested. The First World War interrupted his career.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1908 Chioggia, Teatro Garibaldi: Carmen (Escamillo)
1909 Crema (Teatro Sociale), Rome (Teatro Quirino), Venezia (Teatro Rossini): Verdi & Italian repertoire
1910 Biella (Teatro Sociale), Casale Monferrato (Politeama), Parma (Teatro Regio): Jago, Amonasro, Cinna
1911 Torino, Teatro Regio: Loreley; Fabriano, Teatro Gentile: Lohengrin
1912 Cremona (Teatro Ponchielli), Genova (Teatro Carlo Felice), Vicenza (Teatro Verdi): Rance, Jago, major baritone roles
1913 Firenze (Politeama Fiorentino), Verona (Teatro Filarmonico), Roma (Teatro Costanzi), Catania (Teatro Bellini): Wotan, Scarpia, Rigoletto
1914 Bologna (Teatro del Corso), Reggio Emilia (Teatro Municipale), Genova (Politeama Genovese): Verdi & Wagner repertoire
1915 Genova (Politeama Genovese), Venezia (Teatro Rossini), Lisbona (Coliseo Recrejos): Escamillo, Scarpia, Amonasro
1916 Lisbona, Coliseo Recrejos: Extensive repertoire including Rance, Tonio, Scarpia
1919 Casale Monferrato, Teatro Sociale: Scarpia

 

 

ROBERTO VIGLIONE (RIO DE JANEIRO, 1889 – MADRID, 1921)

 

 

 

His real name was Roberto Fernandes Carrapatoso. He studied the violin at the Conservatory of Rio de Janeiro, becoming an excellent performer. He later went to Milan, where he completed his vocal studies at the Milan Conservatory. He made a successful operatic debut in Verdi’s Il trovatore in Alessandria on April 9, 1910. He died of pneumonia in Madrid on February 2, 1921. He made only one recording, for Columbia.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1910 Alessandria Teatro Verdi Trovatore (Conte)

1911 Catanzaro Teatro Comunale Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)

1914 Città del Messico Teatro Hidalgo Aida (Amonasro)

1915 Guantamano Teatro Apollo Pagliacci (Tonio)

1916 New York Bronx Opera House Pagliacci (Tonio)

1917 Tampa Centro Asturiano Trovatore (Conte)

1918 Città del Messico Teatro Virginia Fabregas Fedora (De Siriex)

1919 San Juan de Puerto Rico Teatro Municipal Carmen (Escamillo)

1920 Havana Teatro Nacional Manon (Lescaut)

1921 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Otello (Jago)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Aurelio Viale Ballo in maschera (Verdi): Eri tu 52496 860a Berliner, Milano 1900-07

Angelo Scandiani Damnation de Faust (Berlioz): Su queste rose 7523, BA 22444 Edison 4-min cylinders, Milano 1910?

Angelo Scandiani Tannhauser (Wagner): O tu bell’astro 7546, BA 22467 Edison 4-min cylinders, Milano 1910?

Mino Zuffo Poliuto (Donizetti): Di tua beltade 49 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908

Mino Zuffo Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Sestetto (w. Tetrazzini, Braglia & Galli) 298 Phonodisc Mondial, Milano 1908

Roberto Viglione Aida (Verdi): Rivedrai le foreste (w. Coromines) D9204 10860 Columbia, Milano 1909?

Corrado Tavanti Zazà (Leoncavallo): Zazà piccola zingara 3001 Fonotecnica