Description

LUIGI LONGOBARDI (NAPLES, 1873 – ?)

 

 

 

He studied in Naples and likely made his debut in 1896 at the Teatro Bellini in Naples in T. Giribaldi’s Parisina.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1896 Napoli Teatro Bellini Parisina

1898 Malta Teatro Reale Trovatore (Manrico)

1899 Napoli Teatro Bellini Forza del Destino (Don Alvaro)

1900 Barcellona Teatro Novedades Aida (Radames)

1901 Pietroburgo Nuovo Conservatorio Aida (Radames)

1902 Faenza Teatro Comunale Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)

1903 Oporto Teatro Prince Real Otello (Otello)

1904 Faenza Teatro Comunale Aida (Radames)

1905 Madrid Teatro Reale Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1906 Cairo Teatro Kedivhiale Aida (Radames)

1909 Trani Teatro Comunale Poliuto (Poliuto)

1910 Trani Teatro Comunale Maria Delorme (Didier)

 

 

GIOVANNI BORRACELLI (ROCCASTRADA, 4 OCTOBER, 1892 – GROSSETO, 1991)

 

 

 

He made his debut around 1919 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. During the 1921–1922 season, he made guest appearances in Alessandria and Cairo, performing in Lucia di Lammermoor and Andrea Chénier. Further engagements followed in Buenos Aires (1926–1927) and Guadalajara (1928). In Italy, Borracelli appeared in Rome (Teatro Costanzi), Bologna (Teatro Duse), Livorno (Politeama), Palermo (Politeama Garibaldi), and Messina (Arena Peloro). He retired from the stage around 1937.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1919 Milano Teatro Carcano Pamperos di A. Ottolenghi

1920 Milano Teatro Verdi Rigoletto (Duca)

1921 Alessandria d’Egitto Teatro Alhambra Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1922 Cairo Kursaal Dalbagni Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1923 Milano Teatro Fossati Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1924 Lugo Teatro Rossini Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1925 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Forza del Destino (Alvaro)

1926 Trapani Teatro Garibaldi Gioconda (Enzo)

1927 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1928 Guadalajara Teatro Degollado Traviata (Alfredo)

1932 Catania Anfiteatro Ganci Rigoletto (Duca)

1934 Palermo Politeama Garibaldi Lucia di lammermoor (Edgardo)

1935 Palermo Teatro Biondo Norma (Pollione)

1937 Rovigo Teatro Sociale Forza del Destino (Alvaro)

 

 

GIUSEPPE BERGONZINI

 

 

 

He began his career as a comprimario, likely making his debut in 1902 at the Teatro Municipale in Reggio Emilia, where he sang the role of Gastone in Verdi’s La Traviata. In 1905, he made his official debut at the Teatro Sociale in Oderzo, performing as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1902 Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale Traviata (Gastone)

1905 Palermo Teatro Bellini Cabrera di T. Dupont (Joaquim)

1907 Modena Teatro Storchi Rigoletto (Duca)

1909 Vercelli Politeama Facchinetti Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1911 Sanremo Teatro del Casinò Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1913 Noto Teatro Garibaldi Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)

1914 Pisa Politeama Puritani (Arturo)

 

 

LUIGI CECCARELLI (1868 ? – ?)

 

 

 

He probably made his debut in 1890. Ceccarelli recorded only one wax cylinder.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1891 Roma Teatro Quirino Ernani (Ernani)

1892 Ravenna Teatro Mariani Linda di Chamonix (Visconte)

1894 Roma Teatro Manzoni Ernani (Ernani)

1895 Ravenna Teatro Filodrammatico Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1896 Perugia Teatro Morlacchi Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1897 Perugia Teatro Morlacchi Boheme (Rodolfo)

1898 Bari Teatro Piccinni Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)

1899 Senigallia Teatro Fenice Boheme (Rodolfo)

1900 Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale Gioconda (Enzo)

1901 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1902 Rosario di Santa Fe Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1903 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1904 Foligno Teatro Piermarini Gioconda (Enzo)

1905 Fano Teatro della Fortuna Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1906 Lisbon Coliseo Recrejos Il barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1907 La Corugna Teatro Rosalia La sonnambula (Elvino)

1908 Fermo Teatro Dell’Aquila Gioconda (Enzo)

1909 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Cavalleria rusticana (Turiddu)

1910 Orvieto Teatro Civico La sonnambula (Elvino)

1911 Viterbo Teatro Civico La sonnambula (Elvino)

1916 Firenze Teatro della Pergola Rigoletto (Duca)

 

 

ENRICO CONFORTI (NAPLES, 1876 – ?)

 

 

 

Enrico Conforti was an Italian tenor active in the early 20th century. He probably made his debut around 1909, when he appeared at the Teatro Bellini in Naples as the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto. The following year (1910) he was heard in several southern Italian theaters, including Santa Maria Capua Vetere, where he sang Fabio in P. Indaco’s Magda; Trani, as Loris in Fedora; and Corato, again as the Duke in Rigoletto. In the same year he returned to Naples, where at the Teatro Bellini he performed Don José in Carmen, and later appeared in Sansevero as Cavaradossi in Tosca.

In 1911 Conforti was active again in Sansevero, singing Alfredo in La Traviata and the Duke in Rigoletto, and in April he appeared at the Teatro Mercadante in Altamura as Loris in Fedora.

Although documentation of his later career is scarce, Enrico Conforti seems to have been a capable lyric tenor active mainly in the theaters of southern Italy during the 1910s.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Luigi Longobardi Africana (Meyerbeer) O paradiso 92223 XPh 3139 Fonotipia, Milano 1908-04-11

Luigi Longobardi Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Per salvarti da lor (w. Russ & Giuseppe Pacini) 69003 XXXPh20 Fonotipia, Milano 1904-10

Luigi Longobardi Otello (Verdi) Niun mi tema 92222 XPh 3158 Fonotipia, Milano 1908-04-17

Luigi Longobardi Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere with 39347 xPh 396 Fonotipia, Milano 1905-10-21

Luigi Longobardi Trovatore (Verdi) Non m’inganno, ella scende (w. Russ & Giuseppe Pacini) 69004 XXPh 16 Fonotipia, Milano 1904-10

Giovanni Borracelli Addio a Napoli (Cottrau) Gennett 40172-A

Giovanni Borracelli Canta pe’ me (De Curtis) Gennett 40171-B

Giovanni Borracelli Forza del destino (Verdi) O tu che in seno Gennett 40179-A

Giovanni Borracelli Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle Gennett 40179-B

Giovanni Borracelli Vedova Allegra (Lehar) Romanza di Rosillon Gennett 40172-B

Giuseppe Bergonzini Elisir d’amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima 110013 1910-01-01 Odeon Fonotipia 1908-01-01

Giuseppe Bergonzini Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar! 37781 xM 1285 1908-01-01 Odeon Fonotipia 1908-01-01

Giuseppe Bergonzini Favorita (Donizetti): E fia vero? (w. Brondi) 37776 xM 1286 1908-01-01 Odeon Fonotipia 1908-01-01

Luigi Ceccarelli Aida (Verdi): Morir, si pura e bella Wax Cylinder

Enrico Conforti Traviata (Verdi): Morir si giovane (w. Caprile) 054381 02335v Gramophone, Milano 1912-03-05