Description

YIANNIS ANGELOPOULOS (EXARCHEIA, ATHENS, GREECE, 21 JANUARY, 1881 – PIRAEUS, GREECE, 5 DECEMBER, 1943)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing at the New Odeon Conservatory in Athens starting in 1903. He made his debut in 1906 on the Greek island of Syros as Ourrias in Gounod’s Mireille. Known for possessing one of the greatest voices heard on Greek lyric stages, he was highly popular.

In 1913, he performed with great success in Rigoletto and Ernani in Bucharest. Between 1920 and 1923, he sang in various Italian cities including Pisa, Brescia, Treviso, Palermo, Florence, and Rome. Until 1920, he was a member of the “Greek Melodrama” company in Greece.

His potential for a major international career was curtailed when he chose to return to Greece. This decision was influenced by the unstable political climate in Italy and his objections to Mussolini’s attacks on the island of Corfu.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1906 Greek island of Syros Mireille

1913 Bucharest Rigoletto and Ernani

1920-1923 Italy

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Ballo in Maschera (Verdi) Eri tu
2. Ernani (Verdi) Da quel dì with Mireille Flery
3. Faust (Gounod) Le veau d`or
4. Favorite (Donizetti) Viens, Leonore
5. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si può
6. Rigoletto (Verdi) Bella figlia dell`amore with Antonis Delendas, Vako Anglou and Clio Karantinou
7. Rigoletto (Verdi) Cortigiani, vil razza dannata
8. Rigoletto (Verdi) Figlia… Mio padre! with Aliki Vitsou
9. Rigoletto (Verdi) Lassù in cielo
10. Rigoletto (Verdi) Pari siamo!
11. Rigoletto (Verdi) Piangi, fanciulla
12. Rigoletto (Verdi) Povero Rigoletto!
13. Rigoletto (Verdi) Sì, vendetta with Mireille Flery
14. Traviata (Verdi) Di Provenza il mar
15. Confession (Samara)
16. Dying heart (Hatziapostolou)
17. Night complaint (Hadziapostolou)
18. O prodomenos (Hadziapostolou) with Michalis Tomakos
19. The watered-down wine (Hadziapostolou)
20. Your black eyes (Hadziapostolou) with Michalis Tomakos