Description

ISIDORO FAGOAGA (VERA, NAVARRA, SPAIN, 1895 – SAN SEBASTIAN, SPAIN, 1976)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing with the pedagogue Luis Iribarne before continuing his education in Italy. There, he studied at the Conservatory of Parma under M. Silva. He made his debut in 1920 at the Teatro Grande in Madrid as Samson in Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila. His first appearance in Italy was likely at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, where he performed the role of Siegmund in Wagner’s Die Walküre. He quickly rose to prominence as Italy’s leading Wagnerian tenor and was regarded as the successor to the great Italian tenor Giuseppe Borgatti. After the Second World War, he emigrated to Buenos Aires, where he was active as a music writer and served as a correspondent for the Argentine newspaper La Prensa.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1921 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Norma (Pollione)

1929 Firenze Teatro Comunale Norma (Pollione)

1929 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Norma (Pollione)

1932 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Tristano e Isotta (Tristano)

1933 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Tannhauser (Tannhauser)

 

TRACKLIST

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-03-28

Walkure (Wagner): Canto di primavera D12311 WB2490

Walkure (Wagner): Un brando il padre promise GQX10269 WBX504

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-03-30

Andrea Chenier (Giordano): Si fui soldato D12311 WB2498

Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema GQX10270 WBX506

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-04-03

Parsifal (Wagner): Amfortas! GQX10270 WBX512

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-04-05

Tannhauser (Wagner): Racconto, act 3 GQX10269 WBX513

 

Columbia, Milano 1929-04-10

Gotterdammerung (Wagner): Racconto di Siegfried, pt 1, with Giuseppe Nessi and Aristide Baracchi GQX10268 WBX520

Gotterdammerung (Wagner): Racconto di Siegfried, pt 2 with Giuseppe Nessi and Aristide Baracchi GQX10268 WBX521