Description

ALBERTO DE BASSINI (FLORENCE, 1847 – MILAN ?)

 

 

 

  

He was the son of the famous Italian baritone Achille De Bassini (1819–1881), who appeared in the premiere of Verdi’s Luisa Miller in 1849 and in La forza del destino in St. Petersburg in 1862. His mother was the renowned soprano Rita Gabussi (1816–1891). He was trained by his father and made his debut in 1870 at the Teatro La Fenice in Venice as Belisario in Donizetti’s Belisario, performing alongside his father.

In 1881, he sang at the Teatro Paganini in Genoa, and later at the Teatro Malibran in Venice as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia. In 1883, he appeared at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. In 1890, he made his second debut, this time as a baritone, at the Teatro Filodramatico in Milan. As a baritone, he did not achieve significant success in Italy, and in 1898, he emigrated to North America, where he performed with various opera societies, especially in French repertoire. Later, he became a song pedagogue in New York.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1890 Milano Teatro dei Filodrammatici Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

1892 Napoli Teatro Sannazzaro Elisir d’amore (Belcore)

1897 New York Waldorf Astoria Il  Ritratto di Manon (De Grieux)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Don Giovanni (Mozart): Ballada Zonophone 3504
2. Dinorah (Meyerbeer) Dell’or, dell’or Columbia 1581
3. Favorita (Donizetti) Vien Leonora Columbia 1256
4. Gianni di Calais (Donizetti) Una barchetta (Barcarola) 1728 Columbia (discs & cylinders), New York 1904
5. Guglielmo Tell  (Rossini) Troncar suoi di with Dante Del Papa and Vittorio Girardi Bettini cylinders, New York 1897 – 1899
6. Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Guai se ti sfugge un moto with Dante Del Papa and Alberto De Bassini 3
7. Martha (Flotow) Solo, profugo (w. de Bassini) Columbia 1771 A543
8. Martha (Flotow) Chi mi dira Zonophone 3485
9. Mignon (Thomas) Aria Lothario (Del suo core calmai le pene) Columbia 1583
10. Non è ver (Mattei) Columbia 154
11. Non è ver (Mattei) Zonohpone  2537
12. Otello (Verdi) Credo  Bettini 34
13. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Prologo Bettini 7
14. Philémon et Baucis (Gounod) Aria Vulcano Columbia 1582
15. Rigoletto (Verdi) Miei signori perdono, pietade Columbia 1707
16. Ruy Blas (Marchetti) Duetto Maria-Sallustio with Gina Ciaparelli Bettini 13
17. Sonnambula (Bellini) Vi ravviso  Berliner 1114
18. Sonnambula (Bellini) Vi ravviso Columbia 1238
19. Trovatore (Verdi) Il balen Columbia 307