Description

GIUSEPPE CAMILLO PICCO (GABIANO, MONFENATO, ITALY, FEBRUARY 27, 1875 – ?)

 

 

 

 

He likely made his debut in Italy before moving to the United States to further his career. In the U.S., he appeared in the 1927 Vitaphone film Cavalleria Rusticana, where he performed alongside the renowned tenor Beniamino Gigli. From 1905 to 1921, he was residing in New York City and Highland Park, Illinois, and he became a naturalized citizen on July 7, 1920, in Chicago, Illinois. The April 26, 1940, US census shows that he was residing at the Hotel Dauphin at Broadway & 67th Street, Manhattan, New York, with Ida, and had been residing there for at least the past five years. He was 65 years old and Ida was 55. His occupation was listed as “singing-teacher studio”, working on his own account.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1909 Boston  Opera House Pagliacci (Tonio)

1910 Boston  Boston Theater Pagliacci (Tonio)

1911 Città del Messico  Teatro Arbeu Boheme (Schaunard)

1911 Città del Messico  Teatro Arbeu Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1911 Città del Messico  Teatro Arbeu Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1911 Boston  Opera House Trovatore (Conte)

1912  Città del Messico  Teatro Nuovo Colon Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1912 Città del Messico  Nuovo Colon Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1914  Boston  Boston Theater Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1915 Boston  Opera House Carmen (Escamilio)

1915 Boston  Opera House Pagliacci (Tonio)

1915 Boston  Opera House Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1915 Baltimora  New Academy of Music Pagliacci (Tonio)

1915 Washington  Belasco Theater Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1915 Louisville  Macauley’s Theater Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1915 Detroit  Garrick Theater Traviata (Germont)

1915 Detroit  Garrick Theater Tosca (Scarpia)

1916  Buffalo  Teck Theater  Boheme (Schaunard)

1916  Buffalo  Teck Theater   Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1916 Memphis  Lyceum Theater Trovatore (Conte)

1917 Città del Messico  Plaza de Toros Ballo in Maschera (Renato)

1917 Chicago  Ravinia Park Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1917 Chicago  Ravinia Park Pagliacci (Tonio)

1918 Città del Messico  Teatro Arbeu Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)

1919 Philadelphia  Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Schaunard)

1919 Philadelphia  Teatro Metropolitan Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1921 Chicago  Ravinia Park Boheme (Schaunard)

1923 New York  Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Schaunard)

1923 New York  Teatro Metropolitan Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1924 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium Boheme (Schaunard)

1924 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium  Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1925 New York  Teatro Metropolitan Boheme (Schaunard)

1925 New York  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1925 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Boheme (Schaunard)

1927 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium Pagliacci (Tonio)

1928 San Francisco Civic Auditorium Madama Butterfly (Sharpless)

1929 San Francisco Civic Auditorium Pagliacci (Tonio)

1930 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium Boheme (Schaunard)

1930 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Eri tu No 02012 3656-2 Emerson 1919
2. Boheme (Puccini) O Mimì tu più non torni (w. De Crescenzo) F-3008-A Rex, Philadelphia 1913
3. Carmen (Bizet) Votre toast 3106-A Empire
4. Forza del destino (Verdi) Solenne in quest’ora (w. Berini) 02011 Emerson, 1919
5. Faust (Gounod) Dio possente F-2017-A Rex, Philadelphia 1913
6. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Pescator, affonda l’esca F-2009 Rex
7. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si puo? 02011-A Emerson, 1920
8. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) Si puo? 3104-A, 3104-B Arto
9. Pescatori di perle (Bizet) Del tempio al limitar (w. De Crescenzo) 3106-B Empire
10. Rigoletto (Verdi) Cortigiani, vil razza dannata F-2013-A Rex, Philadelphia 1913
11. The Trumpeter (J. Airlie Dix) F-3112-A Rex, Philadelphia 1913
12. Traviata (Verdi) Di Provenza 3101-A Arto
13. Trovatore (Verdi) Il balen No 02012 3655-1 Emerson, 1919
14. Trovatore (Verdi) Il balen F-2016-A Rex