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TAURINO PARVIS (TURIN, 15 SEPTEMBER, 1879 – BARCELONA, 9 MAY, 1957)

 

 

 

 

After studying in Milan with Vanni, his debut is believed to have taken place in 1900 at the Teatro Lirico in Rio de Janeiro as Kyoto in Mascagni’s Iris. The following year, in 1901, he sang as Marcello in Puccini’s La Bohème at the Teatro Carignano in Turin, signaling the start of his career in Italy. His early career included engagements at the Teatro Nazionale in Bucharest and the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in Turin (1902).

From 1904 to 1906, he was a member of the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he made his debut as Enrico in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor. Afterward, he returned to Italy, and in 1908, he performed at La Scala in Milan in the premiere of Mancinelli’s Paolo e Francesca. He made further notable appearances at La Scala in 1917, particularly in the premiere of Wolf-Ferrari’s Il Segreto di Susanna, where he sang alongside Ninon Vallin.

In the 1926-27 season, he returned to La Scala for the premiere of Arrigo Pedrollo’s Delitto e Castigo. During the 1920s, he continued to be highly successful, performing at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome. His appearances there included the premiere of Mascagni’s Il Piccolo Marat in 1922, Primo Riccitelli’s I Compagnacci in 1923, and Zandonai’s I Cavalieri di Ekebu in 1925.

He retired from his singing career in 1929 and settled in Turin, where he became a lawyer. Later, he was active in Spain as a representative of Italian film societies. In his personal life, his second marriage was to the widow of tenor and architect Peppino Rosselini. Through this marriage, he became the stepfather of the renowned director Roberto Rossellini and the composer Renzo Rossellini, and had a daughter from this union.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1900 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Lirico Iris (Kyoto)

1901 Turin Teatro Carignano Boheme (Marcello)

1902 Turin Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Manon Lescaut (Lescaut)

1904 New York Metropolitan Opera Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)

1908 Milan La Scala Andrea Chenier (Gerard)

1911 Milan La Scala I Figli del Re (Suonatore di Violino)

1917 Milan La Scala Elisir d’amore (Belcore)

1917 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Tosca (Scarpia)

1927 Milan La Scala Boheme (Marcello)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Roi de Lahore (Massenet) O casto fior 86379 Pathé, Milano 1913

Ruy Blas (Marchetti) Ai miei rivali cedere D 4118 10800 Columbia, Milano 1908

Serenata (Schubert) (w. Ciaparelli) 30050 Columbia, New York 1905

Sonnambula Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni 3193A Edison

Tannhäuser (Wagner) O tu bell’astro 12319 Zonophone, Milano 1903-0304

Ti vorrei rapire (Gastaldon) D 4211 10813 Columbia, Milano 1908

Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovane (w. d’Oria) A1262 11377-1 Columbia, Milano 1912/1913

Traviata (Verdi) Dite alla giovine (w. Ciaparelli) 3163 Columbia New York 1905

Traviata (Verdi) Pura siccome un angelo… Un dì quando le veneri (w. Ranzato) 86316, 86317 Pathé, Milano 1913

Traviata (Verdi) Un dì quando le veneri 10583 Columbia Milano 1906

Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe (w. Ciaparelli) (orch) 3524 Columbia New York 1905

Trovatore (Verdi) Mira d’acerbe lagrime (w. Rappold) PA 29015 82573 Edison New York 1918-07/08

Trovatore (Verdi) Vivrà! (w. Ciaparelli) A536 3525-1 Columbia, New York 1905

Trovatore (Verdi) Vivra! contende (w. Rappold) 83083 6259-B Edison

Zazà (Leoncavallo) Buona Zazà 86585 Pathé, Milano