Description

GIULIO ROSSI (ROME, 27 OCTOBER, 1862 – VARESE, 9 OCTOBER, 1934)

 

 

 

 

He studied with Oreste Tomassoni in Rome and made his debut in 1887 in Parma in the opera Jone by E. Petrella. He soon appeared in major Italian theaters and performed at La Scala in 1892, where in 1894 he participated in the premiere of A. Franchetti’s Fior d’Alpe and in 1897 in Il Signor di Pourceaugnac by the same composer. In 1903, he sang in a concert performance of Parsifal at La Scala. As early as 1889, he had taken part in a South American tour with the prima donna Adelina Patti; in 1897, he appeared in South America again. Tours also took him to England, Spain, and Russia.

In 1908, he was appointed to the Metropolitan Opera in New York, debuting as the King in Aida, and remained there until 1919, also performing in the Sunday Night Concerts. He appeared as Sid in the world premiere of Puccini’s La Fanciulla del West (December 10, 1910) and in The Canterbury Pilgrims by R. de Koven (1917). He contributed to the American premieres of several operas, including La Wally (1909), Le Donne curiose by Wolf-Ferrari (1910), Boris Godunov (1913, as Nikitich), Germania by Franchetti (1910), L’Oracolo by Leoni (1915), and Marouf (1917).

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1895 Teatro Costanzi Roma ‘’I Lombardi alla prima Crociata’’ with Evan Gorga, Elisa Ferrari and Tobia Bertini

1896 Teatro Costanzi Roma “La bohème’’ with Enrico Giannini-Grifoni, Maria Stuarda Savelli, Camilla Pasini, Maurizio Bensaude, Arturo Cerratelli and Leopoldo Cromberg

1899 Teatro Regio Torino “Tannhäuser with Orazio Cosentino, Eugnio Giraldoni, Fausta Labia, Maria Fiori and Emanuele Bucalo

1901 Teatro Cressoni Como ‘’Lucia di Lammermoor’’ with Americo Stampanoni, Luisa Tetrazzini, Edoardo Sottolana and Arcangelo Rossi

1901 Teatro Comunale Bologna ‘’Mefistofele’’ with Alessandro Ravazzolo, Fausta Labia, Vincenzo Montanari and Anna Giacomini

1903 Teatro Goldoni Livorno ‘’Guglielmo Ratcliff’’ with Francesco Signorini, Elisa Allegri and Virgilio Bellatti

1903 La Scala Milan ‘’Parsifal’’ with Bice Silvestri, Giuseppe Borgatti and Angelo Scandiani

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Damnation de Faust (Berlioz) Se queste rose 84074 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
2. Faust (Gounod) No, tu non dei pregar… Rammenta i lieti di X-2535 Zonophone, Milano 1903-04
3. Huguenots (Meyerbeer) Piff, paff 84068, Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
4. Lohengrin (Wagner) O re del ciel 84066 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
5. Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti) Vieni, la mia vendetta 2-52521 8004b G&T, Milano 1906-05
6. Mefistofele (Boito) Una parte vivente… Son lo spirito che nega 84067 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
7. Mignon (Thomas) Leggiadre rondinelle (w. Cucini) 054085 602c G&T, Milano 1906-05
8. Mosè in Egitto (Rossini) Dal tuo stellato soglio 84071, Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
9. Parsifal (Wagner) Racconto di Gurnemanz X-2551 Zonophone, Milano 1903-04
10. Simone Boccanegra (Verdi) Il lacerato spirito X-2534 Zonophone, Milano 1903-04