Description

 FERRUCCIO GIANNINI (PONTE D’ARNIA, ITALY, 1868 – PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, 1948)

 

 

 

 

At the age of seventeen, he emigrated to the USA. In Boston, he took singing lessons from Eleodoro De Campi. In 1891, Giannini made his debut in Boston, and from 1892 to 1894, he undertook an American tour with the Mapleson Opera Company. He then settled in Philadelphia, where he appeared in opera and concert performances in the USA and also taught singing. He opened a small theater in Philadelphia, where he organized operas and concerts featuring his pupils. He married the violinist Antonietta Briglia. His daughter was the famous opera singer Dusolina Giannini. Giannini was the founder of the Verdi Opera House in Philadelphia. He was the first “serious” operatic artist to make recordings, beginning with Berliner in 1896, and later for Victor and Zonophone.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

‘A Frangesa (Costa) 1703 Columbia, New York 1904

‘A Frangesa (Costa) 4057 B1684-1 Victor, 1904-09-13

Barcarole (Giannini) 982Y 982Y Berliner, Philadelphia unknown date

Bohème (Puccini) Ah Mimi with Alberto De Bassini 1770 Columbia, New York 1904

Bohemian Girl (Balfe) Then you’ll remember me 166Y Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-04-15

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Viva il vino 932X Berliner, New York 1898-05-31

Delle lefiero lampo (Italian National Hymn) (Verdi) 1104 1104 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-03-04

Funiculì Funiculà (Denza) 1727 1484-1 A Columbia, New York 1903

Funiculì, funiculà (Denza) 985 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-04-15

Funiculì, funiculà (Denza) 2404 B1687-2 Victor, 1903-06-26

Funiculì, funiculà (Denza) F-2022-B, Rex 1913

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 2405 A137 Victor, 1903-06-25

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Fra poco a me 923Z Berliner, New York 1898-05-23

Luisa (Denza) (w. chorus) 1485 1485-2 Columbia, New York 1903

Luisa Miller (Verdi) Quando le sere al placido 1740 Berliner, New York 1897-06-25

Maritana (Wallace) Let me like a soldier fall 0298 0298 Berliner, New York 1899-06-28

Marseillaise (de l’Isle) 901Z Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-05-04

Martha (Flotow) M’appari Berliner 905 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-03-04

Martha (Flotow) M’appari 4056 B1686-2 Victor, 1904-09-15

Martha (Flotow) Solo profugo with Alberto De Bassini 1771 Columbia, New York 1904

Nina Pancha (Valverde) 1201 1201 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-05-07

Non è ver (Mattei) 1604 1604 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-11-17

Non è ver (Mattei) 1750 Columbia, New York 1904?

O sole mio (di Capua) F-5261 Rex, Philadelphia 1913?