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

 

 

Palms (Faure) 0297 Berliner, New York 1899-06-28

Pieta, Signore (Niedermeyer) 979 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-04-15

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 967 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-01-21

Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna e mobile 2531 B503-1 Victor, 1903-10-06

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 983 Berliner, New York 1897-06-25

Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 4058 B1682-2 Victor, 1904-09-13

Santa Lucia (Cottrau) 1617 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-11-17

Santa Lucia (Cottrau) 1617Z 1617Z Berliner, New York 1897-06-25

Serenade (Schubert) 1920Z Berliner, New York 1898-11

Sweetest Story Ever Told (Stults) 5168 Rex, Philadelphia 1913

The holy city (Adams) 986V Berliner, New York 1898-11

Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle Rishell F-5088 Philadelphia 1913?

Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia Rishell F-5088 Philadelphia 1913?

Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella pira 903 Berliner, Philadelphia 1896-05-07

Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella pira 903ZZ 903ZZ Berliner, Philadelphia unknown date

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere (w. Merrilees) 4092 B1703-2 Victor, 1904-09-24

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere 0572 Berliner, New York 1899-10-07

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere 930Y 930Y Berliner, New York 1898-11

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere 2431 B1683-2 Victor, 1903-07-03

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere 31300 C1683-2 Victor, 1904-09-13

Trovatore (Verdi) Miserere without the soprano!! 1738 Columbia, New York 1904

Violets (Wright) 1739 1739-4 Columbia, New York 1904

Violets (Wright) 2506 B468-2 Victor, 1903-10-06