Description

ALFREDO TEDESCHI (SAN FRATELLO, MESSINA, 1 JANUARY, 1882 – MILAN, 14 JANUARY, 1967)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Alfio Tedesco, which he also used in his appearances in North America. He was a pupil of M. Ortisi. He debuted in 1902 at the Teatro Alfieri in Asti as Elvino in La Sonnambula. Over the following twenty years, he had a successful career as a lyric tenor in prominent Italian provincial theaters. In the 1923-24 season, he appeared at La Scala as Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor. In 1915 and 1927, he performed at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, and in 1928, he sang there as the Fisherman in the premiere of Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol, as Nicias in Massenet’s Thaïs, and in the premiere of the Argentine opera Chrysantheme by Peacan del Sar. In 1922, he performed as Canio in Pagliacci at the Arena di Verona. In 1920, he made a guest appearance at the Municipal Theater of Zurich, and in 1926, he sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York as Canio in Pagliacci. His career was remarkably long, with performances continuing until 1945, when he was heard at the Teatro Grattacielo in Genoa. He spent his final years at the Casa di Riposo G. Verdi in Milan.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1902 Asti Teatro Alfieri Sonnambula (Elvino)

1903 Barcellona Teatro Novedades Puritani (Arturo)

1905 Novara Teatro Faraggiana Sonnambula (Elvino)

1908 Firenze Politeama Nazionale Werther (Werther)

1913 Kiev Teatro Solodownikoff Ernani (Ernani)

1915 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Mignon (Guglielmo)

1920 Modena Teatro Storchi Stagione

1922 Empoli Teatro Salvini Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1925 Milano Teatro Carcano Amico Fritz (Fritz)

1927 Torino Teatro Di Torino Italiana in Algeri (Lindoro)

1930 New York Teatro Metropolitan Concerto

1936 Roma Teatro Dell’Opera Orseolo di I. Pizzetti (Marino Orseolo)

1938 Palermo Teatro Massimo Francesca da Rimini (Malatestino)

1943 ‘S-Gravenhage Gebouw voor Kunsten en Watenschappen Falstaff (Bardolfo)

1945 Genova Pagliacci (Arlecchino)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini) Se il mio nome 84091 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
2. Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina 42334 Beka, Milano 1913/1914
3. Boheme (Puccini) Che gelida manina Favorite 42334
4. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni)  Siciliana 42336 Beka
5. Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima 80291 Pathé, Milano 1906
6. Ernani (Verdi) O sommo Carlo (as Tedesco, w. de Luca, Anthony & chorus) 8174 CVE43615 Victor, New York 1928-04-05
7. Faust (Gounod) Salve dimora 52171 2357L G&T, Milano 1904-12
8. Favorita (Donizetti) Non sai tu (w. Morro) 42446 Beka, Milano 1913/1914
9. Favorita (Donizetti) Spirto gentil Beka 42335
10. Fedora (Giordano) Amor ti vieta 84102 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
11. Germania (Franchetti) Non chiuder gli occhi 84097 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
12. Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar Pathé 84122
13. Iris (Mascagni) Apri la tua finestra 86205 Pathé, Milano 1906
14. Iris (Mascagni) Il bacio 86204 Pathé, Milano 1906
15. Lohengrin (Wagner) Mercè cigno gentil 42318 Beka, Milano 1913/1914
16. Mefistofele (Boito) Dai campi, dai prati Pathé 84092
17. Rigoletto (Verdi)  La donna è mobile 84095 Pathé-AICC cylinders & discs, Milano 1903
18. Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 86191 Pathé, Milano 1906
19. Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella 86195 Pathé, Milano 1906
20. Rigoletto (Verdi) Questa o quella Pathé 84123
21. Werther (Massenet) Ah! Non mi ridestar 42320 Beka, Milano 1913/1914