Description

ANTONIO ROCCA (TURIN, 1876 – ?)

 

 

 

He made his debut at the Paris Gaité-Lyrique in 1908 as Gérald in Lakmé. He also made guest appearances in Italy, notably performing in 1910 at the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. In France, he recorded for Gramophone. He probably died young.

 

Chronology of appearance

 

1908 Paris Gaité-Lyrique Lakme (Gerald)

1910 Cremona Teatro Ponchielli Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Africaine (Meyerbeer) Pays merveilleux 3-32798 5582h Gramophone Paris, 1908
2. Carmen (Bizet) La fleur 032090 862i Gramophone, Paris 1908-10
3. Faust (Gounod) Anges purs (w. Auguez de Montalant & d’Assy) 34208 6497h Gramophone, Paris 1908-10
4. Faust (Gounod) Choral des épées (w. Auguez de Montalant, Vigneau & d’Assy) 3-32875 6499h Gramophone Paris, 1908
5. Faust (Gounod) Laisse-moi contempler… O nuit d’amour (w. Korsoff) 34201, 34202, 6014h, 6015½h Gramophone, Paris 1908-06
6. Faust (Gounod) Mais ce Dieu… A moi les plaisirs (w. D’Assy) 034024, 034025, 832, 833 Gramophone Paris, 1908
7. Favorite (Donizetti) Ange si pur 3-32801 5635h Gramophone, Paris 1908
8. Favorite (Donizetti) Un ange, une femme inconnue 3-32862 6255h Gramophone, Paris 1908
9. Lakme (Delibes) C’est le Dieu de la jeunesse (w. Vallandri) 034020 597 Gramophone Paris, 1908
10. Lakme (Delibes) Fantaisie aux devins mensonges Gramophone 3-32831 5975h
11. Rigoletto (Verdi) Comme la plume au vent 3-32800 5634h Gramophone, Paris 1908
12. Tosca (Puccini) O de beautés égales 3-32830 5974h Gramophone, Paris 1908
13. Trovatore (Verdi) Di quella pira 1028 Critona, New York about 1921
14. Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 3101 Arto, USA 1922
15. Rigoletto (Verdi) La donna è mobile 3083 Arto, USA 1922