Description

AUGUSTO SCAMPINI (GARLASCO, 1880 – BARCELONA, 1939)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing at the Milan Conservatory with Del Fiume and made his debut in 1905 in Garlasco as Cavaradossi in Tosca. In 1907, he performed at the Teatro de la Opera in Buenos Aires in Massenet’s Hérodiade. The same year, he appeared at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo as Radames in Aida and as Samson in Saint-Saëns’s Samson et Dalila. He then sang with great success at renowned opera houses in Italy, Spain, South America, and Russia. In the 1910-11 season, he appeared at La Scala in Simon Boccanegra by Verdi and in Saffo by Pacini. In 1912, he performed at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome as Manrico in Il Trovatore, and in 1915 at the Teatro Politeama in Pisa as Radames in Aida. During the 1913-14 season, he sang at the German Theatre in Prague. Critics called him the successor to Enrico Caruso. In 1916, he performed in Spain and Santiago de Chile. During World War I, he volunteered for the Italian army and lost his leg in combat. His career was cut short, and he later taught singing in Barcelona.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1905 Garlasco Teatro Martinetti Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1906 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino  Trovatore (Manrico)

1907 Palermo Teatro Massimo Sansone e Dalila (Samson)

1908 Madrid Teatro Reale  Aida (Radames)

1909 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Aida (Radames)

1910 Madrid Reale Aida (Radames)

1911 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino  Saffo

1912 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)

1913 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Otello (Otello)

1914 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)

1915 Padova Teatro Verdi Trovatore (Manrico)

1917 Santiago del Chile Teatro Municipal Otello (Otello)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Africana (Meyerbeer)  O paradiso 84150  10273 Pathé, Milano 1908
2. Aida (Verdi)  Nume custodi e vindici (w. Fabbri-Boesmi) 84147  12539 Pathé, Milano 1908
3. Aida (Verdi) Io son disonorato (w. Montesanto & Magliulo) 86215 Pathé, Milano 1911/1912
4. Amica (Mascagni) Orfani e senza pan 86226 Pathé, Milano 1912?
5. Ballo in Maschera (Verdi)   La rivedro  2-52615 10827b G&T, Milano 1907
6. Ballo in maschera (Verdi) Di tu se fedele  2-52616  10828b G&T, Milano 1907
7. Bohème (Leoncavallo) Io non ho che una povera stanzetta 84187 Pathé, Milano 1912
8. Ernani (Verdi) Come rugiada al cespite  2-52611  10794b G&T, Milano 1907
9. Fanciulla del West (Puccini)  Ch’ella mi creda  84188 Pathé, Milano 1912
10. Forza del Destino (Verdi)  La vita e un inferno… O tu che in seno 2-52614 10793b, 2-52613 10792b G&T, Milano 1907
11. Forza del Destino (Verdi) Le minacce, i fieri accenti P.I P.II (w. Montesanto) 84197 12513, 86214 12513 Pathé, Milano 1912
12. Gioconda (Ponchielli)  Cielo e mar  84193 10040 Pathé, Milano 1912
13. Guillaume Tell (Rossini)  O muto asil  86224  10312 Pathé, Milano 1912
14. Huguentos (Meyerbeer) Dillo ancor (w. David) 054179 1275c G&T, Milano 1907
15. Jone (Petrella) O Jone di quest’anima 052245  1499‹c Gramophone, Milano 1908
16. Juive (Halevy) Chi mi svela (w. David) 054178  1272c G&T, Milano 1907
17. Juive (Halevy) Rachele allor che Iddio 052186 1271c G&T, Milano 1907
18. Lohengrin (Wagner)  Da voi lontan  052264 1496c Gramophone, Milano 1908
19. Lohengrin (Wagner) Da voi lontan  84196  10041 Pathé, Milano 1912
20. Lombardi (Verdi) La mia letizia infondere 2-52690 11279‹b Gramophone, Milano 1908
21. Manon Lescaut (Puccini)  Guardate pazzo son 86459  10326 Pathé, Milano 1913 – 1916