Description

DOMENICO RUSSO (MESSINA, 11 MARCH, 1874 – USA, 28 SEPTEMBER, 1932)

 

 

 

 

He studied singing under Paccini and Rossi and made his debut in Italy in 1892 as Manrico in Verdi’s Il Trovatore. He achieved particular success in the United States, where he made his debut around 1900 and became the principal tenor of the Tivoli Grand Opera Company. He was married to the soprano Edith Helena (1876–1956).

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1900 Galveston Grand Opera House Rigoletto (Duca)

1900 San Francisco Tivoli Opera House Almaviva (Barbiere di Siviglia)

1900 San Francisco Tivoli Opera House Rigoletto (Duca)

1900 San Francisco Tivoli Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1901 Salt Lake City Teatro Salt Lake Carmen (Don Jose)

1901 San Francisco Tivoli Opera House Rigoletto (Duca)

1902 San Francisco Tivoli Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)

1907 San Francisco Central Theater Rigoletto (Duca)

1911 Washington National Theater Carmen (Don Jose)

1911 Boston Opera House Trovatore (Manrico)

 

TRACKLIST

 

Domenico Russo, Edith Helena – Fifty Years Of Recordings

Label: Dom-Art – 1001

Format: Vinyl, 10″, 33 ⅓ RPM, Compilation

Country: UK, Europe & US

Genre: Classical

Style: Opera, Romantic

Domenico Russo

A1 Rigoletto: La Donna è Mobile

Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

A2 L’africana: O Paradiso

Composed By – Giacomo Meyerbeer

A3 Ideale

Composed By – Francesco Paolo Tosti

Edith Helena

A4 Dedication

A5 I Love You Truly

Composed By – Carrie Jacobs-Bond

B1 Se Saran Rose

Composed By – Luigi Arditi

B2 La Traviata: Ah, Fors’e Lui

Composed By – Giuseppe Verdi

B3 Kiss Me Again

Composed By – Victor Herbert

B4 Martha: Last Rose Of Summer

Composed By – Friedrich von Flotow

B5 Comin’ Thro’ The Rye

Composed By – Old Scotch

B6 Elêgie

Composed By – Jules Massenet

Co-producer – Stephen Fassett

Graphic Design – Dom. G. Rocha

Liner Notes, Piano – Arthur E. Knight

Soprano Vocals – Edith Helena

Tenor Vocals – Domenico Russo