Description

PRIMO MONTANARI (DECEMBER 13, 1895 GATTEO – FEBRUARY 16, 1972 CESENATICO)

When he was 14, his family emigrated to North America. He studied singing in Boston but returned to Italy during World War I and made his debut in 1918 in Savona as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor. His repertoire at prominent Italian opera stages included the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto, Edgardo in Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvino in Bellini’s La Sonnambula, and Almaviva in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. In 1927, he married the renowned prima donna Lina Pagliughi, and they often performed together, including at the Italian Opera in Holland during the 1929-1930 season. After retiring, probably around 1941, he co-founded a singing school in Milan with his wife.

TRACKLIST

1. Credimi (Ray – Marf – Mascheroni) Fonit 7115A
2. Delusione (Sandoval) Fonit 8948-B 71706
3. Luana (Bracchi – Schmidseder) Fonit 7319B
4. Mamma (Cherubini – C. A. Bixio)
5. Mi canta nel cuor (Chopin) Op. 10 No. 3 Fonit 7113A
6. Non ti scordar di me (Furno – De Curtis) Fonit 7320A
7. O bella mia (Bracchi – Stolz) Fonit 7320B
8. Partono gli emigranti (Bovio – C. A. Bixio) Fonit 7161B
9. Passa l’amore (Cherubini – C. A. Bixio) Fonit 7108B
10. Quando il cuore invecchiera’ (Galdieri – Romberg) Fonit 7319A
11. Rondine al nido (de Crescenzo) Fonit 8948-A 71708
12. Sciangai Lil (Zorro – Warren) Fonit 7107B
13. Sei tu, Maria (Bertini – Di Lazzaro) Fonit 7161A
14. Serenata di Don Giovanni (Cherubini – C. A. Bixio) Fonit 7108A
15. Giovinezza (Gotta-Blanc) Grammophon 10645 B