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TITO SCHIPA (LECCE, 27 DECEMBER, 1888 – NEW YORK CITY, 16 DECEMBER, 1965)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa. He initially studied singing with Alceste Gerunda in Lecce before continuing his training under Emilio Piccoli in Milan. He made his operatic debut in 1909 at the Teatro Politeama Facchinetti in Vercelli, performing the role of Alfredo in G. Verdi’s La Traviata.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1909 Vercelli Teatro Politeama Facchinetti Traviata (Alfredo)

1910 Messina Teatro Mastrojeni Traviata (Alfredo)

1911 Roma Teatro Quirino Werther (Werther)

1912 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Tosca (Cavaradossi)

1913 Buenos Aires Teatro Colon Sonnambula (Elvino)

1914 Roma Teatro Costanzi Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

1915 Milano La Scala Prince Igor (Vladimir)

1916 Montevideo Teatro Solis Falstaff (Fenton)

1917 Monte Carlo Opera La Rondine (Ruggero) (World Premiere)

1918 Madrid Reale Manon (De Grieux)

1919-1932 Chicago Opera Rigoletto (Duca) (Debut)

1930 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Elisir d’amore (Nemorino)

1930 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

1932-1935 New York Metropolitan Opera Elisir d’amore (Nemorino) (Debut)

1935 Torino Teatro Regio Werther (Werther)

1939 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Sonnambula (Elvino)

1941 New York Metropolitan Opera Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

1942 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

1944 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Traviata (Alfredo)

1948 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Elisir d’amore (Nemorino)

1948 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Werther (Werther)

1950 Roma Teatro Reale dell’Opera Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Bohème (Puccini) Che gelida manina 052422 731aj Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-14

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) O Lola (Siciliana) 252127 2903ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-14

Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni) Viva il vino (Brindisi) (w. chorus) 252128 2907ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-21

Faust (Gounod) Salve dimora 252147 2916ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-26

Gioconda (Ponchielli) Cielo e mar 252130 2893ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-12

Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti) Tu che a Dio 252142 2894ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-12

Manon (Massenet) Ah dispar vision 052421 722aj Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-10

Rigoletto (Verdi) Ella mi fu rapita… Parmi veder le lagrime 252143, 252144, 2901ah, 2902ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-14

Tosca (Puccini) E lucevan le stelle 252134 2896ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-12

Tosca (Puccini) Recondita armonia 252133 2895ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-12

Traviata (Verdi) Libiam ne’ lieti calici (Brindisi) (w. Garelli) 254059 2904ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-15

Traviata (Verdi) Un dì felice (w. Garelli) 254060 2900ah Gramophone, Milano 1913-11-14