Description

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

 

 

A canzone d’ ’e stelle, Barcarola all’antica (Murolo-Tagliaferri), in napoletano DA1090 (30-2537) BM1359-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-20

Ammore canta (Tagliaferri) Victor 1488 BAVE-60450 10 6 1930 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Elisir d’amore (Donizetti) Una furtiva lagrima DB1387 (32-1153) CM1335-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-13

Fa na nanna bambin (Sadero), in veneziano DA1088 (30-2534) BM1346-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-18

Gitana, Canzone espagnola (Longás) DA1091 (30-2532) BM1341-1 HMV, Milano 1929-12-17

I shall return (Schipa) 1479 BVE42938-4 Victor, New York 1930-02-13

Ideale (Tosti) 1461 BVE58655-2 Victor, New York 1930-02-13

La cumparsita (Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodríguez) Victor 1488 BAVE-60449 10 6 1930 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Luntananza amara, Melodia napoletana (Cutillo-Schipa) DA1089 (30-2531) BM1337-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-16

Mandulinata a Napule, Serenata (Tagliaferri), in napoletano DA1090 (30-2536) BM1358-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-20

Marechiare (Tosti) 1461 BVE58656-3 Victor, New York 1930-02-14

Naughty Marietta (Herbert) Oh! Dulce misterio de la vida (Ah! Sweet mystery of life) 1451 BVE58663-3 Victor, New York 1930-02-17

Ninna nanna (Benelli) DA1088 (30-2530) BM1336-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-16

Nun è Carmela mia, Canzone napoletana (Fiore-Valente) DA1110 (30-2535) BM1347-2 HMV, Milano 1929-12-18

Scrivenno a mammena, Melodia napoletana (Cutillo-Schipa) DA1089 (30-2533) BM1342-1 HMV, Milano 1929-12-17

Tu sonrisa de cristal (Sunshine of your smile) (Ray) 1451 BVE58657-3 Victor, New York 1930-02-14

When you’re in love (Blaufuss-Donaldson) 1479 BVE42939-3 Victor, New York 1930-02-13