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

 

 

Christus vincit (trad) 36128 BAVE-86566 Victor, Buenos Aires approximately October 1934 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Confesión (Discépolo-Amadori) Victor 1533 BAVE 60884-2 861931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Dimelo al oido (Lomuto) Victor 1680 BAVE-86551 approximately October 1934 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Donde estas corazon (Serrano) Victor 1535 BAVE-60885 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

El Matrero (Boero) Romanza De Pedro Victor 1543 BAVE-60904 August 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina [unconfirmed]

Fenesta ascura (Pizzaroni) Victor 1535 BAVE-60889 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Gesu, noi ti adoriamo (da Monterosso) 36128 BAVE-86565 Victor, approximately October 1934 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Maria, Mari (di Capua) Victor 1534 BAVE-60891 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina [unconfirmed]

Napule (Schipa) Victor 1533 BAVE-60890 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

O surdato ‘nnamurato (Cannio) Victor 1536 BAVE-60888 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ojos lindos y mentirosos (Schipa) Victor 1534 BAVE 60887-1 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Sadko (Rimsky-Korsakov) Chanson Indoue Victor 1543 BAVE-60905 August 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina [unconfirmed]

Tinieblas (Vardaro) Victor 1536 BAVE-60886 8 6 1931 Buenos Aires, Argentina

Vida Mia (Fresedo) Victor 1680 BAVE-86552 approximately October 1934 Buenos Aires, Argentina