Description

TOMAZ ALCAIDE (ESTREMOZ, PORTUGAL 1901, 16/2 – LISBON, PORTUGAL 1967, 7/11)

 

 

 

 

He first attended the Military Academy in Lisbon before studying medicine at the University of Coimbra. He then pursued vocal training under Alberto Sarti and later with Francisco Coutinho and Eugenia Mantelli in Lisbon. Starting in 1925, he was a student of Fernando Ferrara in Milan.

He made his debut in 1924 at the Teatro San Carlo in Lisbon as the Duke in Rigoletto. His Italian debut followed in 1925 at the Teatro Carcano in Milan, where he performed as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon by Ambroise Thomas.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

26 May 1924 Lisboa S. Carlos Rigoletto (Duca)

5 December 1925 Milano, Carcano Mignon (Wilhelm Meister)

6 May 1926 Lausanne, G. T. Faust (Faust)

6 January 1927 Bologna, Duse La Bohème (Rodolfo)

1 April 1927 Hagen, Stadttheater Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

30 April 1927 Lausanne, G. T. Don Pasquale (Ernesto)

30 May 1928 Foggia, Dauno Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

8 November 1928 La Haye, Gebouw voor K. En W. La Traviata (Alfredo)

9 December 1928 La Haye, Gebouw voor K. En W. Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)

31 January 1929 La Haye, Gebouw voor K. En W. Les Pêcheurs de Perles (Nadir)

19 November 1929 Valetta, Real Falstaff (Fenton)

7 July 1930 Porto, Sá da Bandeira Tosca (Cavaradossi)

12 February 1931 Padua, Verdi La Sonnambula (Elvino)

7 October 1931 Helsinki, Suomalainen Ooppera Roméo et Juliette (Roméo)

12 October 1932 Prag, Národni Divadlo Manon (De Grieux)

27 January 1933 Bordeaux, G. T. Werther (Werther)

24 February 1933 Bordeaux, G. T. Un Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)

24 November 1933 Bordeaux, G. T. Andrea Chenier (Andrea Chenier)

21 March 1934 Bordeaux, G. T. Lakmé (Frederic)

31 January 1935 Roma, dell’Opera Don Giovanni (Don Ottavio)

1 April 1935 Bruxelles Monnaie Fedora (Loris)

 

TRACKLIST

 

Columbia, Milano 1930-10-06

1. Mignon (Thomas): Ah, non credevi tu CQ350 WB3721

2. Mignon (Thomas): Addio Mignon, fa core CQ350 WB3725

3. Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile DQ1138 WB3723

 

Columbia, Milano 1930-10

4. Werther (Massenet): Ah, non mi ridestar LB7 WB3748

5. Cavalleria Rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana LB7 WB3749

 

Columbia, Milano 1930-10-10

6. Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Mi par d’udir ancora LX108 WBX907

7. Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil LX108 WBX909

 

Columbia, Milano 1931-06-11

8. Martha (Flotow): M’appari tutt’amor DQ1137 WB4203

9. Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi DQ1136 WB4204

 

Columbia, Milano 1931-06-12

10. Mefistofele (Boito): Giunto sul passo estremo GQ7162 WB4209

11. Manon (Massenet): Ah, dispar vision DQ1136 WB4210

 

Columbia, Paris 1934-06-01

12. Près de létang (Longás-de Badet) BF24 CL4881

13. Andalouse (Longás-de Badet) BF24 CL4882

14. Doña Francisquita (Vives): Romance de Fernando BF23 CL4883

15. Doña Francisquita (Vives): Duo de Aurora et Fernando with Manceau BF23 CL4884

 

Columbia, 1936-09

16. Bocage (film): Gosto de ti (Lette-Leite) BL1002 CP767

17. Bocage (film): Amor é cego e vê (Sequira-Coelho-Leite) BL1002 CP768