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CELESTINO SAROBE (ORIO, GUIPUZCOA / PROVINCE, SPAIN, 1892 – BARCELONA, SPAIN, 1952)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Celestino Aguirre Sarobe Zadarain. Initially, he studied medicine before transitioning to music, training as a baritone. In 1914, he gave concerts in Spain, where his talent caught the attention of the legendary baritone Mattia Battistini, who invited him to Rome for further training. He made his operatic debut in 1919 at the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona in La Morisca by Pahissa.

That same year, Spanish soprano María Llácer engaged him for her opera troupe’s tour of Italy. From 1920 to 1925, he sang with great success at the Teatro Real in Madrid. During the 1923-1924 season, he returned to the Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, where he performed alongside the celebrated tenor Hipólito Lázaro. He also appeared at the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon.

In the 1924-1925 season, he joined a German tour with an Italian opera troupe. In 1925, he went to Italy, and in 1927, he performed the role of Fanuel in Arrigo Boito’s Nerone at La Scala under the baton of Arturo Toscanini. In 1928, he moved to Berlin, where he gave concerts and worked in music education.

In 1929, he made successful guest appearances at the Hamburg State Opera and the Royal Opera in Stockholm. In 1941, he returned to the Berlin Volksoper for a performance. Until 1940, he gave numerous concerts in Germany. From 1939 onward, he worked in his native Spain as a professor at the Conservatoire.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1918 Barcelona  Teatro Liceo Favorita (Alfonso)

1919 Valencia  Teatro Apollo Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1919 Valencia  Teatro Apollo Tannhauser (Wolfram)

1919 Milano Teatro Lirico Favorita (Alfonso)

1920 Genova  Politeama Genovese Gioconda (Barnaba)

1920 Lisbon  Teatro San Carlo Puritani (Riccardo)

1920 Lisbon  Teatro San Carlo Tosca (Scarpia)

1920 Lisbon  Teatro San Carlo Traviata (Germont)

1920 Genova  Politeama Genovese Ernani (Don Carlo)

1920 Genova  Politeama Genovese Tosca (Scarpia)

1920 Genova  Politeama Genovese Traviata (Germont)

1921 Bologna Teatro Comunale Loreley (Hermann)

1921 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Tosca (Scarpia)

1921 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Traviata (Germont)

1921 Milano Teatro Carcano Tosca (Scarpia)

1921 Milano Teatro Carcano Traviata (Germont)

1922 San Sebastian Teatro Victoria Eugenia Favorita (Alfonso)

1922 San Sebastian Teatro Victoria Eugenia Traviata (Germont)

1922 Barcelona  Teatro Liceo Favorita (Alfonso)

1922 Barcelona Teatro Liceo Pagliacci (Tonio)

1922 Torino Teatro Regio Puritani (Riccardo)

1922 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Favorita (Alfonso)

1922 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Tosca (Scarpia)

1922 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Traviata (Germont)

1922 San Sebastian Teatro Victoria Eugenia Tosca (Scarpia)

1923 Valencia Teatro Principal Favorita (Alfonso)

1923 Napoli  Teatro Mercadante Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1924 Madrid Teatro Reale Favorita (Alfonso)

1924 Madrid  Teatro Reale Otello (Jago)

1924 Madrid  Teatro Reale Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1924 Madrid  Teatro Reale Tosca (Scarpia)

1924 Madrid  Teatro Reale Traviata (Germont)

1924 Trieste Teatro Verdi Tosca (Scarpia)

1925 Torino Teatro Regio Favorita (Alfonso)

1925 Torino Teatro Regio Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1925 Ginevra Grand Theatre Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1925 Ginevra Grand Theatre Tosca (Scarpia)

1925 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Tannhauser (Wolfram)

1926 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Tosca (Scarpia)

1926 Il Cairo  Kursaal Dalbagni Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)

1926 Il Cairo  Kursaal Dalbagni Tosca (Scarpia)

1926 Valencia Teatro Principal Favorita (Alfonso)

1926 Il Cairo Kursaal Dalbagni Favorita (Alfonso)

1926 Palma di Majorca  Teatro Principal Favorita (Alfonso)

1926 Padova Teatro Verdi Tannhauser (Wolfram)

1927 Cannes Opera Tosca (Scarpia)

1935 Madrid  Teatro Calderon Rigoletto (Rigoletto)

1935 Madrid  Teatro Reale Tosca (Scarpia)

 

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2. Itzaya Columbia Regal K33 RS114
3. Mando baten gañean beztea (Campana y Vilinch) Columbia Regal K34 RS114
4. Rigoletto (Verdi): Cortigiani, vil razza dannata Polydor
5. La Paloma (Iradier) Polydor 62676
6. Rigoletto (Verdi): Pari siamo Polydor
7. Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Prologo Polydor 66898 J22208
8. Traviata (Verdi): Di Provenza Polydor 66899 J22210
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11. Funiculi-Funicula (Denza) Polydor 62677 P2007
12. Africaine (Meyerbeer): Figlia di Regi Polydor 66899 J22211
13. Otello (Verdi) Credo Polydor 66898 J22209
14. Agur Ene Maitea Columbia Regal K 59 RS119
15. Ume Eder Bat Columbia Regal K61 RS119
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18. Maria Nora Zuaz Columbia Regal K29 RS113
19. Nere andrea Columbia Regal K40 RS116
20. Yru damacho Columbia Regal K41 RS117
21. Zugana goizeko izarra Columbia Regal K48 RS118
22. Manuelacho Columbia Regal K30 RS113
23. Loa, Loa Columbia Regal K44 RS111
24. Ave Maria (Tosti) Polydor 62675 P2002
25. Ideale (Tosti) Polydor 62675 P2003

SPANISH BARITONE CELESTINO SAROBE (1892-1952) CDR

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