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GIOVANNI VOYER (BENICARLO, VALENCIA, 28 OCTOBER, 1901 – LISBON, PORTUGAL, 29 NOVEMBER, 1976)

 

 

 

 

His real name was Juan Voyer. He studied in Milan and made his debut at the Teatro Sociale in Ostiglia as Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly in 1927. Between 1933 and 1948, he performed at La Scala in Milan, where his roles included Tristán, Parsifal, Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, and Florestán. In 1933, he appeared at Covent Garden in London in Berlioz’s La damnation de Faust under the baton of Sir Thomas Beecham. In 1938, he took part in the premiere of Richard Strauss’s Die Frau ohne Schatten at the Opera Theatre of Rome. In 1939, at the Teatro Comunale in Florence, he performed in the premiere of Vito Frazzi’s opera Re Lear. After retiring in 1953, he became a singing teacher at the Conservatory of Lisbon.

 

Chronology of some appearances

 

1929 Trieste Teatro Verdi Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1929 Piacenza Politeama Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1930 Parma Politeama Reinach Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1930 Cesena Teatro Comunale Butterfly (Pinkerton)

1931 Lendinara Teatro Ballarin Carmen (Don Jose)

1931 Il Cairo Teatro Kedivhiale Dannazione di Faust (Faust)

1932 Padova Teatro Verdi Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1932 Asti Teatro Alfieri Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1933 Torino Eiar Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1933 Torino Teatro Regio Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1933 Parma Teatro Regio Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1933 Venezia Teatro La Fenice Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1934 Trieste Teatro Verdi Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1935 Torino Eiar Dannazione di Faust (Faust)

1935 Verona Teatro Filarmonico Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1935 Casalmaggiore Teatro Sociale Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1935 Cesena Teatro Comunale Carmen (Don Jose)

1936 Pola Arena Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1936 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1936 Torino Teatro Vittorio Emanuele Carmen (Don Jose)

1936 Parma Teatro Regio Carmen (Don Jose)

1936 Amsterdam Teatro Carre Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1936 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1936 Roma Teatro dell’Opera Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1937 Asti Teatro Alfieri Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1937 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Dannazione di Faust (Faust)

1938 Trapani Arena Littorio Andrea Chenier (Chenier)

1938 Milano Teatro La Scala Carmen (Don Jose)

1938 La Valletta/Malta Teatro Reale Carmen (Don Jose)

1938 Adria Teatro Comunale Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1939 Milano Teatro alla Scala Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1939 Bologna Piazza del Barracano Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1940 Forli Teatro Comunale Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1940 Padova Teatro Verdi Carmen (Don Jose)

1941 Parma Teatro Regio Lohengrin (Lohengrin)

1942 Milano Teatro Lirico Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

1944 Piacenza Teatro Municipale Adriana Lecouvreur (Maurizio)

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

1. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Come un bel di di maggio CQ 267 WB3628 Columbia, Milano
2. Andrea Chenier (Giordano) Improvviso CQ266 B3619 Columbia, Milano 1930-07-04
3. Carmen (Bizet) Il fior D6033 B2511 Columbia, Milano 1930-07
4. Madama Butterfly (Puccini) Addio fiorito asil (w. Vanelli) D6033 Columbia, Milano
5. Nabucco (Verdi) Coro di Leviti Q7188 B6807 Columbia, Milano 1930-07
6. Trovatore (Verdi) Ai nostri monti (w. Sibari) WB2361 Columbia, Milano 1929-03
7. Zaza (Leoncavallo) Mai piu Zaza CQ 267 WB 3626 Columbia, Milano 1930-07-05