1905 ANTONIO MAGINI COLETTI FONOTIPIA Gomez IL GUARANY Musica Proibita 39387 x

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Great Italian Baritone Antonio Magini-Coletti  in Brazilian Composer Carlos Gomez Opera Il Guarany about Indians in the Amazon jungle with piano

master xPh 488 [mI] D27 AN
ITA: Milano
1905.11.24 Fri
IL GUARANY (A. Carlos Gomes / Carlo d'Ormeville, A. Scalvini)
 II/5: Senza tetto, senza cuna — Brindisi
Senza tetto, senza cuna
Antonio Magini-Coletti (baritone). …?… (p).
Fonotipia X 39387


master xPh 471 [mI] D27 AN
ITA: Milano
1905.11.17 Fri
(Cabrera ?)
Musica proibita — Melodia (M + W: Stanislao Gastaldon, op.5)
Ogni sera di sotto al mio balcone
Antonio Magini-Coletti (baritone). …?… (p).

Original   ITALIAN PRESSING FONOTIPIA 10 3/8" record with all the hallmarks of Fonotipia: Signatures  printed on the paper label 78 rpm.

CONDITION: EXCELLENT close to PRISTINE tiny pressing bump end of Guarany, plays E+ very quiet

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Antonio Magini-Coletti (17 February 1855 - 21 July 1912) was a leading Italian baritone who had a prolific career in Europe and the United States during the late 19th century and the early part of the 20th century. A versatile artist, he appeared in several opera world premieres but was particularly associated with the works of Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Wagner and the verismo composers. He was also an accomplished exponent of the bel canto repertoire.[1]

Antonio Magini-Coletti (Baritone) (Lesi, Ancona 1855 – Rome, Italy 1912)

 

 
                                                                Mefistofele

Published details of his early life are scant but sources agree that he studied singing during the 1870s with the distinguished pedagogue Venceslao Persichini at Rome's Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia. (Persichini's other students included the lyric tenor Francesco Marconi and Magini-Coletti's fellow baritones Mattia Battistini, Giuseppe De Luca and Titta Ruffo.) In 1880, Magini-Colleti made his operatic debut at Rome's Teatro Costanzi, as Valentin in Gounod's ‘’Faust’’. He continued to perform regularly at that opera house for the next seven years, in addition to making guest appearances in Venice, Florence, Naples and other Italian cities. In 1887 he joined the roster at La Scala, Milan, remaining there for three seasons and singing a variety of leading baritone roles. Most notably, he appeared as the character Frank in the world premiere of Puccini's second opera, Edgar, in 1889. A year later, he performed his first Count Di Luna in Verdi's ‘’Il trovatore’’ at La Scala. This part became an especial favourite of his, and he reprised it in numerous houses during the remainder of his career. Between 1888 and 1891, Magini-Coletti sang to acclaim in Spain, Portugal, Germany, Austria and France. He also crossed the Atlantic for a series of operatic engagements in Argentina, receiving further plaudits. In 1891 he joined the stellar roster of singers at the New York Metropolitan Opera, participating to begin with in a two-month North American tour. His first performance with the Met touring company occurred on November 9, in Chicago, as Telramund in Wagner's ‘’Lohengrin’’.  His other roles on the 1891 tour included Hoël in Meyerbeer's ‘’Dinorah’’, Count de Nevers in Meyerbeer's ‘’Les Huguenots’’ and Amonasro in Verdi's ‘’Aida’’ (opposite soprano Lilli Lehmann and tenor Jean de Reszke), not to mention the title part in Mozart's ‘’Don Giovanni’’. On December 14, 1891, Magini-Coletti made a successful debut at the Metropolitan Opera's headquarters in New York City, singing Capulet in Gounod's ‘’Roméo et Juliette’’. He performed numerous roles at that house over the next 12 months, including Count Di Luna, Alfio in Mascagni's ‘’Cavalleria rusticana’’, Don Pizarro in Beethoven's ‘’Fidelio’’, Escamillo in Bizet's ‘’Carmen’’ and Figaro in Rossini's ‘’Il barbiere di Siviglia’’, among others. Magini-Coletti left America in 1892. He proceeded to pursue a busy schedule of operatic performances in Italy and other European countries, venturing as far afield as Russia and becoming a frequent guest artist at both the Opéra de Monte-Carlo in Monaco and the Royal Opera, Covent Garden, in London. In 1900, he rejoined the La Scala company, performing numerous roles there for three seasons. Most notably, he appeared in the premiere of Mascagni's ‘’Le maschere’’ in 1901. Also in 1901, he sang at La Scala in a memorial concert held to mark the recent death of Verdi, partnering the heroic tenor Francesco Tamagno in a scene from ‘’La forza del destino’’. The following year, he participated in La Scala's first ever production of Weber's ‘’Euryanthe’’. Magini-Colleti sang often under the baton of Arturo Toscanini, La Scala's principal conductor, during this period. Toscanini was an ardent advocate of Wagner's music and he conducted Magini-Coletti in performances of ‘’Tristan und Isolde’’, ‘’Die Walküre’’ and ‘’Lohengrin’’. These landmark Wagnerian productions often featured Magini-Coletti's La Scala colleague Giuseppe Borgatti - Italy's best heldentenor.
Chronology of some appearances

1885 Sassari  Politeama Barbiere di Siviglia  (Figaro)
1887 Montevideo Teatro Ciblis Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1890 Lisbona Teatro San Carlos Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1890 Cento Teatro Comunale Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1891 Faenza Teatro Comunale Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1891 San Pietroburgo Teatro Panaieff Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio)
1891 Mosca Teatro Korsch Cavalleria rusticana (Alfio)
1892 Pesaro Teatro Rossini Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1893 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Carmen (Escamilio)
1896 Napoli  Teatro San Carlo Un ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1896 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1896 Santiago del Cile Teatro Municipal Barbiere di Siviglia (Figaro)
1903 Milano Teatro La Scala Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1904 Roma Teatro Costanzi Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1905 Milano Teatro Lirico Carmen (Escamilio)
1906 Mexico Teatro Arbeu Ballo in maschera (Riccardo)
1906 Venezia Teatro Rossini Ballo in maschera
1907 Venezia  Teatro La Fenice Carmen (Escamilio)