1912 COMPLETE ACOUSTIC AIDA 21/22 Lia REMONDINI O Cieli Azzuri / Eugenia Lopez78

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I am currently selling a series of great Richard Wagner and classic European 78 rpm orchestral recordings on all the great European labels:

Very little is known about the truely early Complete (or almost complete) opera recordings.

Zonophone recorded an early set of AIDA  in 1906, and this set of 17 columbia 10" records was the second, almost complete recording:

ONE RECORD of the complete recording: Sides 21/22.

 Eugenia Lopez Nunez Vincenzo Bettoni O tu che sei d Osiride / Lia REMONDINI O Cieli Azzuri

Cond:  VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS/ VG+ clean and shiny, plays very quiet light crackle, few spots of dist esp end of 22

Following an earlier practice, these recordings are a pastiche in the sense, that several soloists sang one role on different sides.

1912 - venue and conductor unknown

Columbia 5558/74, 17x10" (78rpm)

Sung in Italian

Lia Remondini (Soprano) (Roma, Italy 1883 - Pavia, Italy 1926)

Gaetano Tommasini (Tenor) (Salerno 1883 - ?)

                                                         Andrea Chenier

He made his debut in 1908 at the Teatro Civico in Saluzzo. Since approximately 1920,  he started to appear in USA no only in opera performances, but also in concerts. In a 1924 Boston broadcast of ‘’Il Trovatore’’,  the manager announced that the tenor couldn't continue after the second act and a messenger would be sent to get Gaetano Tommasini, to replace him.  Having heard the announcement in his hotel room, Tommasini arrived before the messenger left.

Chronology of some appearances

1908 Saluzzo Teatro Civico Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1913 Venice Teatro La Fenice Fanciulla del West (Johnson)
1915 Roma Teatro Costanzi Forza del Destino (Alvaro)
1918 Torino Politeama Chiarella Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1921 New York Teatro Lexington Aida (Radames)
1922 Los Angeles Philarmonic AuditoriumAida (Radames)
1924 Vancouver Teatro Orpheum Lucia di Lammermoor (Edgardo)
1926 New Orleans Teatro Tulane Aida (Radames)
1927 Los Angeles Auditorium Aida (Radames)
1929 Milano Teatro Dal Verme Amica (Giorgio)

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