1928 LA BOHEME M-35 Aristodemo GIORGINI Rosina Torri BADINI MILAN SABAJNO 78

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Great 1928 first electric recording of LA BOHEME with an fascinating cast, among them one of the last recordings of the famous Tenor Aristodemo Giorgini.

This set is rare, since is was replaced a few years later by the Gigli/Albanese recording

LA BOHEME

Giacomo Puccini, Carlo Sabajno, Rosina Torri, Thea Vitulli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Ernesto Badini, Aristodemo Giorgini, Luigi Manfrini, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus, Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

13x 12" Scroll pressing 78 rpm records w original orthophonic album with green cloth cover and patterned sleeves. Set is named M-35, however, it is a rare example of an early 1929 issued as adrop set (they were named AM-35 in mid 1929)

Condition: EXCELLENT PRISTINE, seems to be almost unplayed. Plays E wiht light hiss. Album is great and solid, light scuffs on covers, tiny splitting of spine.

A RARE SET IN INCREDIBLE CONDITION

Giorgini, Aristodemo, Tenor, * 1879 (nach anderen Quellen 1881) Neapel, † 19.1.1937 Neapel; Studium an der Accademia di Santa Cecilia Rom. 1903 erfolgloses Bühnendebüt, darauf erneutes Studium bei Massimo Perilli in Neapel. Bereits 1904 erschienen seine ersten Schallplatten. 1905 abermaliges Debüt an der Mailänder Scala als Ernesto in »Don Pasquale«. Anschließend kam er zu einer bedeutenden Karriere an den führenden italienischen Theatern; 1910 großer Erfolg an der Scala als Elvino in »La Sonnambula« von Bellini als Partner von Rosina Storchio. Sehr schnell kam eine Gastspielkarriere auf internationalem Niveau zustande. So sang er bereits 1905 an der Londoner Covent Garden Oper den Herzog im »Rigoletto« und den Rodolfo in »La Bohème«. 1907 gastierte er am Teatro Regio Parma als Amico Fritz in der Oper gleichen Namens von Mascagni und sang diese Partie wie den Rodolfo in der Saison 1908-09 am Teatro Massimo Palermo. 1907 war er am Teatro Politeama Buenos Aires, 1910 an der Oper von Monte Carlo zu Gast, wo er den Elvino in Bellinis »La Sonnambula« und den Grafen Almaviva im »Barbier von Sevilla« sang. Er trat an allen führenden italienischen Opernhäusern auf, in Genua, Neapel, Florenz und Triest und sang an der Scala 1913 bei den Verdi-Gedenkfeiern das Tenor-Solo im Requiem dieses Meisters. Erfolgreiche Gastspiele auch an der Covent Garden Oper London, am Teatro Liceo von Barcelona, am Teatro Real in Madrid, am Teatro San Carlos Lissabon, an der Oper von Warschau und an russischen Bühnen. 1912-14 war er an der Oper von Chicago engagiert, wo man ihn als Don Ottavio im »Don Giovanni« und in vielen Partien für lyrischen Tenor aus dem italienischen Repertoire hörte. 1920 sang er am Teatro Dal Verme in Mailand den Faust in »Mefistofele« von Boito, 1923 Konzert-Tournee durch Belgien und Holland. 1921 war er nochmals als Gast an der Wiener Staatsoper zu hören. Er trat bis 1930 auf und lebte dann als Pädagoge in Neapel. - Ausdrucksvolle lyrische Tenorstimme, vor allem im italienischen Repertoire beheimatet.

Schallplatten: Nach seinen frühen Aufnahmen auf G & T (Mailand, 1904-08) kamen Edison-Zylinder (um 1910), Pathé-Platten und Aufnahmen auf HMV (u.a. vollständige Oper »La Bohème« von 1928 und schöne neapolitanische Lieder) heraus.

[Nachtrag] Giorgini, Aristodemo; 1906 gab er ein Gastspiel an der Hofoper von St. Petersburg; 1921 (nicht 1929) trat er an der Wiener Staatsoper auf.

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