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Subject:
Opera-singers
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Celebrities Asked by: laforzadeldestino-ga List Price: $3.00 |
Posted:
15 Jul 2002 04:36 PDT
Expires: 14 Aug 2002 04:36 PDT Question ID: 39697 |
Seeking information critical as well as biographical on the tenor Carlo Albani |
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Subject:
Re: Opera-singers
From: tehuti-ga on 15 Jul 2002 06:21 PDT |
This is all I've been able to find: "Very little is known for certain about Carlo Albani, a fact admitted even by Kutsch and Riemens in their authoritative Unvergängliche Stimmen. It is sad that a singer of such obvious talent should now be remembered for an incident in which, following his having broken a contract with the Manhattan Opera, he was arrested on stage in Boston during a performance of Il Trovatore. Apart from a few Red Victors, his records were made in Europe for Pathé, Edison and Odeon and appear to have had little currency outside their country of origin." http://www.nimbus.ltd.uk/nrl/pvoce/7892c.html In 1908 the tenor Carlo Albani was denounced by an impresario during a tournée.As he still had to sing as Manrico in Verdi's Il Trovatore, he asked to be imprisoned only afterthe end of the tournée: so he was allowed to sing, but under the surveillance of an officer.During the famous All'armi, the singer ran so hastily on the stage that the officer, fearing an escape, jumped on the stage and arrested him while he was singing the final high C. http://archivio.opera.it/English/Curiosit.html |
Subject:
Re: Opera-singers
From: lotd-ga on 15 Jul 2002 06:31 PDT |
Hi laforzadeldestino, There does not appear to be a great deal of information on the web regarding Carlo Albani. Along with tehuti's findings I have managed to locate the following biographical summary, which has been taken from http://www.francoisnouvion.net/italian/albani.html This site also contains Carlo Albani's discography and a picture of the tenor. "He was born in an Italian-French family. He went back to Paris where studied with the famous teacher Delle Sedie. After an audition he was engaged for a long tour of Sudamerica where he made his debut in 1901. He had a great success and he decided to remain there for an extended period of time. His first Italian appearance, found by Roberto Marcocci, was in 1905 at Teatro Della Pergola in Firenze in Rigoletto. Oscar Hammerstein engaged him for the season 1908-09 at the Manatthan Opera, where he made his debut in Trovatore. During a resting period, thanks to his great success, Albani was contacted by the manager of San Carlo Opera Company who asked him to sing in some operas during the season at the Boston Opera. Albani accepted but Hammerstein sued him and he was placed under arrest on the stage during a performance. Because of these problems, Albani had to leave the States. In Italy, he never succeeded in singing the bigger name Opera houses. He stopped singing in the middle 1920s." regards, lotd |
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