RICHARD BONELLI CHRONOLOGY – 1916-1929
1916-1929 • 1930-1939 • 1940-1952
This chronology was part of Volume 51 no 3, but lack of space precluded it being presented in-toto. It is given here complete
* Indicates a broadcast
ABORN GRAND OPERA COMPANY (As “Richard Bunn”)
Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music DÉBUT
21 April, 1915 MAT & EVG Faust as Valentin with Lydia Locke as Marguerite.
Il Trovatore as Di Luna
Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music
3 April, 1916 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Mary Carson, Giuseppe Agostini. RB alternated with Millo Picco in other performances, also with Edith Helena and Genia Zielinska.
Pagliacci as Silvio
Aborn/Park Theatre, New York
20 November, 1916 - 13 January, 1917 RB- ?
Aborn/Toronto, Canada, 26 March - 7 April, 1917 RB, with Edith Helena, Bianca Sarroya, Grace Baum, Marie Louise Biggars, Lillian Eubanks, Giuseppe Agostini, Ernest Davis, Salvatore Giordano, George Shields; cond. Carlo Nicosia
RB alternating with Morton Adkins sang Rigoletto, Faust, Pagliacci (Silvio) and Il Trovatore (?).
Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music
16 April, 5 May, 1917 Rigoletto as Rigoletto (alternating with Vicente Ballester), with Nadina Legat/Francesca Milena (real name: Ruth Miller), Giuseppe Agostini/Andrea Arensen, Francis Tyler; cond. Max Fichandler.
3 - 5 May, 1917 Lucia di Lammermoor as Ashton (alternating with Ballester), with Nadina Legat/Francesca Milena, Giuseppe Agostini/Andrea Arensen, Francis Tyler/Louis Dellemolle.
CUBA, 1917 Guest artist in opera, - no details
CHATAUQUA FESTIVAL, N.Y. 1917 tour in De Koven’s Robin Hood
1917/1918 Drafted and service in the American Army.
GEORGE DE FEO GRAND OPERA COMPANY in Houston, Texas
October, 1922 RB in Rigoletto, Barbiere, La Forza Del Destino (?) with Zerola, Stracciari, Tom Burke et al
SAN CARLO OPERA COMPANY 1922 - 1923 tour with - one season
SAN CARLO/BOSTON
7 November, 1922 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Lucchese, Gennaro Barra; cond. Aldo Franchetti
Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura (Cio Cio San), Gennaro Barra (Pinkerton), Anita Klinova (Suzuki); cond. Carlo Peroni
14 November, 1922 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Manuel Salazar (Canio), Sofia Charlebois (Nedda), Giuseppe Interrante (Silvio)
15 November, 1922 Otello as Iago, with Manuel Salazar (Otello), Anna Fitziu (Desdemona), Francesco Curci (Cassio), Arthur Dossler (Rodrigo), Pietro de Biasi (Lodovico), Natale Cervi (Montano), Antonio Canova (Herald); cond Carlo Peroni
SAN CARLO/PHILADELPHIA (two weeks)
21 November, 1922 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Lucchese, Gennaro Barra, Pietro de Biasi, Stella de Mette, Natale Cervi; cond. Carlo Peroni
November, 1922 Martha as Plunkett, with Josephine Lucchese (Lady Harriet), Anita Klinova (Nancy), Romeo Boscacci (Lionel), Natale Cervi (Sir Tristan); cond. Ernest Knoch
November, 1922 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura, Gennaro Barra, Anita Klinova; cond. Aldo Franchetti
25 November, 1922 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Manuel Salazar, Sofia Charlebois, Francesco Curci; Giuseppe Interrante; cond. Carlo Peroni
30 November, 1922 - ditto exc Amador Famados for Salazar and cond. Aldo Franchetti for Peroni
28 November, 1922 Faust as Valentin, with Romeo Boscacci, Pietro de Biasi, Sofia Charlebois, Anita Klinova, Luigi de Cesare; cond. Carlo Peroni
2 December, 1922 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura (Cio Cio San), Gennaro Barra, (Pinkerton), Anita Klinova (Suzuki), Francesco Curci (Goro); cond. Wassili Leps
SAN CARLO/WASHINGTON, PITTSBURGH, CLEVELAND, BUFFALO, NEW ORLEANS
SAN CARLO/SAN ANTONIO
5 February, 1923 Martha as Plunkett, with Josephine Lucchese
SAN CARLO/LOS ANGELES
20 February, 1923 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura, Romeo Boscacci, Anita Klinova; cond. Aldo Franchetti
22 February, 1923 February, 1923 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Sofia Charlebois, Leonardo Del Credo, Giuseppe Interrante
SAN CARLO/SAN FRANCISCO
28 February, 1923 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Josephine Lucchese (Gilda), Ruggiero Baldrick (Duke), Pietro de Biasi (Sparafucile), Stella de Mette (Maddalena)
SAN CARLO/PORTLAND. SEATTLE
SAN CARLO/HAVANA, CUBA 23 April, 1923 -
La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Ludovico Tomarchio (Act I)/ Ruggiero Baldrick (Alfredo)
10 May, 1923 Faust as Valentin, with Maria Kousnezov (Marguerite), Giovanni Martinelli (Faust), Anita Klinova (Siebel), Pavel Ludikar (Méphistophélès); cond. Carlo Peroni
Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Marie Rappold (Leonora), Ludovico Tomarchio (Manrico), Stella de Mette (Azucena)
DE FEO OPERA COMPANY, Summer 1923
no details
MODENA, TEATRO COMUNALE, Winter (EUROPEAN DÉBUT as “Riccardo Bonelli”)
26 December, 1923 Dejanice (Catalani) as Dardano, with Maria Llacer, Francesco Merli, Elfride Biagiotti, Nino Marotta; cond. Pasquale la Rotella
Aida as Amonasro, with Ismaele Voltolini/Aroldo Lindi, Isora Rinolfi, Irma Vagano, Albertina Dal Monte
MONTE CARLO OPERA
19 February, 1924 Pagliacci as Tonio, with Jane Laval, Lucien Muratore, Robert Couzinou, Dubois; cond. Léon Jehin
1 March, 1924 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Gilda Dalla Rizza, Dmitri Smirnov, Bilhan; cond. Victor De Sabata
10 March, 1924 - ditto exc Vesselovsky for Smirnov
18, 25 March, 1924 Faust as Valentin, with Alexandrovich, Maurice Dutreix, Vanni Marcoux, Pauline Cornelys; c. Jehin
29 March, 1924 La Traviata as Germont, with Gilda Dalla Rizza, Dmitri Smirnov; cond. De Sabata
30, 31 March, 1924 Anton (Libretto Illica, music Galeotti) as Gilellius, with Vally, Smirnov, John O’Sullivan, Capiton Zaporozhetz, Istralty, Musso, Proferisce; cond. Jehin
6, 12 April, 1924 Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (Schumann) as Faust, with Pauline Cornelys, Delmas, Arnal; cond. Leon Jehin /Faust et Helene (Boulanger) with Bladel, John O’Sullivan, Arnal; cond. Jehin
NEWARK MUSIC FESTIVAL, N.J.
29 April - 6 May 1925 - Concerts in the Mosque Theatre
“THE AMERICAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH GRAND OPERA COMPANY”
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris
3 June, 1925 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lucile Chalfont, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Gustave Huberdeau
4 June, 1925 Il Barbiere as Figaro, with Lucilla (Luella) Melius, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Azzolini (Bartolo)
6 June, 1925 La Traviata as Germont, with Queena Mario, Angelo Bada
7 June, 1925 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hina Spani, Queena Mario, Pedro Lafuente, Désiré Défrère
14 June, 1925 La Traviata as Germont with Hélène Danieli, Marinesco
MAX SAUTER OPERA COMPANY
July - August, 1925 tour of Germany with Anna Maria Guglielmetti, Ezio Pinza in 39 performances of Aida, Il Barbiere, Otello, La Traviata, Il Trovatore
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
8 November, 1925 Mat. La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Alice Beck, Ernesto Torti, Antonio Nicolich, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
9 December, 1925 - ditto exc Schipa (or Cortis)
21 January, 1926 - ditto exc Schipa, Défrère for Torti (?)
12 November, 1925 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Louise Homer, Virgilio Lazzari, Jos‚ Mojica, Elizabeth Kerr; cond. Henry Weber
15 November, 1925 - ditto exc Rosa Raisa for Muzio, Augusta Lenska for Homer
21 November, 1925 - same as 12 Nov. exc Lenska for Homer
21 December, 1925 - same as 12 Nov exc Van Gordon for Homer
17 November, 1925, 16 January, 1926 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens (Martha), Irene Pavloska; cond. Gabriel Grovlez
26 November, 1925 Otello as Iago, with Charles Marshall, Anna Fitziu (or Eleanor Sawyer), José Mojica (Cassio), Marie Claessens (Emilia), Alexander Kipnis, Antonio Nicolich, cond. Roberto Moranzoni
28 December, 1925 - ditto exc Fitziu
30 November, 1925, 9 January, 1926 Mat. Hérodiade as Herod, with Fernand Ansseau, Edith Mason, Cyrena van Gordon, Edouard Cotreuil (Phanuel), Désiré Défrère, Elizabeth Kerr, Antonio Nicolich, Theodore Ritch; cond. Gabriel Grovlez
8 December, 1925 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico, with Toti Dal Monte, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Elizabeth Kerr, Jos‚ Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger (début)
19 December, 1925 - ditto exc Antonio Cortis for Schipa
11 December, 1925 (Pag.)/Namiko-San (Aldo Franchetti) WORLD PREMIÈRE as Yiro Danyemon, with Tamaki Miura (Namiko-San), Theodore Ritch (Yasui), Elizabeth Kerr, Vittorio Trevisan (Sato), Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. Aldo Franchetti
24 December, 1925 - ditto exc Cav for Pag
27 December, 1925 Mat - ditto exc Pag followed
2 January, 1926 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless (or Rimini), with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Irene Pavloska, Clara Shear, José Mojica; cond. Giorgio Polacco
CHICAGO/BOSTON
27 January, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Lodovico Oliviero, Morelato, Vittorio Trevisan, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
29 January, 1926 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, (tenor - ?), Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens, Irene Pavloska; Morelato; Cond. Gabriel
3 February, 1926 Hérodiade, as Herod with Edith Mason, Fernand Ansseau, Cyrena van Gordon, José Mojica, Désiré Défrère, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Grovlez
6 February, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Lenska, Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Jos‚ Mojica, Morelato; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BALTIMORE
11 February, 1926 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Clara Shear, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero, Derman, Ernesto Torti; cond. Giorgio Polacco
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON
13 February, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Devora Nadworney, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/CLEVELAND
20 February, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico, with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. St. Leger
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
26 February, 1926 Aida as Amonasro, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Polacco
27 February, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Antonio Nicolich, Désiré Défrère; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/MIAMI
10 March, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère, José Mojica; cond. Moranzoni
13 March, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon (?), Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Morelato; cond. Henry Weber
14 March, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Devora Nadworney, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. H. Weber
ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL, Michigan
22 May, 1926 Lohengrin (Concert version) as Telramund, with Florence Austral (Elsa), Richard Crooks (Lohengrin), Augusta Lenska (Ortrud), Barre Hill (Herald), James Wolfe (King); c. Earle V. Moore
LOS ANGELES GRAND OPERA
7 September, 1926 Martha (Von Flotow) as Plunkett, with Florence Macbeth, Tito Schipa
9 September, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Kathryn Meisle, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Cimini
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
25 September, 1926 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Florence Macbeth, Tito Schipa, Marcel Journet, Vittorio Trevisan, Lodovico Oliviero, Elinor Marlo; cond. Cimini
29 September, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Marcel Journet, Elinor Marlo, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero, Victor Vogel, Evaristo Alibertini, Edna Smith; cond. Gaetano Merola
1 October, 1926 Aida as Amonasro, with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Antonio Cortis, Marcel Journet, Antonio Nicolich, Nazareth Regoli; cond. Gaetano Merola
3 October, 1926 Mat La Bohème as Marcello, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Myrtle Donnelly, Marcel Journet, Antonio Nicolich, Vittorio Trevisan; Gaetano Merola
5 October, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico, with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Antonio Nicolich, Nazareth Regoli, Flossita Badger; cond. Pietro Cimini
6 October, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Aroldo Lindi, Kathryn Meisle, Antonio Nicolich, Salvatore Messina; cond. Gaetano Merola
LOS ANGELES GRAND OPERA
11 October, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis; cond. Richard Hageman
October, 1926 Il Barbiere as Figaro, with Rosa Raisa, Paul Althouse
October, 1926 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Rosa Raisa, Paul Althouse
October, 1926 Faust as Valentin, with Luella Melius/ Pauline Cornelys, Paul Althouse, George Baklanoff; cond. Richard Hageman
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
12, 29 November, 29 December 1926, 11 January, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal, with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Désiré Défrère, Albert Rappeport, JoséMojica (Sailor), Antonio Nicolich; cond. Giorgio Polacco
15 November, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico, with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Edouard Cotreuil, Alice d’Hermanoy, José Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger
20 November, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Eidé Norena, Charles Hackett, Edouard Cotreuil, Lorna Jackson, Anna Correnti, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Weber
14 December, 1926 - ditto exc Antonio Cortis for Hackett, Clara Shear for Misgen
23 November, 1926 Mat Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Aroldo Lindi, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari, Florence Misgen; cond. Henry Weber
19 December, 1926 - ditto exc Edouard Cotreuil for Lazzari
5 January, 1926 - ditto exc Antonio Cortis, Cotreuil
22 January, 1927 MAT - ditto exc Lamont for Cortis, Cotreuil
*28 January, 1927 Grand Gala (Martha Act II, Tosca Act II)/ Il Trovatore Act IV - ditto exc Forrest Lamont (or Lindi), van Gordon (for Lenska).
2 December, 1926 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Toti Dal Monte, Charles Hackett, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens, Lodovico Oliviero, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
25 January, 1927 - ditto exc Maria Kurenko for Dal Monte
26 December, 1926 Mat, 3 January, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère , José Mojica, Antonio Nicolich, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
16 January, 1927 - ditto exc Charles Hackett for Schipa
29 January, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Clara Shear, Augusta Lenska, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Désiré Défrère, Lodovico Oliviero, Derman; cond. Antonio Sabino
CHICAGO/BOSTON
2 February, 1927 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Vanni Marcoux, Charles Hackett, Marie Claessens, Clara Shear, Morelato; cond. Frank St. Leger
4 February, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal, with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis
5 February, 1927 Lucia as Enrico, with Maria Kurenko, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Frank St. Leger
9 February, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Eidé Norena, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson
12 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Forrest Lamont, Virgilio Lazzari, Augusta Lenska; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BALTIMORE
15 February, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Désiré Défrère; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, D.C.
16 February, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Clara Shear (Oscar); cond. Sabino
CHICAGO/PITTSBURGH
18 February, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BUFFALO
23 February, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
25 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Henry Weber
26 February, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO/BIRMINGHAM
28 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as di Luna, with Rosa Raisa, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/HOUSTON
6 March, 1927 Aida as Amonasro, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari, Edouard Cotreuil, Elizabeth Kerr; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
9 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Giovanni Polese; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/DALLAS
10 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, José Mojica, Giovanni Polese; cond. Polacco
12 March, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/TULSA
15 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Giovanni Polese; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/DETROIT
20 March, 1927 Aida as Amonasro with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/AKRON
22 March, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Maria Kurenko, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Alice d’Hermanoy, Clara Shear, Virgilio Lazzari, D‚sir‚ DefrŠre; cond. Moranzoni
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
*3 November, 20 December, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Eleanor Elderkin, Giovanni Polese, Désiré Défrère, José Mojica; cond. Giorgio Polacco
18 November, 1927 Mat (in Milwaukee) - ditto exc Hackett for Schipa, Giovanni Polese for ?
25 December, 1927 -same as 3 Nov exc cond. Weber
21 January, 1928 - same as 3 Nov exc Cortis (or Schipa) cond. Henry Weber
5 November, 1927 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Toti Dal Monte, Jos‚ Mojica, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
14 November, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Rosa Raisa, Augusta Lenska, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Chase Baromeo; Albert Rappaport, cond. Henry Weber
4 December, 1927 - ditto exc Claudia Muzio for Raisa, Kathryn Meisle for Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari for Baromeo
*5 January, 1928 - ditto exc Muzio for Raisa, Marshall for Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon for Meisle, Lazzari for Baromeo
25 January, 1928 - same as 14 Nov. exc Lamont, Lazzari; cond. Antonio Sabino
22 November, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Anna Hamlin, Augusta Lenska, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. Sabino
17 December, 1927 - ditto exc Chase Baromeo for Lazzari
26 November, 1927 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Leone Kruse, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Antonio Nicolich, Lucille Meusel; cond. Henry Weber
*8 December, 1927, 2, 14 January, 1928 - ditto exc Augusta Lenska for van Gordon
29 November, 1927 Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) (Rimsky-Korsakov) as Misguir with Eidé Norena (Snow Maiden), JoséMojica (Czar Berendey), Augusta Lenska (Fairy Spring), Chase Baromeo (King Frost), Lorna Jackson (Lel); cond. H. Weber
7 January, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson, Chase Baromeo; c. Henry Weber
18 January, 1928 MAT - ditto exc Florence Macbeth for Dal Monte, Charles Hackett for Cortis; cond. Moranzoni
27 January, 1928 GRAND GALA (Loreley Act I, Aida Act III)/Pagliacci: Act 1 as Tonio with Eidé Norena, Fernand Ansseau; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BOSTON
4 February, 1928 Aida as Amonasro, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis
8 February, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Leone Kruse, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Weber
10 February, 1928 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett
11 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Eidé Norena, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO/AKRON
15 February, 1928 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Jos‚ Mojica; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/DETROIT
18 February, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Rosa Raisa, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Albert Rappaport, Sandrini; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
22 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari, Désiré Défrère; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
24 February, 1928 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Défrère, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/TULSA
28 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Chase Baromeo, Désiré Défrère, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
3 March, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari, Albert Rappaport; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES
5 March, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elsa Alsen, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Chase Baromeo; cond. Weber
11 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Lorna Jackson, Irena Pavloska, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens, Charles Hackett
CHICAGO/OAKLAND
16 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/SACRAMENTO
17 March, 1928 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Défrère, José Mojica; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SEATTLE
21 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Olga Kargau, Marie Claessens, Cyrena van Gordon; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/PORTLAND
23 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Lorna Jackson, Olga Karga, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/MINNEAPOLIS
31 March, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elsa Alsen, Forrest Lamont, Augusta Lenska, Chase Baromeo; cond. Weber
2 April, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Olga Kargau, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens; cond. Henry Weber
28 April, 1928 Kent Atwater Radio Broadcast with Emilia Da Prato, soprano and Kathleen Stewart, pianist. Il Barbiere aria & songs
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
3 November, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Alice Mock, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari (or Baromeo), Ada Paggi, Alice d’Hermanoy, Constance Eberhardt, Howard Preston, Désiré Défrère; cond. Henry Weber
11 November, 1928 Mat - ditto exc Charles Hackett for Cortis, Alexander Kipnis as Sparafucile
2 December, 1928 - ditto exc Hackett for Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari and conductor Moranzoni
15 December, 1928 Mat - ditto exc Bonelli (or Luigi Montesanto), Margarita Salvi for Mock, Hackett for Cortis
*7, 17 November, 1928 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Eva Turner, Alice Mock, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. H. Weber
13 January, 1929 - ditto exc Frida Leider for Turner, Chase Baromeo for Lazzari
15 November, 1928 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Marion Claire, Antonio Cortis, Barre Hill, José Mojica; cond. Weber
1 December, 1928 - ditto exc Hilda Burke for Claire
11 December, 1928, 4 January, 1929 (in Milwaukee) - same as 15 Nov ex Ulysses Lappas for Cortis
29 November, 1928 Aida as Amonasro, with Eva Turner, Elizabeth Kerr, Cyrena van Gordon, Ulysses Lappas (or Charles Marshall), Virgilio Lazzari, Chase Baromeo; cond. Polacco (or Moranzoni)
*23 January, 1929 - ditto exc Rosa Raisa for Turner, Charles Marshall (or Lappas), Hilda Burke for Kerr
4 December, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Eva Turner, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall (or Cortis), Alice d’Hermanoy, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Giorgio Polacco
22 December, 1928 - ditto exc Cortis for Marshall
6, 23, 25 December, 1928 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Constance Eberhardt, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
3, *9 January 1929 The Marriage of Figaro as the Count, with Edith Mason (Susanna), Eva Turner (Countess), Marion Claire (Cherubino), Marie Claessens, Virgilio Lazzari (Figaro), Vittorio Trevisan, José Mojica, Giuseppe Cavadore, Sandrini; conds. Weber/Moranzoni
20 January, 1929 MAT- ditto exc Meusel for ?
25 January, 1929 - same as 3 January, 1929 (?)
CHICAGO/BOSTON
30 January, 1929 Aida as Amonasro, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Polacco
4 February, 1929 The Marriage of Figaro as the Count, with Eva Turner, Edith Mason, Marion Claire, Marie Claessens, Lucille Meusel, Virgilio Lazzari, Trevisan; cond. Moranzoni
9 February, 1929 Lucia as Enrico, with Alice Mock, Antonio Cortis, Chase Baromeo, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/BUFFALO
11 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich
CHICAGO/DETROIT
15 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
18 February, 1929 Faust with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Chase Baromeo, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/BIRMINGHAM
23 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/DALLAS
27 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
1 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Marion Claire, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES
9 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Alice Mock, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/OAKLAND
16 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Charles Lauwers
CHICAGO/LINCOLN
21 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/MINNEAPOLIS
23 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL, Michigan
22 - 25 May, 1929, - no details
MAX SAUTER OPERA COMPANY Summer, 1929 Tour of Germany and Switzerland
Zurich, La Traviata as Germont (?) with Claudia Muzio (?)
Zurich, Aida as Amonasro (?) with Claudia Muzio (?)
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
6 November, 21 December, 1929 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich, Sandrini, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
28 January, 1930 - ditto exc Tito Schipa for Hackett
9, 17 Mat, 27 November, 1929 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Frida Leider (Isolde), Maria Olszewska (Brangane), Theodore Strack (Tristan), Alexander Kipnis (King Marke), Désiré Défrère (Melot), Giuseppe Cavadore, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Egon Pollak
21 January, 1930 - ditto exc Cyrena van Gordon for Olszewska
7 Mat December, 1929, 12 January, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Eva Turner (Elisabeth), Frida Leider (Venus), Alice Mock, Theodore Strack (Tannhäuser), Alexander Kipnis (Hermann), Giuseppe Cavadore, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero; Egon Pollak
15 December, 1929 Mat - ditto exc Helen Freund for Mock
23 December, 1929 - ditto exc Cyrena Van Gordon for Leider
10 December, 1929 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Ada Paggi, Constance Eberhardt, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Frank St. Leger
29 December, 1929 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, René Maison, Alexander Kipnis, Constance Eberhart, Ada Paggi; cond. Frank St. Leger
