RICHARD BONELLI CHRONOLOGY – 1930-1939
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
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
23 January, 1930 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
26 January, 1930 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA/BOSTON
5 February, 1930 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, René Maison, Cesare Formichi, Ada Paggi, Marie Claessens; cond. Frank St. Leger
6 February, 1930 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal, with Frida Leider, Theodore Strack, Maria Olszewska, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Egon Pollak
8 February, 1930 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Antonio Cortis, Margarita Salvi, Coe Glade, Virgilio Lazzari; c. St. Leger
12 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Frida Leider, Theodore Strack, Alice Mock, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/DETROIT
20 February, 1930 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Désiré Défrère; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
21 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Chase Baromeo, Maria Olszewska, Hilda Burke, Giuseppe Cavadore, D‚sir‚ DefrŠre; cond. Polacco
23 February, 1930 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Antonio Cortis, Coe Glade, Chase Baromeo, D‚sir‚ DefrŠre, Sandrini, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
24 February, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Giuseppe Cavadore, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO/LOUISVILLE
28 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Coe Glade, Chase Baromeo; c. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO OPERA/MEMPHIS, Auditorium
3 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. St. Leger
CHICAGO/DALLAS
13 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Coe Glade. Alice Mock, Chase Baromeo, Nicolich, Sandrini, Cavadore, Oliviero; c. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
15 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Maria Olszewska, Alice Mock, Chase Baromeo, Antonio Nicolich, Désiré Défrère, Giuseppe Cavadore, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO OPERA/TULSA, Convention Hall
18 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/MINNEAPOLIS, Auditorium
21 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Maria Olszewska, Chase Baromeo; c. Cooper
24 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/KANSAS CITY, Convention Hall
28 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
27 November, 9 December, 1930 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Rosa Raisa, Alice Mock, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Salvatore Baccaloni; c. Cooper
29 November, 1930 - ditto exc Sonia Sharnova for van Gordon
6 December, 1930 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
15 December, 1930 - ditto exc Charles Hackett for Cortis
24 January, 1931 - ditto exc Tito Schipa for Cortis
11 December, 1930, 7 January, 1931 La Bohème as Marcello, with Claudia Muzio, Irene Pavloska, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Désiré Défrère, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
20 December, 1930 Mat Il Trovatore, with Claudia Muzio, Cyrena van Gordon, Mario Laurence, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
27 December, 1930 - ditto exc Cortis for Laurence
9 January, 1931 GRAND GALA Lucia Act II, Sc 2 as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
14 January, 1931 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Charles Marshall, Mario Fiorella; cond. F. St Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/BOSTON
27 January, 1931 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
7 February, 1931 Lucia RB (or Hill) as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Theodore Ritch, Lodovico Oliviero, Oscar Colcaire; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
28 February, 1931 La Bohème as Marcello, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Irene Pavloska, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO OPERA/PITTSBURGH
9 February, 1931 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/LOS ANGELES
26 February, 1931 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/SAN FRANCISCO
5 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA /SEATTLE
11 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/PORTLAND
14 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico, with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/LINCOLN
17 March, 1931 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Mario Fiorella; c. F. St. Leger
LOS ANGELES OPERA
3 October, 1932 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Mario Chamlee; cond. Gaetano Merola
6 October, 1932 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Dino Borgioli; cond. Pietro Cimini
8 October, 1932 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Francesco Merli, Kathryn Meisle, Tudor Williams; c. Cimini
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
20 October, 1932 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Dino Borgioli, Eva Gruninger, Ezio Pinza; Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Marsden Argall; cond. Gaetano Merola
22 October, 1932 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Claudia Muzio, Tandy MacKenzie, Marsden Argall, Terry Lanfranconi; cond. Cimini
27 October, 1932 Faust as Valentin, with Queena Mario, Dino Borgioli, Katerina Malova, Ezio Pinza; Eva Gruninger, Louis D’Angelo, cond. Hans Blechschmidt
29 October, 1932 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Tandy MacKenzie, Louis D’Angelo, Terry Lanfranconi, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Pietro Cimini
1 November, 1932 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Dino Borgioli, Marek Windheim, Marsden Argall, Louis D’Angelo, Katerina Malova; cond. Gaetano Merola
METROPOLITAN OPERA
MET/PHILADELPHIA
29 November, 1932 Il Barbiere di Siviglia DÉBUT as Figaro, with Lily Pons (Rosina), Tito Schipa (Almaviva), Pompilio Malatesta (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basilio), Giordano Paltrinieri (Fiorello), Henrietta Wakefield (Berta); cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/NEW YORK
1 December, 1932 La Traviata as Germont, with Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Angelo Bada, Minnie Egener, George Cehanovsky, Millo Picco, Paolo Ananian, Philine Falco; cond. T. Serafin
4 December, 1932 CONCERT Pagliacci: Prologue & Duet, with Helen Gleason; Ballo: ‘Eri tu’; La Bohème: excpts Acts 1 & 2 as Marcellowith Helen Gleason, Armand Tokatyan, Pearl Besuner, Millo Picco, Tancredi Pasero, Pompilio Malatesta
8 December, 1932 Mat La Bohème as Marcello, with Lucrezia Bori, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Nina Morgana, Arthur Anderson (Colline), Claudio Frigerio (Schaunard), Paolo Ananian (Benoit), Pompilio Malatesta (Alcindoro), Max Altglass (Parpignol); cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
*24 December, 1932 – ditto, with Maria Müller for Bori, Ezio Pinza for Anderson.
10 December, 1932 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Nina Morgana, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, George Cehanovsky, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
16 December, 1932 Faust as Valentin, with Queen Mario, L‚on Rothier, Giovanni Martinelli, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, James Wolfe; cond. Louis Hasselmans
22 December - ditto exc Ezio Pinza for Rothier
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 December, 1932 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Tito Schipa (Alfredo), Paolo Ananian (Dr. Grenvil), Alfredo Gandolfi (Douphol), Elda Vettori (Flora), Philine Falco (Annina), Angelo Bada (Gastone), Millo Picco (d’Obigny); cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/WHITE PLAINS
30 December, 1932 Pagliacci as Tonio, with Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Frigerio, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Giuseppe Sturani + Hansel und Gretel with Editha Fleischer
MET/NY
7 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones) (WP)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Editha Fleischer, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi; cond. Pietro Cimara
MET/PHILADELPHIA
10 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Nina Morgana, Armand Tokatyan, Claudio Frigerio, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Pietro Cimara
MET/NY
13 January, 1933 Pagliacci as Tonio, with Editha Fleischer, Edward Johnson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Emperor Jones
18 January, 1933 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Editha Fleischer, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Gladys Swarthout, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
20 January, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Nina Morgana, Arthur Anderson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + L’Oracolo
25 February, 1933 - ditto exc Lauri-Volpi for Martinelli, Aida Doninelli for Morgana, Tancredi Pasero for Anderson
23 January, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Armand Tokatyan, Gladys Swarthout, Tancredi Pasero, Giordano Paltrinieri, Millo Picco; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
27 January, 1933 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Faina Petrova (Amneris), Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Tullio Serafin
3 February, 1933 Mat Pagliacci, as Tonio, with Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Frigerio, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Elektra
10 February, 1933 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Elda Vettori, Angelo Bada, Millo Picco, Paolo Ananian, cond. Tullio Serafin
17 February, 9 March, 1933 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Lucrezia Bori, Edward Johnson, Tancredi Pasero, Angelo Bada, Elda Vettori, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin
26 February, 1933 COMMEMORATION CONCERT (25 Years of Met Opera guided by Gatti-Casazza): The King’s Henchman Finale Act I, with Edward Johnson, Arthur Anderson, Max Altglass; Falstaff Finale Act 3 with Queena Mario, Editha Fleischer, Marion Telva, Gladys Swarthout, Armand Tokatyan, Angelo Bada, Pasquale Amato, Giordano Paltrinieri, Adamo Didur; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
3 March, 1933 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada, Philine Falco, Alfio Tedesco, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/BALTIMORE
13 March, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Louis D’Angelo, Alfredo Gandolfi, George Cehanovsky; c. Bellezza
CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO, OPERA HOUSE
(about) 7 - 19 August, 1933 The Merry Widow (Lehár ) as Prince Danilo, with Natalie Hill (Sonia Sadoya), Gladys Swarthout (Natalie)
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
8 November, 1933 Aida as Amonasro, with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
10, 19 Mat November, 1933 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal, with Gertrud Kappel, Kathryn Meisle, Paul Althouse, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Otto Hertz
28 November, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello, with Lucrezia Bori, Emily Hardy, Dino Borgioli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
1 December, 1933 La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Claudia Muzio, Myrtle Leonard, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. G. Merola
METROPOLITAN OPERA,NY
1 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Millo Picco, Angelo Bada; cond. Tullio Serafin
6 January, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello, with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
15 January, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/PHILADELPHIA
16 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/NY
27 January, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Maria Müller, Lauritz Melchior, Margaret Halstead, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark, Hans Clemens; cond. Karl Riedel
31 January, 1934 Faust as Valentin, with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/BROOKLYN
6 February, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/NY
14 February, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Paolo Ananian; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
18 February, 1934 CONCERT La Gioconda: Act 1 & 2 Duets with Leonora Corona, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli; Il Barbiere: ‘Largo al factotum’; Rigoletto: Qt with Editha Fleischer, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli
MET/PHILADEPHIA
6 March. 1934 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Elda Vettori; cond. V. Bellezza
MET/NY
10 March, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Nino Martini, Giordano Paltrinieri, Elda Vettori, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/HARTFORD
13 March, 1934 Faust as Valentin, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, George Cehanovsky; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/NY
23 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford, with Leonora Corona (Lady Marigold), Edward Johnson (Sir Gower), Irra Petina (Plentiful Tewke), Alfredo Gandolfi (Myles Broadrib), Helen Gleason (Peregrine); cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 March, 1934 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Olszewska, Virgilio Lazzari, Arthur Anderson; cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/NY
31 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford with Margaret Halstead, Frederick Jagel, Gladys Swarthout, Alfredo Gandolfi, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin
DETROIT CIVIC OPERA, Masonic Temple
RB with Lucrezia Bori, Maria Barova, Lucille Kreger. Lucille Meusel, Hazel Sanborn, Mario Chamlee, Pasquale Amato, Norman Cordon
15 May, 1934 Manon as Lescaut (?); cond. Wilfred Pelletier
18 May, 1934 as Rigoletto (?); cond. Fulgenzio Guerrieri
METROPOLITAN QUARTET tour - 20 concerts
22 October - 24 November, 1934 RB with Grace Moore, Edward Johnson, Rose Bampton acc. by Giuseppe Bamboschek
SAN FRANCISCO
26 November, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Querita Eybel, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi, Raymond Marlowe, Lillian Clark; cond. Otto Hertz
28 November, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Gaetano Merola
30 November, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Ninon Vallin, Lillian Clark, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger; cond. Gaetano Merola
5 December, 1934 Otello as Iago, with Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Merola
CLEVELAND OPERA
13, 15 December, 1934 Otello RB as Iago, with Dorothee Manski, Helen Jepson, Anne Roselle, Rosa Tentoni, Paul Althouse, Mario Chamlee, Aroldo Lindi, Chase Baromeo; cond. Artur Rodzinski
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*29 December, 1934 Mat Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Virgilio Lazzari, Elda Vettori; cond. Bellezza
30 December, 1934 CONCERT Pearlfishers: duet, with Jagel; Un Ballo in Maschera: “Eri tu”; La Bohème: Act 2 Finale, with Queena Mario, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark
31 December, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello, with Dino Borgioli, Lucrezia Bori, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
CLEVELAND OPERA
3, 5 January, 1935 Tosca as Scarpia; cond. Artur Rodzinski
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*12 January, 1935 Mat Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Maria Müller, Lauritz Melchior, Ludwig Hofmann, Dorothee Manski, Arnold Gabor; cond. Artur Bodanzky
MET/BROOKLYN
22 January, 1935 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Anny Konetzni, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, Arnold Gabor, Hans Clemens, James Wolfe; cond. Bodanzky
MET/NY
24 January, 1935 (In the Pasha’s Garden)/La Bohème as Marcello, with Queena Mario, Nino Martini, Ezio Pinza, Helen Gleason, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. V. Bellezza
MET/BROOKLYN
29 January, 1935 Aida as Amonasro with Maria Müller, Rose Bampton, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/NY
1 February, 1935 Faust as Valentin, with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Paolo Ananian, Pearl Besuner, Henrietta Wakefield; cond. Louis Hasselmans
14 March, 1935 - ditto with Elisabeth Rethberg for Norena, Lillian Clark for Besuner, George Cehanovsky for Ananian.
15 February, 1935 La Traviata as Germont, with Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Angelo Bada, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Ettore Panizza
22 February, 1935 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Maria Müller, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenza Bellezza
7 March, 1935 - ditto exc Giovanni Martinelli for Jagel, cond. Pietro Cimara
10 March, 1935 CONCERT; La Traviata excpts with Eidé Norena, Richard Crooks; Pagliacci: excpts with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, George Cehanovsky
MET/NEWARK
28 March, 1935 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
Summer, 1935 - Filming of Enter Madame for Paramount
Autumn 1935 Metropolitan Quartet - tour
SAN FRANCISCO
23 November, 1935 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Coe Glade, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, Marek Windheim; cond. Gaetano Merola
25 November, 1935 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Tumminia, Tito Schipa, Louis D’Angelo, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Marek Windheim; cond. G. Merola
27 November, 1935 La Bohème as Marcello, with Helen Jepson, Eugenia Smith, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Richard Lert
29 November, 1935 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Emily Hardy, Eva Gruninger, Tito Schipa, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, John Howell, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gaetano Merola
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
19 December, 1935 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya; cond. Louis Hasselmans.
18 January, 1936 - ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Frederick Jagel for Kullman, Irra Petina for Olheim.
16 March, 1936 - ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Irra Petina for Olheim.
26 December, 1935 Mat Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Susanne Fisher, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Louis D’Angelo Max Altglass; cond. Ettore Panizza
8 January, 1936 - ditto exc Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada
1 February, 1936 ditto exc Hilda Burke for Fisher, Joseph Bentonelli for Jagel, Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada,
21 February, 1936 - ditto exc Edith Mason for Fisher, Charles Hackett for Jagel
27 February, 1936 - ditto Feb. exc Jagel for Jagel
10 January, 1936 Manon as Lescaut, with Lucrezia Bori, Joseph Bentonelli, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, Helen Gleason, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Louis Hasselmans
MET/NEWARK
21 January, 1936 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Susanne Fisher, Richard Crooks, Ina Bourskaya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina; cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
5 February, 5 March, 1936 Manon as Lescaut, with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky ; cond. Louis Hasselmans
8 February, 1936 (Hansel und Gretel)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Martinelli, George Cehanovsky, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. G. Papi
19 February, 1936 - ditto exc Helen Jepson for Burke, Millo Picco for Cehanovsky; c. Papi + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi
*29 February, 1936 Mat - same as 8 Feb. exc Queena Mario for Burke + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi
12 March, 1936 - same as 8 Feb exc preceded by Cav/Errante
*15 February, 1936 Mat Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi
6 March, 1936 - ditto exc Frederick Jagel for Martinelli, Bruna Castagna for Meisle.
19 March, 1936 -same as 15 February exc Castagna for Meisle.
AUTUMN, 1936 METROPOLITAN QUARTET Concerts in U.S./Canada RB with Helen Jepson, Charles Hackett, Rose Bampton; Ernst Wolff, piano.
CHICAGO CITY OPERA
11 November, 1936 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Antoine, Tito Schipa, Vittorio Trevisan, Ruisi; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
9 December, 1936 Otello as Iago, with Edith Mason, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Barova, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Angelo Canarutto
11 December, 1936 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Marjorie Lawrence, Leonora La Mance, Paul Althouse, Chase Baromeo; cond. Henry Weber
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
16 January, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Vina Bovy, Richard Crooks, Léon Rothier, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel
25 January, 1937 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Lotte Lehmann, Paul Althouse, Ludwig Hofmann, Kerstin Thorborg, Hans Clemens; cond. Maurice de Abravanel
29 January, 1937 La Traviata as Germont, with Eidé Norena, Nino Martini, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning; cond. Panizza
7 February, 1937 Ford Sunday Hour Radio Concert, with orchestra conducted by Victor Kolar. Il Trovatore, Carmen arias + songs by Golde, Margetson and Damrosch
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*13 February, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Bidú Sayão (Manon) (DÉBUT), Sydney Rayner (des Grieux), Chase Baromeo (Comte), Natalie Bodanya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel.
6 March, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Bruna Castagna, Arthur Carron, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi
*20 March, 1937 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya, Wilfred Engelman, cond. Wilfred Pelletier
24 March, 1937 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Giovanni Martinelli, Franca Somigli, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/CLEVELAND
14 April, 1937 Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza. Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
GRANT PARK, CHICAGO (OPEN AIR) CONCERT
*1 September, 1937 Concert: arias from Barbiere, Ballo, Hérodiade & songs including ‘Danse Macabre’ and ‘Tommy Lad’
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
15 October, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Gina Cigna, Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon. Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola
26 October, 1937 ditto- exc Pinza for List
18 October, 1937 La Bohème as Marcello, with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
20 October, 1937 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Bruna Castagna, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi
30 October, 1937 La Traviata as Germont, with Gina Cigna, Charles Kullman; Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, John Howell, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gaetano Merola
6 November, 1937 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Tumminia, Charles Kullman, Dorothy Cornish, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
10 November, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Vina Bovy, René Maison, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Pietro Cimini
LOS ANGELES, Shrine Auditorium
17 November, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza; cond. G. Merola
Tosca as Scarpia with Maria Jeritza, Frank Forest
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
MET/HARTFORD
7 December, 1937 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Anna Kaskas, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
*8 January, 1938 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
22 January, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gennaro Papi
28 January, 1938 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada; cond. Gennaro Papi
19 February, 1938 Faust as Valentin, with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Carlton Gauld (Méphistophélès), Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
MET/CLEVELAND
6 April, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana & The Bat (Ballet)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Donald Dickson, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi
9 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Angelo Bada, Thelma Votipka; cond. Ettore Panizza
MET/ROCHESTER
11 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Dusolina Giannini, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza
ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN with Philadelphia Orchestra
14 May, 1938 Mat Carmen (Concert version), as Escamillo with Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Hilda Burke (Micaela/Frasquita), Chase Baromeo; cond. Earl V. Moore
PASADENA, Rose Bowl - “La Scala Opera Company”
25 June, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Eva Turner, Jesús de Gaviria, Bruna Castagna, Tudor Williams, Yasha Davidoff; cond. Pietro Cimini
SAN DIEGO
? 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Eva Turner, Jesus de Gaviria
HOLLYWOOD BOWL
26 July, 1938 (La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours)/Cavalleria Rusticana as Alfio, with Maria Jeritza, Mario Chamlee, Clemence Gifford; cond. Carlo Peroni
SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
*7 October, 1938 Andrea Chénier as Gérard, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Beniamino Gigli, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, George Cehanovsky, Norman Cordon, Doris Doe, Lodovico Oliviero, Arnold Gabor; cond. Gaetano Merola
17, 22 October, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Don Pasquale as Dr. Malatesta, with Mafalda Favero, Dino Borgioli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
28 October, 1938 La Forza del Destino as Carlo, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Doris Doe, Beniamino Gigli, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Thelma Votipka, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
WINNIPEG, CANADA
28 November, 1938, Civic Auditorium, Joint Recital with pianist Mischa Levitzki - Arias from Tannhäuser, La Traviata and songs
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 December, 1938 Tosca as Scarpia, with Marjorie Lawrence (Tosca), Galliano Masini (Cavaradossi), Norman Cordon (Angelotti), Louis d’Angelo (Sacristan), Wilfred Engelman (Sciarrone); cond. Gennaro Papi
MET/NY
31 December, 1938 Otello as Iago, with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Nicola Moscona, Alessio De Paolis, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza
21 January, 1939 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, Giordano Paltrinieri, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi
15 February, 1939 Manon as Lescaut, with Jan Kiepura, Bidú Sayão, Léon Rothier, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petrina, Natalia Bodanya, Maxine Stellman, Max Altglass, Arnold Gabor; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
*4 March, 1939 Mat Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Gennaro Papi
ANN ARBOR - New York World’s Fair Season
13 May, 1939 Otello as Iago, with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Earl V. Moore
SAN FRANCISCO
*13 October, 1939 Manon as Lescaut, with Bidú Sayão, Tito Schipa, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Ferrier (Guillot); cond. Gaetano Merola
21 October, 1939 Pagliacci as Tonio, with George Stinson, Charlotte Boerner, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola + Cav.
31 October, 1939 - ditto + Coppelia ballet
1 November, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Louis D’Angelo, Norman Cordon, Herta Glaz, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi
4 November, 1939 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, Thelma Votipka, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gennaro Papi
METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
2 December, 1939 Aida as Amonasro, with Zinka Milanov, Arthur Carron, Bruna Castagna, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza
13 December, 1939 Manon as Lescaut,with Grace Moore, Richard Crooks, Norman Cordon; cond. Wilfred Pelletier
15 December, 1939 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi
*3 February, 1940 - ditto exc Frederick Jagel for Martini, Virgilio Lazzari for Cordon
21 December, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Irra Petina, Louis D’Angelo, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi
27 December, 1939, 4 January, 1940 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Helen Jepson, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, Alessio de Paolis; cond. Papi
