10½” DISCO ODEON – GIUSEPPE DE LUCA

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10½” DISCO ODEON – GIUSEPPE DE LUCA

59079 TROVATORE (Verdi) : Il balen del suo sorriso (Mx:  Xph 2304)  (Fonotipia 39943 )

59080 ERNANI (Verdi) : Oh de verd’anni miei (Mx:  Xph 2307)  (Fonotipia 39944 )

Recorded in Milano, 14th January 1907

Very light greying.

CONDITION : E =

Giuseppe DE LUCA (Rome, December 25, 1876 – August 26, 1950),

Was an Italian baritone who achieved his greatest operatic triumphs at the New York Metropolitan Opera.De Luca was born in Rome. He studied in that city with two famous teachers, Venceslao Persichini and Antonio Cotogni, and made his debut at Piacenza in 1897, singing Valentin in Gounod's Faust.He appeared at La Scala, Milan, from 1902 to 1910, and made his London debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in 1907. He moved subsequently to America where he became a leading baritone at the Metropolitan Opera for 20 years, from 1915 to 1935. (He returned briefly to the house in 1939-1940.) After his retirement, he taught voice at the Juilliard School. He died in New York at the age of 73. De Luca is notable for creating two important Puccini roles: Sharpless in Madama Butterfly (La Scala, 1904) and the title role in Gianni Schicchi (Metropolitan, 1918). He also created the Marquess in Massenet's Grisélidis, Michonnet in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur, Gleby in Giordano’s Siberia (1903), and Sancho Panza in Massenet’s Don Quichotte opposite Feodor Chaliapin. The illustrious conductor Arturo Toscanini is reputed to have called De Luca, "absolutely the best baritone I ever heard" Certainly, he was praised in a wide range of operatic roles, from buffo to bel canto to Verdi to Puccini, with some early forays into Wagner's works in his days at La Scala. (He sang only in Italian and French.) De Luca's voice and career are well-documented in numerous recordings which he made for the Fonotipia and Victor companies in Italy and America. On some of them, he is partnered by other great singers of the Met's golden age, including Enrico Caruso and Rosa Ponselle. He was renowned as a master of lyric, smooth-toned legato singing and his recordings confirm his excellence in this regard. Being a small man, his voice was not of huge dimensions. But it had ample carrying power, was immaculately used and, during its prime, possessed exceptional beauty in the middle register. De Luca was a capable actor, too, especially in lively comic roles

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E + + A near mint copy.

E + A choice copy no wear whatsoever.

E Excellent. Virtually no trace of groove wear with only minimal traces of use and handling.

E – An above average record .

E = Record with slight degree if groove wear, but not enough to seriously detract from its audio quality.

V + + Obviously well played but still enjoyable. Noticeable greying in the grooves

V + Very well worn but listenable Expect the surface noise to be significant. There may be stressed grooves.

V Stressed grooves more pronounced.

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