1902 ORESTE MIELI 7" Zonophone Pagliacci Serenata di Arlecchino 78

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I am currently selling a series of great Richard Wagner and classic European 78 rpm orchestral recordings on all the great European labels:

Rare early recording by  ORESTE MIELI  on 7" Zonophone

Pagliacci Serenata di Arlecchino

Announced w piano 

Condition: VERY GOOD PLUS, nice shape Plays very quiet  w light dist

Mieli, Oreste, tenor, * 1870, † 1924 Galbiate at Como, he was one of the most famous singers of the time to record and after the turn of the century. His career seems to have played on mainly Italian provincial theaters, he sang in 1900 at the Teatro Sociale of Rovigo the title role in Giordano's "Andrea Chenier" on 17/01/1901 in one of the six simultaneous (and invariably unsuccessful) first performances of Mascagni's "Le Maschere "at the Teatro Regio in Turin Florindo. On 30/11/1904 he participated in the world premiere of the opera "Risurrezione" of Alfano as Prince Dimitri at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele of Turin. His records show a musically educated by excellent, warm timbre voice. 1900-08 was a long list of recordings for Columbia and Zonophone, some also on Pathe. Late in his career, he switched to baritone, from this period, however, only a few Columbia-plates are available.

[Update] Mieli, Oreste, he sang on 05/07/1896 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome at the premiere of the opera "La Sorella di Mark," by Giacomo Setaccioli, 1898 Alfredo in "La Traviata" in 1897 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome the Fenton in "Falstaff" by Verdi and in 1898 there too Alfredo. 1898 could be heard at the Italian Opera in Holland as the Duke in "Rigoletto" and as Alfredo. He appeared as a guest in 1899 at the Teatro Sociale Como, 1902 at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples, 1900 at the Teatro Regio Torino in "Cendrillon" by Massenet, 1901 Mylio in »Zazà" by Leoncavallo, 1906 at the Teatro Comunale of Treviso, 1908 at the Teatro Margherita Genoa, 1909 in Pavia. Around 1910, he must have switched to the baritone repertoire, since he Chieti 1911 at the Theater of the Hermann also on Politeama Genoa and 1912 at the National Theatre in Belgrade Catalani sang "Loreley", 1911 with an Italian opera company to Rigoletto. - Records: Pathé (Milan, 1906, ten titles with opera and song recordings).

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