1907 Milan FONOTIPIA Pasquale Amato GERMANIA Tannhaus78

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Original 1909 ITALIAN PRESSING FONOTIPIA 10 3/8" record with all the hallmarks of Fonipia: Autographed signatures written in the dead wax under the label and printed on the paper label

WAGNER, Work: Tannhäuser - O du mein holder Abendstern (ital), Performer: Pasquale Amato, baritone,

Composer: FRANCHETTI, Work: Germania - Addio Di Worms "Ascolta io Moriro", Performer: Pasquale Amato, baritone,, Date: 1909

FONOTIPIA 10 3/8" 78 rpm  record with artist signature in dead wax and stamped on label.

ITALIAN FONOTIPIA, not a US re-issue!!!
 

Condition:

VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS: basically no greying, but rubbing, longer scratch on Tannh, plays with some crackly hiss

Giovanni Zenatello (2 February 1876 - 11 February 1949) was an Italian unic. He was born in Verona.

His music teacher in Verona originally tried to train him as a baritone, but Zenatello was destined to became an internationally acclaimed tenor. He made his professional debut as a baritone in 1898 and his debut as a tenor the following year. On February 17, 1904, he created the role of Pinkerton in the world premiere of Puccini's Madama Butterfly at La Scala. Zenatello matured into a clarion-voiced dramatic tenor, eventually becoming the world's greatest performer of Giuseppe Verdi's Otello. He performed this taxing role more than 300 times during his career. His 1926 recording of Otello's entrance, the "Esultate" , is probably unsurpassed and attests to his incredible voice and style in this role. After his final stage appearance (in New York City) in 1933, he retired from opera and taught singing. Lily Pons was one of his pupils.

Zenatello lived with mezzo-soprano Maria Gay from 1906 until her death in 1943. They were often described as husband and wife, though they may never have actually married.

In 1913 Zenatello was instrumental in getting Verona's Ancient Roman arena restored and used as a site for putting on opera. That year the arena mounted a grand production of Aida, marking the centenary of Verdi's birth. In 1947, Zenatello arranged for a young Maria Callas to appear at Verona in Ponchielli's La Gioconda.

Zenatello died in New York City.

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1 record: 4$

2 records: 5$

5 records: 6$

10 records: 8$

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Germany (is pretty much the same for most countries, incl Japan and Western Europe)

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