Emilio Venturini

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Emilio Venturini

Emilio Venturini (1878 - 1952) was an Italian operatic lyric tenor known for his portrayal of character roles. He made his professional opera

Opera

Opera is an Performing arts in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work which combines a text and a musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition....
debut in 1900 in Italy where he remained for the next several years. In 1901 he sang the role of Brighella in Mascagni's Le maschere
Le maschere

Le maschere is an opera in a Prologue and three acts by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian language libretto by Luigi Illica.The work was Mascagni's homage to Rossini and to the Italian opera buffa and commedia dell'arte traditions....
at the Teatro Regio Turin. He made his La Scala

La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
debut in 1903 as Froh in Wagner's Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold was originally written as an introduction to the 3 part Ring, however most people usually regard the 4 parts as equals....
and sang in the premiere of Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano

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Emilio Venturini (1878 - 1952) was an Italian operatic lyric tenor known for his portrayal of character roles. He made his professional opera

Opera

La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
debut in 1903 as Froh in Wagner's Das Rheingold
Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold is the first of the four operas that comprise Der Ring des Nibelungen , by Richard Wagner. Das Rheingold was originally written as an introduction to the 3 part Ring, however most people usually regard the 4 parts as equals....
and sang in the premiere of Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano

Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples....
's Siberia. In 1904, he originated the role of Prince Yamadori in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa....
at La Scala. In 1905, Venturini joined the roster of the Opéra National de Paris

Opéra National de Paris

Op?ra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. It stages performances at the Op?ra Bastille and Op?ra Garnier in Paris.Other opera houses in Paris are the Th??tre du Ch?telet, Op?ra-Comique and Th??tre des Champs-?lys?es....
. In 1907 he moved to London

London

London is the capital of both England and the United Kingdom, and the most populous municipality in the European Union. An important settlement for two millennia, History of London goes back to its founding by the Roman Empire....
to sing with Royal Opera

Royal Opera

Royal Opera or Royal Opera House may refer to:* Royal Opera, London, leading opera company in England* Royal Opera House, opera house in Covent Garden, London...
at Covent Garden

Covent Garden

Covent Garden is a district in London, England, located on the easternmost parts of the City of Westminster and the southwest corner of the London Borough of Camden....
. In 1910, Venturi became a member of the Chicago Opera Association

Chicago Opera Association

The Chicago Opera Association was a company that produced seven seasons of opera in Chicago?s Auditorium Building from 1915 to 1921. The founding artistic director and principal conductor was Cleofonte Campanini, while the general manager and chief underwriter was Harold Fowler McCormick....
where he performed roles until the summer of 1917. While in Chicago he sang mostly character parts but did sing some major roles like Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana
Cavalleria rusticana

Cavalleria rusticana is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from a play written by Giovanni Verga based on his short story....
, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor
Lucia di Lammermoor

Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor....
and the Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa....
. In 1911 he sang the roles of Cassio in Verdi's Otello
Otello

Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's Play Othello. It was Verdi's second to last opera and is considered by many to be his greatest tragedy....
and Spoletta in Puccini's Tosca
Tosca

Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardou drama, La Tosca....
at the Metropolitan Opera

Metropolitan Opera

The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Peter Gelb is the company's general manager and James Levine is music director....
. Venturi also returned to Italy for brief periods in 1910, 1911, and 1916 to perform roles with the Teatro Massimo in Palermo

Palermo

Palermo is a historic city in southern Italy, the Capital of the autonomous region Sicily and the province of Palermo. The city is noted for its rich history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old....
. In 1921, Venturi joined the roster at La Scala

La Scala

The Teatro alla Scala , in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Antonio Salieri Europa riconosciuta....
and sang roles with that opera house until 1948. He notably originated the roles of Il Tempiere in Boito's Nerone
Nerone (Boito)

Nerone is an opera in four acts composed by Arrigo Boito, to a libretto in Italian language written by the composer. The work is a series of scenes from Roman Empire at the time of Emperor Nero depicting tensions between the Imperial religion and Christianity, and ends with the Great Fire of Rome....
in 1924 and Pang in Puccini's Turandot
Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....
in 1926. and was the first to record the role of Nereo in Boito's Mefistofele
Mefistofele

Mefistofele is an opera in a prologue, four acts and an epilogue, the only completed opera by the Italy composer-librettist Arrigo Boito.Boito began consideration of an opera on the Faustian theme after completing his studies at the Milan Conservatory in 1861....
in the 1931 La Scala

La Scala

Roles created

1903: Ivan in Siberia
Siberia (opera)

Opera in three acts by Umberto Giordano. Libretto by Luigi Illica. There is no direct source for the plot of Siberia and it is quite possible that this is an original work by Illica....
(Giordano
Umberto Giordano

Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Apulia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples....
)
1904: Prince Yamadori in Madama Butterfly
Madama Butterfly

Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa....
(Puccini)
1925: Rutger in I cavalieri di Ekebù
I cavalieri di Ekebù

I Cavalieri di Ekeb? is an opera composed by Riccardo Zandonai to an Italian language libretto by Arturo Rossato. The opera is based on G?sta Berlings Saga by Nobel laureate Selma Lagerl?f....
(Zandonai
Riccardo Zandonai

Riccardo Zandonai was an Italy opera composer....
)
1926: Pang in Turandot
Turandot

Turandot is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Though Puccini's first interest in the subject was based on his reading of Friedrich Schiller's adaptation of the play, his work is most nearly based on the earlier text Turandot by Carlo Gozzi....
(Puccini).

Emilio Venturini

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