Giuseppe Procacci
 He was the elder brother of Alessandro Procacci. Their father was an innkeeper, and 15-year-old Giuseppe loved to sing while waiting the tables. One day, Milano booker Antonio Pessina happened to dine there, and was so impressed with Giuseppe's voice that he took him to Milano for vocal studies. His career was short (1882 to 1895) and chequered as far as success. He never came to terms with the Italian fee system that assigned 30 percent of all fees to the impresario, and always felt underpaid.
Romeo e Giulietta (Marchetti) – Brescia, Grande, 31 December 1882 Ernani – Brescia, Grande, 15 January 1883 Faust – Trieste, Rossetti, 4 April 1883 L'ebrea – Trieste, Rossetti, 2 May 1883 La forza del destino – Pescia, degli Affilati, 24 May 1883 La favorita – Pescia, degli Affilati, 10 June 1883 I promessi sposi – Venezia, Rossini, 22 December 1883 Rigoletto – Venezia, Rossini, 15 January 1884 Linda di Chamounix – Venezia, Rossini, 5 February 1884 Il trovatore – Chieti, Marrucino, 3 June 1884 I due Foscari – Codogno, 11 November 1884 Dolores – Como, Sociale, 15 December 1884 Jone – Gorizia, 8 March 1885 I lombardi – Gorizia, 26 March 1885 Marco Visconti – Firenze, Umberto, 5 August 1885 Lucrezia Borgia – Roma, Umberto, 19 September 1885 Luisa Miller – Roma, Umberto, 10 October 1885 Un ballo in maschera – Messina, Vittorio Emanuele, 8 January 1886 La Gioconda – Messina, Vittorio Emanuele, 11 February 1886 Lucia di Lammermoor – Viterbo, Unione, 18 August 1886 Ruy Blas – Malta, Real, 4 March 1887 Salvator Rosa – Napoli, Bellini, 26 October 1887 L'africana – Napoli, Bellini, November 1887 Gli ugonotti – Trapani, Garibaldi, 2 January 1889 Il Guarany – Salerno, 27 March 1889 Aida – Caracas, Guzman Blanco, 25 November 1889 Guglielmo Tell – Corfù, San Giacomo, 9 February 1891 Cavalleria rusticana – Odessa, October 1891 Raffaello Sanzio (Maffezzoli) – Alessandria d'Egitto, Zizinia, 8 March 1893 Il conte di Rysoor (Rasori) – Molfetta, January 1895
I wish to thank Pippo Martelli for the repertory.
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