Ernesto Cammarota
December 23, 1861 Bari – February 2, 1934 Zagreb
Cammarota made his debut in Italy in 1882. In 1886, Cammarota sang in Pisa in 1886 as Alfredo at the Teatro Rossi.
In 1897, he moved to Zagreb where he was engaged for the season at
National Croatian Opera. He remained there until his retirement in 1924 and sang in several local premieres (Bohème in 1898,
Mefistofele, Canio in 1894, Werther, Cavalleria rusticana, Les contes d'Hoffmann) and in the world premiere of Porin
(October 2, 1897) by 
Vatroslav Lisinski (Zagreb, 8 July 1819 – Zagreb, 31 May 1854).
Selected performances
La traviata
1886, Piacenza in August at the Politeama with Brambilla Elvira, Acconci Adriano
1892, La Valletta/Malta in April at the Teatro Reale with Petri Elisa, Ferraguti Vittorio
La favorita
1893, Pisa in November at the Teatro Rossi with Garbini Adelina, Missiani Eduardo, Di Ciolo Cesare
Carmen
1894, Catania in February at the Politeama Castagnola with Mieli G., Terrigi Lidia, Missiano Eduardo
1896, Lodz in January (sharing with Dianni Augusto) at the Teatro Nazionale Boyer Marie, Mokwzycka Pilarz, Grabczewski
Cavalleria rusticana
1894, Catania in August (sharing with Laudani) at the Politeama Pacini with Miotti Elvira, Manenti Elisa, Ferraguti Vittorio
1906, Lodz in January at the Teatro Nazionale with Nesleda Zoe/Boyer, Collignon, Szymanski
Rigoletto
1890, Venezia in April (sharing with Masin Angelo) at the Teatro Malibran with
Brambilla Elvira, Brunetti Elvira, Bortolomasi Francesco, Campello Tullio
1894, Catania in February at the Politeama Castagnola with Mazzoleni Ida, Mieli G., Mieli Oreste, Di Ciolo Cesare
1906, Lodz in January at the Teatro Nazionale with De Luce Vera, Oleska, Grabczewski, Jeromin
Cammarota made also guest appearances
in Prague at the National Opera:
Guillaume Tell, June 5, 1889, Marie Petzoldová, Václav Soukup, Bohumil Benoni, František Hynek, Vilém Heš, Adolf Čech
Il trovatore, June 8, 1889, Marie Sittová, Ruožena Vykoukalová, Bohumil Benoni, Vilém Heš, Mořic Anger
La Juive, June 13, 1889, Olga Paršová, Marie Petzoldová, Václav Soukup, František Hynek, Adolf Čech
Il trovatore, June 15, 1889, Marie Sittová, Ruožena Vykoukalová, Emanuel Kroupa, Vilém Heš, Mořic Anger
After retiring, he taught singing at the Zagreb conservatory.
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
| Ernesto Cammarota sings | Biser suze (Rosenberg-Ružič)
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In RA format
In RA format
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Siracusa |
Arena |
RUY BLAS (Ruy Blas) |
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| 1886 |
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Piacenza |
Politeama |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) / TRAVIATA (Alfredo) |
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| 1888 |
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Pavia |
Teatro Guidi |
GUARANY (Pery) / RUY BLAS (Ruy Blas) |
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| 1889 |
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Savona |
Teatro Chiabrera |
UGONOTTI (Raoul) |
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| 1890 |
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Savona |
Teatro Chiabrera |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
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| 1893 |
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Pisa |
Teatro Rossi |
FAVORITA (Fernando) / MARIA DI ROHAN (Riccardo) / RUY BLAS (Ruy Blas) |
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| 1894 |
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Catania |
Politeama Castagnola |
CAMOENS di L. Musone / CARMEN (Don José) / RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
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Acireale |
Teatro Bellini |
RUY BLAS (Ruy Blas) |
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Catania |
Politeama Pacini |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) / PAGLIACCI (Canio) / MALIA di
F. P. Frontini (Nino) |
Discography
GRAMOPHONE (at least partly under the name Ernesto Vitez Cammarota)
72z 72003 Kad mnijah umrieti, pjesma (B. Radičević)
73z 72004 Komedianti: Arioso (Leoncavallo)
74z 72005 Vrati se, pjesma (Denza)
75z 72006 ?
101C 72698 Cavalleria rusticana: Siciliana (Mascagni)
102C 72699 Ti ... (J. Hatze)
103C 72700 Porin: Zorka moja
104C 72701 Manon: Aria (Massenet)
105C 72702 Ave Marija (Gounod)
4-12801 Biser suze (Rosenberg-Ružič)
4-12802 Zlatnih zvijezda sjaj (also by Rosenberg-Ružič, by all probability)
Reference for most of the discography; for the chronology and the rest of the discography the excellent website of Roberto Marcocci.
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