Eugenio Galli

1862 (some say 1860) Torino – June 1910 Torino

Picture of Eugenio Galli

His real name was Eugenio Candellone.

He began his career as a baritone and made his debut in 1887 at the Politeama Genovese in Trovatore. It was followed by Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto with Emilia Corsi. After singing again in 1888 in Genova (Trovatore and Rigoletto), he stopped singing to retrain as a tenor.

In 1888, he made his tenor debut at the Carignano in Torino in the new opera Nestore by R. Rasori on November 21st, 1888. After that, he sang:
Alvaro (Faenza 1889, Messina 1890)
Manrico (Messina 1889, Padova, 1890/1892, Genova 1894, Parma: 26/27/30 January-7/9/13/17/19/24 February 1895 with Arturo Ceratelli/Guglielmo Caruson, Augusta Cruz, Maria Giudici Caruson, Luigi Broglio, Serafina Sciaccaluga, Eugenio Grossi and Arnaldo Conti conducting; Modena 1896, Caracas 1896)
Ernani (Messina 1890, Napoli 1891, Bologna 1892, Genova 1893)
Radames (Firenze 1892, Genova 1899, Bilbao 1900)
Condor (Carlo Felice in Genova).

He was acclaimed as Otello and sang it in:
1889 June Rosario di Santa Fe – Teatro Olimpo with Lina Cerne – Agostino Gnaccarini
1889 July Córdoba – Teatro Progresso with Lina Cerne – Agostino Gnaccarini
1894 October Genova – Politeama Genovese with Lina Cerne/Teresa Angeloni – Tieste Wilmant
1894 25/26/29/30 December-2/5/6/17/19/23 January 1895 Parma – Teatro Regio with Guglielmo Caruson – Eugenio Grossi – Tommaso Barbieri – Pietro Francalancia – Luigi Broglio – Augusta Cruz – Benvenuta Polacco Drog – conductor: Arnaldo Conti
1895 December Modena – Teatro Municipale with Assunta Lantes – Ferdinando Guarini
1899 21/22/25/30 January-1/4/5/7/9/11/12/13 February Parma – Teatro Regio with Tieste Wilmant – Vittorio Font – Lodovico Benucci – Antonio Sabellico – Augusto Castagnoli – Elvira Miotti – Giuseppina Giaconia – conductor: Gaetano Cimini
1899 October Genova – Politeama Genovese with Giuseppina Falconis Della Perla – Ignazio Tabuyo/Eugenio Giraldoni
1900 May Bilbao – Teatro Arriaga with Ida Di Benedetto – Ramón Blanchart
1901 March Pisa – Teatro Verdi with Tilde Maragliano/ MariaSirti – Titta Ruffo
1901 May Foggia – Teatro Dauno (sharing with Mario Roussel) with Emilia Corsi – Emanuele Bucalo
1904 June Reggio Emilia – Teatro Municipale with Lina Siebanech – Giovanni Albinolo

Kutsch & Riemens quotes him as having sung Otello over 400 times, which is very unlikely in view of Mr. Marcocci's Otello chronology.

Eugenio Galli sings Il trovatore: Miserere

Eugenio Galli sings Otello: Esultate & Ora e per sempre addio
In RA format
I would like to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording (Otello).
Chronology
  DA BARITONO AS BARITONE  
       
1887      
07 Genova Politeama Genovese LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Enrico) / RIGOLETTO (Rigoletto) / TROVATORE (Conte)
       
1888      
02/04 Genova Teatro Margherita TROVATORE (Conte) / TRAVIATA (Germont)
       
       
  DA TENORE AS TENOR  
1888      
11 Torino Teatro Carignano NESTORE di R. Rasori
       
1889      
01 Faenza Teatro Comunale FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro)
06 Rosario di Santa Fe Teatro Olimpo FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / OTELLO (Otello)
08 Cordoba Teatro Rivera Indarte OTELLO (Otello)
12 Messina Teatro Vittorio Emanuele TROVATORE (Manrico)
       
1890      
01 Messina Teatro Vittorio Emanuele FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / ERNANI (Ernani)
10 Padova Teatro Garibaldi TROVATORE (Manrico)
       
1891      
  Napoli Teatro San Carlo ERNANI (Ernani)
       
1892      
04/05 Firenze Politeama AIDA (Radames) / I DUE SOCI di P. Cialdini
06 Padova Teatro Verdi TROVATORE (Manrico)
08 Udine Teatro Sociale AIDA (Radames)
09 Bologna Teatro Brunetti ERNANI (Ernani)
       
1893      
01 Genova Teatro Carlo Felice CONDOR di C. Gomes
09/10 Genova Politeama Genovese AIDA (Radames) / ERNANI (Ernani)
       
1894      
10/11 Genova Politeama Genovese OTELLO (Otello) / TROVATORE (Manrico)
       
1895      
01/02 Parma Teatro Regio OTELLO (Otello) / TROVATORE (Manrico)
12 Modena Teatro Municipale OTELLO (Otello)
       
1896      
01/02 Modena Teatro Municipale TROVATORE (Manrico)
12 Caracas Teatro Municipal TROVATORE (Manrico)
       
1897      
01 Caracas Teatro Municipal STAGIONE COMPAGNIA LUISI
03 Guatemala Teatro Colon STAGIONE COMPAGNIA LUISI
06 Siracusa Teatro Comunale GIOCONDA (Enzo)
       
1899      
01 Parma Teatro Regio OTELLO (Otello)
10/11 Genova Politeama Genovese AIDA (Radames) / OTELLO (Otello)
       
1900      
04/05 Bilbao Teatro Arriaga AIDA (Radames) / OTELLO (Otello)
       
1901      
03 Pisa Teatro Verdi OTELLO (Otello)
05 Foggia Teatro Dauno OTELLO (Otello)
09 Lodi Teatro Gaffurio OTELLO (Otello)
       
1904      
01 Reggio Emilia Teatro Municipale OTELLO (Otello)

Picture of Eugenio Galli's label

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Discography

Black G&T, 10", Milano November 1902
52408   Il trovatore: Miserere                   Matrix 2830b            X-92136 (Zono)         
52409   Otello: Esultate & Ora e per sempre      Matrix 2831b

Zonofono
X-1743  Aida: Celeste Aida (Green Label)
X-1744  Otello: Esultate & Ora e per sempre (same as G&T ?)
X-1745  Il trovatore: Di quella pira
X-1746  Ernani: Solingo, errante, misero
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
Reference for the biographical information and picture the incredible site of Roberto Marcocci.


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