Giuseppe Russitano

born 1865 Palermo

Picture of Giuseppe Russitano
Copyright Milward Adams Photograph Collection

Giuseppe Russitano sings Otello: Esultate
His career evolved as follows:
1887, October, Lodi, Teatro Gaffurio, Ruy Blas, with Arrigoni Emma, Morelli Ester, Navarri Alberto, Reitano Federico
1888, May, Napoli, Teatro Bellini, Ruy Blas, with Boschetti Elisa, Rossi Emilia, Ferraguti Vittorio, Bottero Osvaldo
1889, July, Catania, Politeama Pacini, Carmen, with Parboni Bianca, Morgantini Gemma, Casini Lelio (Sharing with Del Papa Dante)
1889, December, Ferrara, Teatro Comunale, Mefistofele, with Paolini Filonoff Alessandra/Petri Elisa, Paolini Filonoff Alessandra/Petri Elisa, Monti Gaetano
1890, February 23, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Iginio Corsi, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, February 24, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, February 25, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, February 26, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, February 27, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, March 1, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, March 2, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Musiani Rizzoni, Giuseppina, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni
1890, March, Genova, Politeama Genovese, La traviata, with Tagliavia Cerne Angiolina/Campagnoli Cleonice, Sammarco Mario/Gavirati Benigno/Massimi Settimio (sharing with Lazzarini Pasquale)
1890, April 9, Roma, Teatro Costanzi, Mala Pasqua (world premiere), with Elena Teodorini, Flora Marian, Aristide Franceschetti, Vincenzo Lombard (Total 4 performances)
1890, May 24, Milano, ?, Gringoire (world premiere), with Rodolfo Angelini Fornari, Leopoldo Cromberg, Pio Marini, Adelaide Morelli
1890, October, Bologna, Teatro Brunetti, La favorita, with Fabbri Vittorina, Querzè Angelo, Bellusi Tancredi
1890, ?, Contantinople, ?, ?, with?
1890, ?, Torino ?, ?, Andrea del Sarto, with Senatore Sparapani, Adriana Busi, Leopoldo Cromberg, Giulia Novelli
1891, ?, Genova, Politeama Genovese, Roberto il diavolo, with Cipriani Clemenza, Ferrari Elisa, Bezzi Nino, De Bengardi Paolo (sharing with Pellegrini Aristide)
1891, August, Macerata, Teatro Lauro Rossi, Cavalleria rusticana, with Del Torre Italia/Morgantini Gemma, Mettler Olga,Pozzi Francesco
1891, October, Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, Carmen, with Del Bruno Alice, Spaziani Cesira, Pozzi Francesco
1891, November, Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, Cavalleria rusticana, with Giovannoni Zacchi Rosina, Mettler Olga, Pozzi Francesco
1892, March, Catania, Teatro Bellini, Cavalleria rusticana, with Frandin Elisa/Giorgio Italia, Del Torre Italia, Borghi Giuseppe/Ancona Mario (sharing with Suagnes Emanuele)
1892, August, Cadix, Teatro Principal, Un ballo in maschera, with Battistini Mattia
1893, August, Macerata, Teatro Lauro Rossi , Carmen, with Del Bruno Alice, Del Torre Italia/Rosa Elena, Pozzi Francesco
1893, September, Trieste, Anfiteatro Fenice, Rigoletto, with Biondelli Giulia, Pini Corsi Clorinda/Santarelli Amedea, Pini Corsi Antonio/De Filippi Ermanno, Dadò Augusto (sharing with Lanfredi Carlo)
1893, October, Trieste, Anfiteatro Fenice, Rigoletto, with Santarelli Amedea, Biondelli Giulia, Astillero Rogerio
1893, December, Como, Teatro Sociale, La Gioconda, with Nicelli Amalia, Lubatovich Themyra, Gregoresco, Guarini Ferdinando, Creti Armando (sharing with Gambardella Antonio)
1894, January, Como, Teatro Sociale, Il trovatore, with Nicelli Amalia, Lubatovich Themyra, Guardini Ferdinando, Creti Armando
1894, January, Como, Teatro Sociale, Gli ugonotti, with Cappellaro Maria, Nicelli Amalia, Carotini Tilde, Guarini Ferdinando, Creti Armando, Dadò Augusto
1894, April 3, Firenze, Teatro della Pergola, Etelinda, with Concetta Bordalba, Mario Sammarco,Enrico Ruggero Galli
1894, August, L'Aquila, Teatro Comunale, Carmen, with Mettler Olga/Giorgio Italia, Camporelli Maria, Domizi
1894, September, Osimo, Teatro Nuova Fenice, Carmen, with Mettler Olga , Ciaparelli Gina, Aristi Lucio
1894, December 4, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Lucille Hill, Mario ancona, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 7, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 15, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 16, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, concert
1894, December 20, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Pol Plançon, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 22, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 23, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, concert
1894, December, 29, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani
1894, December 31, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie De Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Maria Giuri, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, January 4, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Zélie de Lussan, Mario Ancona, Victor De Gromzeski, Roberto Vanni, .Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)
1895, January 5, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Lucille Hill, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani
1895, January 10, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Libia Drog, Giuseppe Campanari, Jane De Vigne, Alfonso Mariani, Enrico Bevignani Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Di quella pira" and Russitano and Libia Drog repeated the "Miserere" in response to ovations
1895, January 11, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, January 14, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1895, January 15, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, January 16, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Abram Abramoff, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Biro de Marion, Agostino Carbone, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, January 19, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1895, January 24, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Pagliacci, with Zélie de Lussan, Giuseppe Campanari, Roberto Vanni, Victor de Gromzevski, Enrico Bevignani (That evening, Tamagno was singing Turiddu. Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Vesti la giubba.")
1895, January 26, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Eugenia Mantelli, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1895, January 29, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Lillian Nordica, Maurizio Bensaude, Louis Saar
1895, January 30, City, Metropolitan Opera House, Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani
1895, February 2, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Giuseppe Del Puente (last performance), Lillian Nordica, Marie Van Cauteren, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 4, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Mr. Nicolini (debut), Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 6, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lucille Hill, Mario Ancona, Victor De Gromzeski, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)
1895, February 7, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Giuseppe Campanari, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Mr. Nicolini, Emma Eames, Zélie de Lussan, Sofia Scalchi, Page Jane de Vigne, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 14, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Mr. Nicolini, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 16, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Mr. Nicolini (last performance), Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 20, Baltimore, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Edouard de Reszke, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 23, Washington D. C., Grand Opera House (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Pol Plançon, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, February 28, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Eugenia Mantelli, Pol Plançon, Edouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani
1895, February 28 (ev), Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, March 2, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Rigoletto, with Mario Ancona, Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Russitano, Sofia Scalchi, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1895, March 4, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba/Mathilde Bauermeister, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Marie Van Cauteren, Pol Plançon, Edouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani
1895, March 5, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Il mio tesoro."
1895, March 7, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, lfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, March 14, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with
1895, March 19, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1895, March 21, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Libia Drog, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, March 23, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Eugenia Mantelli, Pol Plançon, Edouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani
1895, March 26, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)
1895, April 3, St. Louis, Music Hall (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, illian Nordica, Marie Van Cauteren, Agostino Carbone, Zélie de Lussan, Antonio Rinaldini, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, April 6, St. Louis, Music Hall (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1895, April 12, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Pagliacci, with De Lussan Zelie, Ancona Mario, De Gromzeski Vittorio, Vanni Roberto, Enrico Bevignani
1895, April 13, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1895, April 15, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, April 18, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, April 20, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1895, April 23, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1895, April 26, New York, Metropolitan Opera Houser, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Edouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli
1895, April 28, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, gala concert
1895, April 30, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff (act II, scene 2, gala performance), with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne (last appearance), Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani (last appearance), Louis Saar
1895, November 23, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Frances Saville, Giuseppe Russitano, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani
1895, November 25, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Eugenia Mantelli, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani (given together with Philémon et Baucis)
1895, December 7, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Il trovatore, with Sophie Traubmann, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi (debut), Armondo Seppilli (debut)
1895, December 18, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lola Beeth, Mario Ancona, Maurice Devries, Roberto Vanni, Armondo Seppilli (given with La Navarraise)
1895, December 25, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Victor Maurel, Edouard de Reszke, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani
1896, January 1, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (The performance of Lucia di Lammermoor ended after the Mad Scene as Cavalleria rusticana was given that evening.)
1896, January 4, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Vittorio Arimondi, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1896, January 11, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani
1896, January 13, January 13, Metropolitan Opera House, Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Pol Plançon, Edouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani
1896, January 18, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lola Beeth, Mario Ancona, Maurice Devries, Roberto Vanni, Armondo Seppilli
1896, January 21, Brooklyn, Academy of music, Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Marie Engle, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani (given with Philémon et Baucis)
1896, January 25, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Il trovatore, with Sophie Traubmann, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi,Armondo Seppilli
1896, February 1, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Les huguenots, with Marie Engle, Georgine von Januschowsky, Mario Ancona, Rosa Olitzka, Armand Castelmary, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani
1896, February 4, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Marie Engle, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani
1896, February 20, Boston, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani
1896, February 25, City, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida (acts I, II, & III), with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani
1896, February 27, Boston, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli
1896, March 7, Washington D. C., ?(Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lllian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Armand Castelmary, Enrico Bevignani
1896, March 12, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Armand Castelmary, Sofia Scalchi, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani
1896, March 18, Buffalo, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani
1896, March 21, Detroit, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi (or Castelmary), Enrico Bevignani
1896, March 26, Chicago, Chicago Opera House (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted as Cavalleria rusticana was given that evening)
1896, March 31, Chicago, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli
1896, April 3, Chicago, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Marie Engle, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani
1896, April 8, St. Louis, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted as it was paired with Cavalleria Rusticana.)
1896, April 11, St. Louis, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with L illian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Mario Ancona, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli
1896, April 17, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Russitano, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni,Enrico Bevignani
1896, April 18, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted. as it was paired with La Navarraise )
1896, April 21, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani
1896, April 24, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, gala concert
1896, November 14, Madrid, Teatro Real, Gli ugonotti, with Concha Bordalba, Luisa Tetrazzini, Mila Nicolini, Ramón Blanchart, Giulio Rossi, Carlo Walter (2)
1896, December 5, Madrid, Teatro Real, Il trovatore, with Concha Bordalba, Giuseppina Pasqua, Ignacio Tabuyo (2)
1896, December 16, Madrid, Teatro Real, Il profeta, with Luisa Fons, Giuseppina Pasqua, José Tanci, Francesco Navarrini (4)
1897, March, Moscow, Teatro Imperiale, Rigoletto, with Pacini Regina, Bastia Maria, Battistini Mattia, Lucenti Luigi
1897, March, Moscow, Teatro Imperiale, Andrea Chénier, with De Nuovina Zina, Battistini Mattia
1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki, Un ballo in maschera, with Krusceninski Salomea/Rosini Nina, Skulska, Carotini Tilde, Battistini Mattia/ Gromezewski, Sillich Aristodemo, Crotti Nicola (sharing with Francesco Marconi)
1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki , Otello, with Rosini Nina, Lunardi Giovanni
1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki , La bohème, with Krusceninski Salomea (sharing with Pandolfini Francesco)
1900, January, Warsaw, Wielki, Carmen, with ?
1900, January, Warsaw, Wielki, Il trovatore, with Rosini Anna, Pacini Giuseppe
1903, April, Lodz, Teatro Nazionale, Il trovatore, with Krusceniski Salomea, Kaspoweczowa, Szymanski, Paszkowski
1903, April, Lodz, Teatro Nazionale, Gli ugonotti, with Marek, Krusceniksi Salomea, Leska, Szymanski, Jeromin, Chodakowski
1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Manon, with Salomeya Krushelnitskaya
1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Halka, with Salomeya Krushelnitskaya
1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Il trovatore, with Salomeya Krushelnitskaya
1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Gli ugonotti, with Salomeya Krushelnitskaya
1903, ?, Milano, ?, Gli ugonotti, with ?
1906, October, Taranto, Teatro Andronico, Carmen, with Passeri Maria/Bellini Ada, Costantini Ersilia/Galvani Rita, De Bernal Reszky Gustavo (sharing with Rossi Amedeo/Giordano Salvatore)
1907, March 2, Lisboa, Teatro de São Carlos, Amor de perdição (Portuguese opera by Josao Arroio & Francisco Braga) (world premiere), with Cecilia Gagliardi, Anita Torreta, Francesco Bonini (8)
1910, May, Torino, Teatro Carignano, Carmen, with Georgiades Olimpe/Jullian Venturini Berta, Tandi Gina, Mieli Oreste

Russitano was a singer of great stature. By 1894, he was a leading tenor at the Met with Francesco Tamagno. He was even singing Canio, while Tamagno was singing Turiddu the same evening. So why were his records not published? The main reason seems to have been a veto by Tamagno.

We must be grateful to the employee of the G&T company who arranged to master and press a small number of copies of the 7-inch Esultate, labeled under the name Guglielmo Pardini .

Russitano taught singing and was one of the maestros of Pedro Terol (Orihuela, Alicante, October 22 – Madrid, August 19 2003).

Picture of Pedro Terol
Pedro Terol
I wish to thank Juan Dzazópulos for his help.
Discography

G&T, Milano December 1902/February 1903
5516a  Otello (Verdi): Esultate! (as Guglielmo Pardini)                          52282 (7")
2924b  Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso                                         unpublished
3057b  I lituani (Ponchielli): Noi torneremo                                     unpublished
3058b  Asrael (Franchetti): In cor palpita                                       unpublished
3059b  Don Carlo (Verdi): Io l'ho perduta                                        unpublished
3060b  Romeo e Giulietta (?): ?                                                  unpublished
3061b  Otello (Verdi): Esultate!                                                 unpublished
3067b  Asrael (Franchetti): Bell'amor                                            unpublished
3068b  Carmen (Bizet): Il fior                                                   unpublished
3069b  Cadon le foglie (?)                                                       unpublished
3070b  Luisa Miller (Verdi): Recitativo                                          unpublished
3071b  Luisa Miller (Verdi): Quando le sere                                      unpublished
3094b  Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso                                         unpublished
3095b  Africaine (Meyerbeer): Deh ch'io ritorni                                  unpublished
3096b  Prophète (Meyerbeer): Pastorale                                           unpublished
3097b  Eugenio: Romanza                                                          unpublished
3098b  Robert le diable (Meyerbeer): O ciel                                      unpublished
3099b  Favorite (Donizetti): Spirto gentil                                       unpublished

Fonotipia October 4/6 1904
XPH374 I Medici: È il foco della Lucciola                                        unpublished
XPH375 Samson et Dalila: Figli miei                                              unpublished
Xph378 Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido                                   unpublished                              
XPH379 Don Carlo: Io la vidi al suo sorriso                                      unpublished  
Source for the discography the extraordinary 78opera.com website (now defunct).
Reference: The Record Collector, June 2006 The Russitano Records
Source for the chronological information the website of Roberto Marcocci.
Reference: Philapdelphia Opera chronology
Reference: Met archives

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