Rinaldo Schenone
(he also appeared as Schenoni)

born 1890 Genova
In 1923, he was hired for the season at the Coliseo in Buenos Aires. He decided to move to the United States to try for a career in opera.

He later returned to Italy, only to move to the United States a second time, so as to devote himself to musical.

Selected performances

Un ballo in maschera
1916 at Rome, Teatro Adriano in January (sharing with Bettino Cappelli) with Valentina Bartolomasi, Vittorio Arimondi
1918 at Rome, Teatro Nazionale in February (sharing with Aldo Bellini) with Maria Viscardi, Lea Corsini, Maria Camozzi, Mattia Morro, Ignazio Cesari, Tito Galli
1919 at Modena, Teatro Storchi in January (sharing with Umberto Chiodo) with Angela D'Urbino Poloni, Elena Loris, Letizia Levi, Ilio Del Chiaro, Pietro Brilli, Ubaldo Ceccarelli
1920 at Varese, Teatro Sociale in September with Wanda Giovanelli, Giuseppina Ciampaglia, Vincenzo Guicciardi, Carlo Scattola, Egidio Stefani Valentini
1922 at Mantova, Teatro Andreani in May with Elisa Mattinzoli, Adalgisa Giana, Irene Voltolini, Galileo Parigi, Pietro Friggi
1922 at Salerno, Teatro Verdi in September with Lina Olivieri, Laura Lauri, Pina Olivieri Toledo, Fabio Ronchi
1923 at Sampierdarena, Politeama Sampierdarenese in January with Ester Toninello, Rina Tonelli, Francesco De Marchi, Giuseppe Bertone
1923 at Buenos Aires, Teatro Coliseo in March with Massima Benedetti, Helena Wait de Gagliasso, Rosalia Pangrazy, Angelo Pilotto, Giuseppe Zonzini, Juan Alsina
1924 at Legnano, Teatro Sociale in December with Ines Lombardi, Teresina Sandri, Clara Del Ry, Dario Zani, Filippo Languasco, Emilio Balli

Pagliacci
1920 at Catania, Teatro Bellini in April with Nera Marmora, Emilio Bione, Almerigo Neri, Angel Ricciarelli
1921 at Genova, Teatro Paganini in Amrch with Maria Pia Pagliarini/Regina Bodini, Giovanni Inghilleri/Umberto Sartori, Ubaldo Carozzi, Luigi Parodi
1922 at Mantova, Teatro Andreani in May with Emma Lattuada, Alessandro Martellato/Vincenzo Guicciardi, Silvio D'Arles, Angelo Brambilla
1922 at Palermo, Teatro Biondo in December with Emilia Piave, Alfredo Zagaroli, Armando Sala, Gino Treves
1923 at Buenos Aires, Teatro Coliseo in March with Elvezia Delle Fornaci, Angelo Pilotto, Giovanni Faini, Antonio Di Siervi
1924 at New York, Manhattan Opera House in March with Cora Frey, Alfredo Zagaroli, Luigi Delle Molle, Giuseppe Calvino
Rinaldo Schenone sings Samson et Dalila: Figli miei v'arrestate ... Imploriam a' suoi piè

Rinaldo Schenone sings Un ballo in maschera: T'amo, sì t'amo in lagrime, with Giuseppina Baldassare-Tedeschi
In RA format

The Southeast Missourian, 26 February 1929

Chronology
1916      
01 Roma Teatro Adriano BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
       
1918      
02 Roma Teatro Nazionale BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) / BOHÈME (Rodolfo) / TOSCA (Cavaradossi) / FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro)
       
1919      
01 Modena Teatro Storchi BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
07 Roma Teatro Costanzi AIDA (Radames) / TUCUMAN di S. Boero (Fernando)
       
1920      
04 Catania Teatro Bellini PAGLIACCI (Canio)
05 Genova Politeama Genovese FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro)
09 Varese Teatro Sociale BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
11 Genova Politeama Genovese MOSÈ di G. Rossini
       
1921      
03 Genova Teatro Paganini PAGLIACCI (Canio)
  Napoli Politeama Giacosa FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro)
       
1922      
01 Palermo Teatro Biondo FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro)
03 Lugano Teatro Apollo AIDA (Radames)
05 Mantova Teatro Andreani BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) / PAGLIACCI (Canio)
09 Salerno Teatro Verdi BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
12 Palermo Teatro Biondo PAGLIACCI (Canio)
       
1923      
01 Sampierdarena Politeama Sampierdarenese BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
03 Buenos Aires Teatro Coliseo AIDA (Radames) / BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) / CARMEN (Don José) / PAGLIACCI (Canio) / TOSCA (Cavaradossi)
       
1924      
03 New York Manatthan Opera House PAGLIACCI (Canio)
12 Legnano Teatro Sociale BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)

The Telegraph, 14 July 1932
Discography

Fonotipia, Milano, 1 December 1922 
Pho  5502     BALLO IN MASCHERA: T'amo, sì t'amo with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi           unpublished
xxPh 5299     WALKÜRE: Siegmund heiß' ich (it) with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi             74230

Fonotipia, Milano, 2 December 1922 
Pho  5502-2   BALLO IN MASCHERA: T'amo, sì t'amo with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi           152527
xxPh 5300     OTELLO: Già nella notte densa with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi                74225
xxPh 5301     OTELLO: Ed io vedea with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi                          74226
xxPh 5302     DAMNATION DE FAUST: Grands dieux (it) with Giuseppina Baldassarre Tedeschi        74229
Pho  5503     SAMSON ET DALILA: Figli miei v'arrestate	                                        152526

Fonotipia, Milano, 5 December 1922 
Pho  5507     FORZA DEL DESTINO: La vita è inferno all'infelice                                 152514
Pho  5508     FORZA DEL DESTINO: O tu che in seno agli angeli                                   152515
Geneva Daily Times, 14 November 1928

Geneva Daily Times, 20 November 1928
Source for the chronology the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci.
Discography source: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien

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