Alessandro Procacci

25 December 1869 Gubbio – 20 February 1946 Milano

Alessandro Procacci singsIl trovatore: Miserere, with Angela De Angelis
He studied voice at the Accademia di S. Cecilia in Rome, and made his debut on November 25th, 1898 at the Lirico in Milano. His 20-year-career was international; he sang also in Italy a lot, but had greatest successes in the Tsarist empire, where he was even considered a serious rival of Sobinov. He sang in about 40 Italian places, as opposed to minimum 50 in Tsarist Russia. He travelled as far as Vladivostok in Russia, and beyond: to the Philippines, and to Indonesia.

Reference and picture source
Source for the recording: the fantastic website of Roberto Marcocci.

Repertory

Il violinaio di Cremona (composer Giannetti, world premiere) – Milano, Lirico, 23 November 1898
Faust – Saluzzo, Sociale, 2 January 1899
La favorita – Roma, Quirino, 18 November 1899
La fornarina (composer Francesco) – Roma, Quirino, 26 November 1899
Cenerentola (composer Wolf-Ferrari, world premiere) – Venezia, Fenice, 22 February 1900
Lucia di Lammermoor – Catania, Napoli, 27 December 1900
Rigoletto – Catania, Napoli, 3 January 1901
La traviata – Catania, Napoli, 15 January 1901
Ernani – Catania, Napoli, 22 January 1901
(He seems to have disappeared between Catania 1901 and Łódź 1906.)
Aida – Łódź, 7 November 1906
Il trovatore – Białystok, November 1906
Cavalleria rusticana – Białystok, 23 November 1906
Norma – Smolensk, 18 January 1907
Un ballo in maschera – Orenburg, 7 July 1907
Fra Diavolo – Orenburg, ? July 1907
Pagliacci – Orenburg, ? July 1907
La bohème – Minsk, 17 January 1908
Tosca – Minsk, ? January 1908
La forza del destino – Napoli, Bellini, 5 December 1908

Discography
Phonotype Record, Napoli
14 July 1915
1591   Norma (Bellini): Deh! non volerli vittime
         with A. De Angelis, P. Poggi and chorus
1592   Ernani (Verdi):  O sommo Carlo
         with Armentano, A. De Angelis, P. Poggi and chorus

17 August 1915
1611   Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba
1612   La forza del destino (Verdi): Le minacce
         with Armentano
1613   La forza del destino (Verdi): Non si placa il mio furor
         with Armentano

27 April 1917
1730M  Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere
         with A. De Angelis e coro
1731   Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere
         with A. De Angelis and chorus 
1735   Aida (Verdi): Sì, corre voce
         with Schottler
1736   Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida
I wish to thank Pippo Martelli for the repertory and the discography.
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