Matteo Bruno

Bruno studied in Milan with the old tenor Giuseppe Mandolini.

He made his debut in 1912 at the Dal Verme in Milan substituting for Aureliano Pertile in Cavalleria rusticana.

In 1921, Bruno was in Palermo for the season at the Politeama Garibaldi. He discovered his spouse, Giuseppina Sciuto, in a room with a colleague, the tenor Francesco Conti. He shot his wife dead.

He was a particular artist. He had a military career and in 1928, as a lieutenant in the army, he was appointed director of the Teatro Sperimentale Lirico at the Teatro di Arte Moderna in Milan, where the young artists were helped in their artistic formation. During that period he continued singing.

Selected performances:

1912 Milano (Dal Verme)

1913 Cremona (Politeama Verdi, Rigoletto in January with Dora Domar)

1916 Acireale

1920 Bergamo

1921 Palermo

1924 Milano (Dal Verme)

1926 Bari, Ancona

1931 Milano (Dal Verme, Pagliacci, sharing with Berni; with Vittoria Lierba/Alma Grel, Renato Mazzanti), Padova, Torino (Teatro Vittorio Emanuele, Pagliacci with Grazia Fisher, Pietro Rossi, Zenone)

His repertory included: Turiddu, Duca, Giannetto (La cena delle beffe), Canio, Edgardo, ...

1912
01	Milano	Teatro Dal Verme	CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu)
1913
01	Cremona	Politeama Verdi	RIGOLETTO (Duca)
1916
	Acireale	Teatro Bellini	CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu)
1920
	Bergamo	Teatro delle Società	CONCERTO
1924
07	Milano	Teatro Dal Verme	CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu)
1926
01	Bari	Teatro Piccinni	LA CENA DELLE BEFFE (Giannetto)
12	Ancona	Teatro Vittorio Emanuele	CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) / PAGLIACCI (Canio)
1931
	Milano	Teatro Dal Verme	PAGLIACCI (Canio)
	Padova	Teatro Verdi	LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo)
	Torino	Teatro Vittorio Emanuele	PAGLIACCI (Canio)

Discography

GRAMOPHONE
7-252572 Pagliacci: Ridi pagliaccio		R 5331 (green label), HN 778 (purple label)

Reference for the pictures, chronology and recording the excellent website of Roberto Marcocci