Carlo Cartica
Roma 1865 – ?
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in Serrana by A. Keil |
Cartica started to study singing in 1885 with maestro Bartolini. He made his debut in 1887 at the
Metastasio in Prato as Faust with a great success.
His career developed as follows:
1890 Viterbo, Napoli
1891 Napoli
1893 Catanzaro
1894 Catanzaro, Teramo, Milano (Scala: Faust and Edgardo with Nellie Melba), Trento, Roma, Treviso, Bologna (world premiere of Savitri by N. Caroti; as Don Fernando in Cristoforo Colombo by A. Franchetti)
1895 Genova, Osimo
1896 Firenze, Roma, Ferrara, Venezia, Bologna, Buenos Aires
1897 Odessa, Tiflis, Lisboa
1898 Lisboa, Santiago
1899 Lisboa, Sevilla, Roma, Trieste
1901 Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Madrid, Alessandria
1902 Madrid, Lisboa, Salsomaggiore
1903 Madrid, Bari, Santiago de Chile, Valparaiso, Parma (Alvaro)
1904 Parma (Raoul), Napoli, Bergamo, Ciudad de México
1905 Santiago de Chile
1906 Lecce, Barcelona, Madrid
1908 Roma, Albano, Livorno
1909 Cremona, Roma, Boston, Chicago, Springfield, New York
1911 Washington, Pittsburgh, New York
1916 Roma (Costanzi: Manrico), Foggia
1917 Velletri, Roma
1918 Roma
In the USA he also sang with the Aborn Opera Company, a company that performed operas in English.
He retired in the USA in 1921 where he opened a singing school.
In 1910, while he was in the USA, he was challenged to a duel by Conte Cinelli who had been slapped by Cartica in Italy. Because of US laws forbidding
duels,
Cinelli had to wait until Cartica returned to Italy.
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
Two anecdotes tell how Cartica was (too) fond of alcohol. In a Lohengrin performance in Santiago de Chile in
1898, Cartica was so drunk when he entered the stage that the first line that the prompter delivered to him, "mercè"
didn't make him sing "Mercè, mercè, cigno gentil" – instead, he replied loudly, "Mercè anche a Lei"
(Thank you, too). The curtain fell, and with strong coffee, they succeeded to restore Cartica sufficiently that he could sing
the performance.
One day (unknown when and where), his desperate agent is said to have invented the solution: from the dress rehearsal
to the last performance, Cartica would never leave the theater, and sleep in his dressing room, even being chaperoned to and
from the stage. Big surprise when Cartica was just as boozed-up as always... It took agent and theater management three
performances to find out how he had managed: at an appointed hour, Cartica would lower a basket on a rope from his window,
and the guy from the local wine shop would fill it to the brim...
Reference: Youtube channel "Uno sguardo al passato"
| Carlo Cartica sings | Il trovatore: Miserere, with Luisa Villani
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| 1887 |
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Prato |
Teatro Metastasio |
FAUST (Faust) |
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| 1890 |
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| 09 |
Viterbo |
Teatro Unione |
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA (Almaviva) |
| 10/12 |
Napoli |
Teatro Bellini |
LINDA DI CHAMOUNIX (Carlo) / RIGOLETTO (Duca) / AMOR LA VINCE di
V. Galasso / TRAVIATA (Alfredo) |
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| 1891 |
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Napoli |
Teatro Bellini |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
| 03/04 |
Napoli |
Teatro Bellini |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
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| 1893 |
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| 12 |
Catanzaro |
Teatro Comunale |
RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
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| 1894 |
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| 01 |
Catanzaro |
Teatro Comunale |
FAUST (Faust) / FAVORITA (Fernando) |
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Teramo |
Teatro Comunale |
RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
| 05 |
Milano |
Teatro La Scala |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) / RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
| 06 |
Trento |
Teatro Sociale |
LE VILLI |
| 08/09 |
Roma |
Teatro Quirino |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) / BARBIERE DI
SIVIGLIA (Almaviva) / LUCREZIA BORGIA (Gennaro) |
| 10 |
Treviso |
Teatro Sociale |
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO di A. Franchetti (Fernan) |
| 12 |
Bologna |
Teatro Brunetti |
NOZZE! di E. Lozzi |
| 12 |
Bologna |
Teatro Comunale |
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO di A. Franchetti (Fernan) / SAVITRI di N. Canti (Satiavan) |
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| 1895 |
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| 01/02 |
Genova |
Teatro Carlo Felice |
CRISTOFORO COLOMBO (Fernan) / FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / SAVITRI di
N. Canti (Satiavan) |
| 09 |
Osimo |
Teatro Nuova Fenice |
PARON GIOVANNI di A. Castracane |
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| 1896 |
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Firenze |
Teatro Pagliano |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) / FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) |
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Roma |
Teatro Nazionale |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) |
| 03 |
Ferrara |
Teatro Borghi Tosi |
FAUST (Faust) |
| 04 |
Venezia |
Teatro Malibran |
FAUST (Faust) |
| 05 |
Bologna |
Teatro Brunetti |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
| 06 |
Roma |
Teatro Nazionale |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) |
| 08/10 |
Buenos Aires |
Teatro San Martin |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / LUCREZIA BORGIA (Gennaro) / RIGOLETTO
(Duca) / AIDA (Radames) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) / BOHÈME
(Rodolfo) |
| 10 |
Buenos Aires |
Teatro Victoria |
BOHÈME (Rodolfo) |
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| 1897 |
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| 03 |
Odessa |
Teatro Municipale |
STAGIONE |
| 03 |
Tiflis |
Teatro Nazionale |
FAUST (Faust) |
| 12 |
Lisboa |
Teatro San Carlos |
AIDA (Radames) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) / PAGLIACCI (Canio) |
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| 1898 |
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| 01/03 |
Lisboa |
Teatro San Carlos |
ANDREA CHÉNIER (Chénier) / FAUST (Faust) / LOHENGRIN (Lohengrin) /
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / RIGOLETTO (Duca) / BOHÈME (Rodolfo) |
| 07/08 |
Santiago de Chile |
Teatro Municipal |
AIDA (Radames) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / LOHENGRIN (Lohengrin) |
| 12 |
Lisboa |
Teatro San Carlos |
TANNHÄUSER (Tannhäuser) |
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| 1899 |
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| 01/03 |
Lisboa |
Teatro San Carlos |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / FAUST (Faust) / FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) /
RIGOLETTO (Duca) / SERRANA di A. Keil (Pedro) |
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Sevilla |
Teatro San Ferdinand |
AIDA (Radames) / GIOCONDA (Enzo) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 10 |
Roma |
Teatro Adriano |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 12 |
Trieste |
Teatro Comunale |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
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| 1901 |
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| 04/06 |
Buenos Aires |
Politeama Argentino |
AIDA (Radames) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / GIOCONDA (Enzo) / ANDREA CHÉNIER (Chénier)
/ BOHÈME (Rodolfo) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) |
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Montevideo |
Teatro Solis |
AIDA (Radames) / GIOCONDA (Enzo) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) /
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 08/09 |
Montevideo |
Politeama |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) / CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 11 |
Madrid |
Teatro Reale |
AIDA (Radames) |
| 11/12 |
Alessandria |
Politeama Grà |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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| 1902 |
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| 01/03 |
Madrid |
Teatro Reale |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
| 03/05 |
Lisboa |
Coliseo Recrejos |
AIDA (Radames) / BOHÈME (Rodolfo) / FAUST (Faust) / GIOCONDA (Enzo) /
TROVATORE (Manrico) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / AFRICAINE (Vasco) / BALLO IN
MASCHERA (Riccardo) / ERNANI (Ernani) |
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Salsomaggiore |
Teatro Delle Terme |
CONCERTO |
| 12 |
Madrid |
Teatro Reale |
AIDA (Radames) / TROVATORE (Manrico) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
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| 1903 |
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Madrid |
Teatro Reale |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
| 03/04 |
Bari |
Teatro Petruzzelli |
DHEA di P. La Rotella (Permore) / TROVATORE (Manrico) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul)
/ AIDA (Radames) |
| 08/10 |
Santiago de Chile |
Teatro Municipal |
AIDA (Radames) / TROVATORE (Manrico) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) / ERNANI
(Ernani) / LUCREZIA BORGIA (Gennaro) / AFRICAINE (Vasco) |
| 10 |
Valparaiso |
Teatro Victoria |
AIDA (Radames) |
| 12 |
Parma |
Teatro Regio |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) |
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| 1904 |
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| 01 |
Parma |
Teatro Regio |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 03 |
Napoli |
Teatro San Carlo |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
| 09 |
Bergamo |
Teatro Donizetti |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
| 12 |
Napoli |
Teatro San Carlo |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
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Ciudad de México |
Teatro Arbeu |
AIDA (Radames) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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| 1905 |
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Santiago de Chile |
Teatro Municipal |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) / LOHENGRIN (Lohengrin) |
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| 1906 |
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Lecce |
Politeama Greco |
BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo) |
| 11 |
Barcelona |
Teatro Liceo |
HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 12 |
Madrid |
Teatro Reale |
AIDA (Radames) |
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| 1908 |
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| 06 |
Roma |
Teatro Adriano |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
| 09 |
Albano |
Teatro Comunale |
CONCERTO |
| 11 |
Livorno |
Teatro Goldoni |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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| 1909 |
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Cremona |
Teatro Ponchielli |
TRAVIATA (Alfredo) / HUGUENOTS (Raoul) |
| 10 |
Roma |
Teatro Adriano |
TRAVIATA (Alfredo) |
| 11/12 |
Boston |
Opera House |
AIDA (Radames) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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| 1910 |
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Boston |
Opera House |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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Chicago |
Auditorium |
CONCERTO / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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Springfield |
Auditorium |
PAGLIACCI (Canio) |
| 05 |
New York |
Majestic House |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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| 1911 |
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| 05 |
Washington |
Teatro National |
AIDA (Radames) |
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Pittsburgh |
Teatro Alvin |
AIDA (Radames) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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New York |
Brooklyn Theater |
CONCERTO |
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New York |
Peoples's Theater |
ZURO's GRAND OPERA COMPANY |
| 06 |
New York |
Daly's Theater |
AIDA (Radames) |
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| 1916 |
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| 07 |
Roma |
Teatro Costanzi |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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Foggia |
Teatro Dauno |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) |
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| 1917 |
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| 04 |
Velletri |
Teatro Comunale |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
| 10 |
Roma |
Teatro Manzoni |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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| 1918 |
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Roma |
Teatro Nazionale |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) |
Discography
Fonotipia, Milano, 12 April 1907
xPh2536 Trovatore (Verdi): Di geloso amor (w. Chelotti & Corradetti) unpublished
Fonotipia, Milano, 15 April 1907
xPh2545 Forza del destino (Verdi): Non imprecare (w. De Macchi, De Angelis) unpublished
US Everlasting cylinders, New York City, date unknown
33015 Bohème (Puccini): Che gelida manina 33015
33016 Gioconda (Ponchielli): Cielo e mar 33016
33017 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Troncar suoi dì (w. Alessandroni & Autori) 33017
021125 Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema 021125
021130 Forza del destino (Verdi): O tu che in seno 021130
Columbia, New York City, 1 April 1911
30709-1 Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Chi mi frena 253, A5305, D16326, D17311
(w. Wright, Wright-Heims & Alessandroni)
30710-1 Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia dell'amore 252, A5306
(w. Wright, Wright-Heims & Alessandroni)
Columbia, New York City, 23 June 1911
30795-1 Faust (Gounod): All'erta (w. Wright-Heims & Alessandroni) 345, A5381
Edison, New York City, 17 July 1911
Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Chi mi frena unpublished
(w. Vicarino, Seirrietti, Gravina, Gentle & de la Sierra)
Edison, New York City, 18 July 1911
Rigoletto (Verdi): Bella figlia dell'amore unpublished
(w. Vicarino, Gentle & Seirrietti)
Columbia, New York City, July or August 1911
30809-2 Forza del destino (Verdi): Solenne in quest'ora (w. Alessandroni) 519, A5343
Columbia, New York City, 11 August 1911
30812-2 Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (w. Villani) A5325, D16326, D17311
Columbia, New York City, 21 August 1911
30814-1 Aida (Verdi): O terra addio (w. Villani) 425, A5331
Columbia, New York City, late August 1911
30817-1 Martha (Flotow): Solo, profugo (w. Alessandroni) A5343
Columbia, New York City, 2 August 1912
36426 Lombardi (Verdi): Qual voluttà (w. Alessandroni & Kaestner) A5446
Columbia, New York City, December 1912
36503-3 Guillaume Tell (Rossini): Troncar suoi dì (w. Alessandroni & Bauer) A5465
Phono-Cut, New York City, 1918?
Aida (Verdi): Celeste Aida 601
Rigoletto (Verdi): Questa o quella 638, 5078
Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle 711, 5078
Martha (Flotow): M'apparì 723
Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Viva il vino 5109
Otello (Verdi): Niun mi tema 5109
Source for the chronology, pictures and recording (Forza) the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci.
For the discography: Marcocci again; 78opera.com (defunct); Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien
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