Luigi Ceccarelli

1868 – 1960 Rome

Luigi Ceccarelli singsAida: Morir sì pura e bella
1891 Roma: Ernani (sharing with Giovanni Badaracco) in September at the Teatro Quirino with Annina Ilari, Aurelio Viale, Luigi Ferraioli

1892 Ravenna: Linda di Chamounix in April at the Teatro Mariani with Annunziatina Stecchi, Armida Parsi Pettenella, Oreste Mieli, Virgilio Fineschi, Arturo Marchesi; Recanati: Ernani in June at the Teatro Persiani with Rosina Giusti, Marino Ercolani, Adolfo Allegri

1894 Roma: Ernani in June at the Teatro Manzoni with Oreste Benedetti, Alfredo Papi

1895 Roma: Ernani in April at the Teatro Nazionale with Giulia Mancini Frampolesi, Virgilio Blasi, Luigi Lucenti; Ravenna: Il barbiere di Siviglia in December at the Teatro Filodrammatico with Maria Tamanti, Ferdinando Piergentili, Francesco Zavaschi, Alberto Capurro)

1896 Perugia, Teatro Morlacchi in January: Il barbiere di Siviglia with Cecilia Tamanti Zavaschi, Pietro Bugamelli, Francesco Zavaschi, Alberto Capurro; Don Pasquale with Cecilia Tamanti Zavaschi, Pietro Bugamelli, Alberto Capurro

1897 Perugia: La bohème in May at the Teatro Morlacchi with Maria Merolla, Eugenia Samper, Emilio D'Albore, Aurelio Viale, Alfredo Papi, Guglielmo Bilwiller; Brescia: Manon Lescaut (sharing with Pietro Ferrari D'Albaredo) in December at the Teatro Grande with Maddalena Ticci, Vincenzo Ardito, Adolfo Allegri

1898 Bari: Manon Lescaut in January at the Teatro Piccinni with Lea Sangiorgio, Gemma Deslandes, Enrico Pignataro, Rodolfo De Falco; Fermo: La Gioconda in August at the Teatro Dell'Aquila with Adele Antinori, Giuseppina Zeppilli Villani, Elena Marenzi, Giuseppe La Puma, Gaetano Roveri

1899 Senigallia: La bohème in July at the Teatro Fenice with Maria Corti, Jole Massa, Virgilio Bellatti, Lucio Aristi, Angelo Ricceri, Giuseppe Frigiotti; Genova: La Gioconda (sharing with Enea Cavara) in October at the Politeama Genovese with Maria Pizzagalli, Cesira Pagnoni, Ernestina Cecchi, Eugenio Giraldoni/Mario Roussel, Giuseppe De Grazia/Ubaldo Ceccarelli; Linda di Chamounix (sharing with Enea Cavara) in November at the Teatro Giardino d'Italia with Fanny Torresella/Maria Cavallini, Ernestina Cecchi, Ignacio Tabuyo, Giuseppe De Grazia, Alberto Billwiller; Padova: Mefistofele in February at the Teatro Comunale with Luigi Lucenti; Pavia: Mefistofele at the Teatro Fraschini with Gina Perfumo, Luigi Lucenti; Genova: L'Africaine at the Politeama Genovese with Isabella Paoli, Maria Cavallini, Ignacio Tabuyo, Ubaldo Ceccarelli; Sanremo: Rigoletto in March at the Teatro Principe Amedeo with Giuseppina Piccoletti, Ada Bortesi, Cesare Bacchetta, Carlo Walter

1900 Reggio Emilia: Teatro Municipale in January: La Gioconda with Giuseppina Cesareo, Maria Bastia, Giuseppina Giaconia, Gaetano Rebonato, Giovanni Balisardi; Lohengrin with Giuseppina Cesareo, Maria Bastia, Gaetano Rebonato, Giovanni Balisardi, Giuseppe Sorgi; Catania: Mefistofele in March at the Teatro Bellini with Mary D'Arneiro, Francesco Vecchioni; Belém: Manon Lescaut in June at the Teatro Paz with Tilde Maragliano, Gualtiero Pagnoni, Ubaldo Ceccarelli; Livorno: La Gioconda in September at the Politeama with Maria De Macchi, Cesira Pagnoni, Maria Verger, Vincenzo Ardito, Ruggero Galli; Torino: Mefistofele in October at the Teatro Carignano with Bice Adami, Lodovico Contini

1901 Verona: Le maschere on 17 January 1901 at the Teatro Filarmonico (one of the six simultaneous world premieres) with Umberto Macnez, Aurelio Viale, Bice Formen, Anita Italiano, Alessandro Nicolini; Lisboa, Coliseo Recrejos: Il barbiere di Siviglia in April with Maria Galvany, Pietro Giacomello/Alessandro Modesti, Augustin Calvo, Giovanni Soldà; La Gioconda in April with Angela Penchi, Ramona Galán, Adela Gasull, Pietro Giacomello/Alessandro Modesti, Augustin Calvo/Carlo Walter; Rigoletto (sharing with Leopoldo Bogino) in April with Galvany Maria, Gasull Adela/Galan Ramona, Giacomello Pietro/Modesti Alessandro, Calvo Augustin; La sonnambula in April with Maria Galvany, Augustin Calvo; Cavalleria rusticana in May with Angela Penchi/Emma Petrozki, Adela Gasul, Emilio Cabello; I puritani in June with Maria Galvany, Alessandro Modesti, Carlo Walter

1902 Torino: La sonnambula in February at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele with Maria Galvany, Mariano Baldelli; Rosario, Teatro Olimpo in August: Il barbiere di Siviglia with Maria Barrientos, Carlo Buti, Oreste Carozzi, Arcangelo Rossi; Tosca (sharing with Amedeo Bassi) with Emma Carelli, Vincenzo Ardito

1903 Lisboa, Coliseo Recrejos: Cavalleria rusticana in April with Rosa De Vila, Elisa Bell, Emilio Cabello; La sonnambula in April with Maria Galvany, Carlo Walter; Il barbiere di Siviglia in May with Maria Galvany, Alessandro Modesti, Franco Fabbri Boesmi, Giovanni Soldà; I puritani in May with Maria Galvany, Emilio Cabello, Carlo Walter; Rigoletto in May with Maria Galvany/Enrichetta Acena, Elisa Bell, Alessandro Modesti/Francisco Puiggener, Carlo Walter; Alessandria: Lohengrin in November at the Teatro Finzi with Valentina Mendorioz, Olga Benvenuti, Mario Hediger, Giuseppe Sorgi, Romano Rasponi

1904 Foligno: La Gioconda in September at the Teatro Piermarini with Clara Joanna, Assunta Lugli, Amalia Colombo, Francesco Nicoletti, Giuseppe De Grazia; Milano: Rigoletto in October at the Teatro Dal Verme with Esperanza Clasenti, Rosa Garavaglia, Tullio Quercia, Giulio Cirino

1905 Fano: Pistoia: Mefistofele (sharing with Giovanni Tasca) in July at the Teatro Manzoni with Palmira Maggi, Luigi Rossato; Lohengrin in August at the Teatro della Fortuna with Elisa Petri, Vittorina Fabbri, Giuseppe La Puma/Mario Hediger, Angelo Riccieri, Silvio Rambaldelli

1906 Lisboa, Coliseo Recrejos: La Gioconda in April with Maria Giudice, Cloe Marchesini, Elena Lucci, Giuseppe Pacini, Angelo Masini Pieralli; Rigoletto in April with Giuseppina Sins, Elena Lucci, Michele Giovacchini, Emilio Sesona; La sonnambula in April with Giuseppina Sins, Angelo Masini Pieralli; Il barbiere di Siviglia in May with Giuseppina Sins, Michele Giovacchini, Angelo Masini Pieralli, Federico Carbonetti; La bohème in May with Amalia De Roma, Enrichetta Acena, Michele Giovacchini, Emilio Cabello, Angelo Masini Pieralli, Federico Carbonetti; Linda di Chamounix in June with Giuseppina Sins, Cloe Marchesini, Giuseppe Pacini, Angelo Masini Pieralli, Federico Carbonetti

1907 La Coruña: La sonnambula in April at the Teatro Rosalia with Maria Barrientos; Valencia: Tosca in November at the Teatro Principal with Cecilia Gagliardi, Giuseppe Maggi

1908 Fermo: La Gioconda in August at the Teatro Dell'Aquila with Adele Antinori, Giuseppina Zeppilli Villani, Elena Marenzi, Giuseppe La Puma, Gaetano Roveri; Pistoia: La sonnambula in September at the Politeama Mabellini with Dora Domar, Nissim Zebulum

1909 Torino: Cavalleria rusticana (sharing with Nino Peyra) in January at the Teatro Vittorio Emanuele with Pierina Gorianz/Lucia Cavalli, Luigia Mattei, Renato Meroni; Portogruaro: Tosca in October at the Teatro Sociale with Maria Santoliva Villani, Rizzardo Da Ferrara

1910 Orvieto: La sonnambula in August at the Teatro Civico with Tina Graziani, Paolo Argentini

1911 Viterbo: La sonnambula in September at the Teatro Civico with Baussoni/Clelia Cunningham, Leone Paci

1916 Firenze: Rigoletto in October at the Teatro della Pergola with Ayres Borghi Zerni, Cesare Nesi, Matteo Dragoni, Amleto Galli (the tenor is only indentified as Ceccarelli, so we cannot be sure it is the same singer)

Discography 

Ceccarelli recorded apparently only one wax cylinder in Spain.
J. Corrons, Barcelona, 1901
Aida: Morir sì pura e bella
The insert in the cylinder case contains the picture of Ceccarelli.
Source for the chronology the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci.
Discography reference

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