Alfredo Cecchi

Cecchi studied singing in Firenze with Elettra Callery Villani. He made his debut as a baritone in 1899.

After interrupting his singing for a few months, Cecchi made his debut as tenor in 1901 at the Fraschini in Pavia as Radames.

In 1902, he sang Ernani at the Verdi in Firenze and became newsworthy when he attacked the journalist Cesare Levi who reviewed his performance badly in the "Domenica Fiorentina".

His career evolved as follows:

1899 Lugo, Pescara, Montecatini, Monsummano

1900 Acqui Terme, Pinerolo, Novi Ligure, La Spezia, Mantova

1901 Alessandria, Pavia, Milano (Dal Verme)

1902 Milano, Mantova, Lisbon, Terni, Vicenza, La Spezia, Garlasco, Milano (Verdi), Firenze, Faenza, St. Petersburg

1903 St. Petersburg, Nice, Venezia (La Fenice, Il santo on 7/9/10/12/15/17 May, with Titta Ruffo, Enrica Canovas, Serena Ronconi, Giuseppe Magnanini, Sante Greggio, Ugo Giandominici with Rodolfo Ferrari conducting), Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Ferrara, Palermo

1904 Lisbon, Carrara, Udine, Milano, Parma (Reinach, Aida on 15 October, with Alessandro Panciera, Olga Benvenuti, Maria Grisi, Camillo Fiegna), Cairo

1905 London, Roma, Rieti, Torino, Cremona, Udine, Venezia

1906 Camerino, Bologna, Rimini, Mexico City

1907 Torino, Alessandria, Genova, Novara, Cremona

1908 Pavia, São Paulo, Livorno, Soresina, Vigevano, Parma (Reinach, Ernani on 31 October/21 November, with Mario Roussel, Salvatore Di Giulio, Oliva Petrella; Un ballo in maschera on 24/28/29 November (29: in onore del tenore Cecchi), with Mario Roussel, Oliva Petrella, Anna Berti Cecchini, Lina Simeoli, Salvatore Di Giulio, Alceste Mori), Rimini, Pula

1909 Rimini, Pisa, Pistoia, San Pellegrino Terme, Sanguinetto, Ascoli Piceno

1910 Cairo, Pistoia, Bassano del Grappa, Roma

1911 Novara, Bologna, Piacenza, Como, Torino, Viareggio, Este, Modena

1912 Cagliari, Tunis, Savona, Teranio

1913 Grosseto, Fabriano, Reggio Emilia

1914 Valencia, Lisboa, Medicina, Pistoia, Mortara

1915 Milano (Augusteo, del Giardino), Torino

1916 Torino, Milano (Fossati, Dal Verme)

1917 Novara, Corfu, Milano (Carcano, Lirico), Como, Catania

1918 Catania, Casale Monferrato, Voghera

1919 Firenze, Porto Maurizio, Roma, İstanbul, Livorno, Milano, Torino,Bergamo

1920 Catanzaro

Selected performances

Il trovatore

1899, in April (as Luna): Lugo, Teatro Rossini, with Elisabetta Redi/Maria Zangolini/Gilberta De Casale, Maria Dirani, Edoardo Mario Pagani/Giorgio Fioretti
1899, in May (as Luna, sharing with Silvio Arrighetti): Macerata, Politeama Marchetti, with Gilberta De Casale, Maria Dirani, Edoardo Mario Pagani/Giorgio Fioretti
1900, in February (as Luna): Acqui Terme, Teatro Carlo Alberto, with Margherita Herrera, Giulia Sormani, Ignazio Sanarau
1902, in July: La Spezia, Politeama Duca di Genova, with Antonietta Orcesi, Eleonora De Cisneros, Giovanni Corà, Alfredo Bini
1902, in August: Garlasco, Teatro Martinetti, with Antonietta Orcesi, Eleonora De Cisneros, Giovanni Corà, Alfredo Bini
1902, in October: Milano, Teatro Verdi, with Luigia De Luca, Eleonora De Cisneros, Ezio Felici, Giorgio Fioretti
1902, in December: Faenza, Teatro Comunale, with Isabella Paoli, Eleonora De Cisneros, Isidoro Barettin, Guido Stefani
1905, in January: Venezia, Teatro Rossini
1906, in June: Bologna, Arena Azeglio, with Teresina Burchi, Casilda Jullibert Achilli, Pietro Favaron, Vincenzo Cassia
1910, in October (sharing with AttilioPerico): Bassano del Grappa, Teatro Sociale
1911, in August (sharing with Carlo Albani): Viareggio, Politeama, with Zelmira Mazzanti/Maria Bey, Ines Vannini, Edoardo Faticanti/Giuseppe Del Chiaro, Masiello
1912, in August: Savona, Teatro Wanda, with Maria Magana Lopez, Renata Pezzati, Ugo Marturano, Ruggero Galli
1913, in December: Reggio Emilia, Teatro Municipale, with Maria Viscardi, Marina Sandra, Dario Zani, Ignazio Cesari
1914, in March: Valencia, Teatro Principal, with Maria Darnis, Vittorina Golmary, Gaetano Azzolini, Corrado Giralt
1916, in March: Torino, Teatro Torinese, with G. Pellegrino, Maria Camozzi, Giuseppe Del Chiaro, Antonio Sabellico
1917, in April (sharing with Luigi Romani de Lay/Alcibiade Comparini/Italo Righi Briani/Umberto Chiodo): Milano, Teatro Carcano, with Marta Du Lac/Margherita Odoni Manca/Mercedes Aicardi/Wanda Giovannelli/Alessandrina Bottero, Rina Gallo Toscani/Giuseppina Zinetti/Irene Del Bosco, Luis Almodóvar/Salvatore Vinci/Carmelo Maugeri, Luigi Manfrini
1918, month unknown (sharing with Angelo Zunino/Attilio Maurini): Voghera, Teatro Sociale, with Bice Cocchi/Vera Rjal, Lucia Warko, Pietro D'Andria, Achille Vittori
1919, in July: İstanbul, Théâtre Nouveau, with Anna de Revers, Lia De Grandi, Wicleffo Scamuzzi

After retiring, he taught singing in Milan. Among his students were Alessandro Granda and Alessandro Ziliani.

I wish to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording (Pira).

Dicography

Odeon, Milano, 1904 or 1905
	Il trovatore: Deserto sulla terra			7012
xM26	Il trovatore: Di quella pira				X37006
xM28	Ernani: Come rugiada al cespite				X37012
xM31	Il trovatore: Di geloso amor (w. Corradetti, Tebro)	X37011
xM86	Pagliacci: Un tal gioco					X37034
xM93	Un ballo in maschera: La rivedrà nell'estasi		X37008
xM94	Il trovatore: Miserere (w. Tebro)			X37036
xM95	Ernani: O sommo Carlo (w. Corradetti, Tebro)		X37063

I wish to thank Roberto Marcocci for the pictures and biographical information.