Remo De Giovanni

De Giovanni studied with maestro Alfredo Martini.

Career highlights:

1910 Foggia (Il trovatore in March, Teatro Dauno), L'Aquila (Norma in May, Teatro Comunale, with Lollini Nerina, Bechini Quintilio), Roma (Teatro Adriano)

1911 Viterbo (Norma in August, Teatro Civico, with Pucci Esmeralda, Besanzoni Gabriella, Paci Leone), Roma, Teatro Adriano (Norma in September, with De Frate Ines, De Frate Isabella, Curci Gennaro; Il trovatore in May, sharing with Gatti Gino, with Andreuccetti Ida/Marchisio Elena/Rallos Aida, Fernandez Lucia/Achilli Jullibert Casilda/Rossi Elvira/Manarin Barbieri Teresa, Morales Emanuele/Caldani Romolo/Pompa Ignazio/Saporito Angelo, Seri Silvio)

1914 Garlasco (Un ballo in maschera in July, Teatro Martinetti, with De Makowska Ela, Guatna Tamara, Decima Emma, Ballester Vicente, Checchini Fortunato, Saiz), Roma

1916 Terni (Pagliacci in April, Politeama Ternano, with Almazza Bianca, Tavanti Corrado)

1917 Roma, Teatro Valle (Pagliacci in October, sharing with Schiavazzi Piero, with Turchetti Ofelia/Mazzavillani Mina, Cappelluti Altomare Saverio/Beuf Augusto)

1919 Roma, Teatro Manzoni (Il trovatore in March, sharing with Granados Francisco/De Dionigi Massimo, with Morroto Lina, Willaume Maria/Lampaggi Maria Luis, D'Aversa Ferruccio/Silvetti Luigi/De Pittis Seri Silvio/Dadò Augusto; Andrea Chénier in April, sharing with Granados Francisco, with Rubino Clotilde, Bartolini Giuseppe; Pagliacci in April, sharing with De Dionigi Massimo, with Priori Bianca/Francini Giuditta, Morro Mattia/Silvetti Luigi/Bartolini Giuseppe, D'Anversa Ferruccio, Rossi Amedeo; Carmen in May, sharing with Granados Francisco, with Valiani Eugenia/Lampaggi Maria Luisa , Priori Bianca, Silvetti Luigi/Morro Mattia; Ernani in June with Rubino Clotilde, Silvetti Luigi, Cesari Ignazio; Norma in June with Rubino Clotilde, Willaume Maria, Cesari Ignazio), Sesto Fiorentino (Ernani in September, Arena Solerti,with Monteverde, Orsatti Piero, Mannelli Angiolo)

1922 Gallarate (Norma in April, Teatro del Popolo, sharing with Caballero José, with Rodrigo Enrichetta, Gambelli Italia, Rocci Franco)

1924 Venezia, Teatro Malibran (Cavalleria rusticana in November, with Carabelli Amelia, Bellotti Elena, Rakowski Nicola)

His repertory included: Manrico, Pollione, Riccardo, Canio, Alvaro, Chénier, José, Ernani, Turiddu, ...

Controversy
The Record Collector of September 2009 has an article by Michael Bott titled Two Di Giovannis and the Kalliope Mystery.
Michael Bott is telling us that for a long time the De Giovanni records on Kalliope/Stella/Victory labels were thought to be recorded by Edoardo Di Giovanni/Edward Johnson. Bott further thought that the Odeons recorded by a De Giovanni were also by Johnson until he found out that the singer was Remo De Giovanni. Bott writes that thanks to Roberto Marcocci we know now it is Remo De Giovanni who recorded on Kalliope. To make the matter more confusing, the Kalliope label picture in the record collector shows the name Di Giovanni, while the one I have shows De Giovanni. Kalliope recordings were issued as Kalliope, Stella and Victory. Maybe Michael Bott should have talked to Roberto Marcocci. When I asked Roberto Marcocci if it was the same singer who recorded both on Kalliope and Odeon, he told me:
I don't know. De Giovanni Remo made his debut in 1908 and recorded the Odeons in 1911/12. In my collection, I have some Kalliope but I don't know the year when they were recorded. I know that the Kalliope records were issued in Trieste when Trieste was under Austria. My records were recorded by singers that are listed in the opera company of Trieste's opera house. I suppose that De Giovanni never sang in Trieste's opera house.
Now the Kalliope discography of De Giovanni for the sake of completeness:

B 16   Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba                E1188
B 22   Andrea Chénier: Un di all'azzurro spazio  E1189
B 22   Aida: Celeste Aida                        E1192
B 29   Otello: Niun mi tema                      E1281
B 29   Otello: Ma, o pianto, o duol!             E1282

1910
03	Foggia	Teatro Dauno	TROVATORE (Manrico)
05	L'Aquila	Teatro Comunale	NORMA (Pollione)
06	Roma	Teatro Adriano	TROVATORE (Manrico)
1911
08	Viterbo	Teatro Civico	NORMA (Pollione)
09	Roma	Teatro Adriano	NORMA (Pollione)
1914
07	Garlasco	Teatro Martinetti	BALLO IN MASCHERA (Riccardo)
08	Roma	Teatro Adriano	STAGIONE
1916
04	Terni	Politeama Ternano	PAGLIACCI (Canio)
1917
10	Roma	Teatro Valle	PAGLIACCI
1919
03/06	Roma	Teatro Manzoni	FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / TROVATORE (Manrico) / ANDREA CHÉNIER (Chénier) / PAGLIACCI (Canio) / CARMEN (Don José) / ERNANI (Ernani) / NORMA (Pollione)
07	Sesto Fiorentino	Arena Solerti	ERNANI (Ernani)
1922
04	Gallarate	Teatro Del Popolo	NORMA (Pollione)
1924
11	Venezia	Teatro Malibran	CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu)

Discography

ODEON FONOTIPIA RECORD  	 
82664 	NORMA: Meco all'altar di Venere 	 
82665 	NORMA: Cabaletta 	 
82703 	NORMA: Qual cor tradisti with Rubini Clotilde

Source for the chronology and discography the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci.