His real name was Eugenio Candellone. He began his career as a baritone and made his debut in 1887 at the Politeama Genovese
in Trovatore.
It was followed by Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto with Emilia Corsi. After singing again in 1888 in Genova (Trovatore and
Rigoletto), he stopped singing to retrain as a tenor.
In 1888, he made his tenor debut at the Carignano in Torino in the new opera Nestore by R. Rasori on November 21st, 1888.
After that, he sang:
Alvaro (Faenza 1889, Messina 1890)
Manrico (Messina 1889, Padova, 1890/1892, Genova 1894, Parma: 26/27/30 January-7/9/13/17/19/24 February 1895
with Arturo Ceratelli/Guglielmo Caruson, Augusta Cruz, Maria Giudici Caruson,
Luigi Broglio, Serafina Sciaccaluga, Eugenio Grossi and Arnaldo Conti conducting; Modena 1896, Caracas 1896)
Ernani (Messina 1890, Napoli 1891, Bologna 1892, Genova 1893)
Radames (Firenze 1892, Genova 1899, Bilbao 1900)
Condor (Carlo Felice in Genova)
He was acclaimed as Otello and sang it in:
1889: June, Rosario di Santa Fe – Teatro Olimpo with Lina Cerne – Agostino Gnaccarini
July, Córdoba – Teatro Progresso with Lina Cerne – Agostino Gnaccarini
1894: October, Genova – Politeama Genovese with Lina Cerne/Teresa Angeloni – Tieste Wilmant
1894: 25/26/29/30 December-2/5/6/17/19/23 January 1895, Parma – Teatro Regio with Guglielmo Caruson – Eugenio Grossi
– Tommaso Barbieri – Pietro Francalancia – Luigi Broglio – Augusta Cruz – Benvenuta Polacco Drog
– conductor: Arnaldo Conti
1895: December, Modena – Teatro Municipale with Assunta Lantes – Ferdinando Guarini
1899: 21/22/25/30 January-1/4/5/7/9/11/12/13 February, Parma – Teatro Regio with Tieste Wilmant – Vittorio Font
– Lodovico Benucci – Antonio Sabellico – Augusto Castagnoli – Elvira Miotti – Giuseppina Giaconia
– conductor: Gaetano Cimini
October, Genova – Politeama Genovese with Giuseppina Falconis Della Perla – Ignazio Tabuyo/Eugenio Giraldoni
1900: May, Bilbao – Teatro Arriaga with Ida Di Benedetto – Ramón Blanchart
1901: March, Pisa – Teatro Verdi with Tilde Maragliano/ MariaSirti – Titta Ruffo
May, Foggia – Teatro Dauno (sharing with Mario Roussel) with Emilia Corsi – Emanuele Bucalo
1904: June, Reggio Emilia – Teatro Municipale with Lina Siebanech – Giovanni Albinolo
Kutsch & Riemens quote him as having sung Otello over 400 times, which is very unlikely in view of Mr. Marcocci's Otello chronology.
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DA BARITONO |
AS BARITONE |
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1887 |
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07 |
Genova |
Politeama Genovese |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Enrico) / RIGOLETTO (Rigoletto) / TROVATORE (Conte) |
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1888 |
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02/04 |
Genova |
Teatro Margherita |
TROVATORE (Conte) / TRAVIATA (Germont) |
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DA TENORE |
AS TENOR |
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1888 |
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11 |
Torino |
Teatro Carignano |
NESTORE di R. Rasori |
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1889 |
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01 |
Faenza |
Teatro Comunale |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) |
06 |
Rosario di Santa Fe |
Teatro Olimpo |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / OTELLO (Otello) |
08 |
Cordoba |
Teatro Rivera Indarte |
OTELLO (Otello) |
12 |
Messina |
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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1890 |
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01 |
Messina |
Teatro Vittorio Emanuele |
FORZA DEL DESTINO (Alvaro) / ERNANI (Ernani) |
10 |
Padova |
Teatro Garibaldi |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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1891 |
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Napoli |
Teatro San Carlo |
ERNANI (Ernani) |
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1892 |
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04/05 |
Firenze |
Politeama |
AIDA (Radames) / I DUE SOCI di P. Cialdini |
06 |
Padova |
Teatro Verdi |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
08 |
Udine |
Teatro Sociale |
AIDA (Radames) |
09 |
Bologna |
Teatro Brunetti |
ERNANI (Ernani) |
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1893 |
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01 |
Genova |
Teatro Carlo Felice |
CONDOR di C. Gomes |
09/10 |
Genova |
Politeama Genovese |
AIDA (Radames) / ERNANI (Ernani) |
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1894 |
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10/11 |
Genova |
Politeama Genovese |
OTELLO (Otello) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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1895 |
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01/02 |
Parma |
Teatro Regio |
OTELLO (Otello) / TROVATORE (Manrico) |
12 |
Modena |
Teatro Municipale |
OTELLO (Otello) |
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1896 |
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01/02 |
Modena |
Teatro Municipale |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
12 |
Caracas |
Teatro Municipal |
TROVATORE (Manrico) |
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1897 |
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01 |
Caracas |
Teatro Municipal |
STAGIONE COMPAGNIA LUISI |
03 |
Guatemala |
Teatro Colon |
STAGIONE COMPAGNIA LUISI |
06 |
Siracusa |
Teatro Comunale |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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1899 |
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01 |
Parma |
Teatro Regio |
OTELLO (Otello) |
10/11 |
Genova |
Politeama Genovese |
AIDA (Radames) / OTELLO (Otello) |
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1900 |
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04/05 |
Bilbao |
Teatro Arriaga |
AIDA (Radames) / OTELLO (Otello) |
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1901 |
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03 |
Pisa |
Teatro Verdi |
OTELLO (Otello) |
05 |
Foggia |
Teatro Dauno |
OTELLO (Otello) |
09 |
Lodi |
Teatro Gaffurio |
OTELLO (Otello) |
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1904 |
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01 |
Reggio Emilia |
Teatro Municipale |
OTELLO (Otello) |