Silvano Isalberti
3 September 1875 San Giovanni Lupatoto –11 July 1940 Brussels
| Silvano Isalberti sings | Carmen: Alto là
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His earliest traced performances took place in 1902 in Budapest (Don José, Turiddu and Canio) and Trieste. From 1905, he
was very successful in the Netherlands, where he appeared with various companies until 1913, in Amsterdam and Den Haag.
He toured also, with mixed results, Germany, at least between 1906 and 1908 (Barmen, Elberfeld, Mannheim, Köln, Leipzig,
Theater des Westens in Berlin). In 1909, he sang at La Scala (Giasone in Cherubini's Medea), but here, too, his success
was limited. In 1910, he was a guest at the Vienna Volksoper.
In 1919, he returned to Amsterdam as Riccardo, but was now unsuccessful even there. He remained in Belgium and the Netherlands,
singing with minor opera troupes, in music halls and cinemas. He eventually settled in Brussels and taught voice.
Reference 1: Kutsch & Riemens; reference 2: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, 16 July 1902; reference 3:
Musikalisches Wochenblatt, 24 May 1906; reference 4
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Discography
G&T, Milano, late 1904
1887k Carmen (Bizet): Alto là 52863, 92096 (7")
2310L Amico Fritz (Mascagni): O amore 52140
2328L Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Viva il vino 52169
2339L Stelle d'oro (Denza) 52161, Vic 52419, 63420
2346L Amico Fritz (Mascagni): Duetto delle ciliege (w. Demharter) 54057
Lyrophon, Amsterdam, autumn 1907
100-1I Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle J100
101I Stelle d'oro (Denza) J101
103I Rigoletto (Verdi): La donna è mobile J103
Lyrophon, Amsterdam, October 1908
J118 Carmen (Bizet): Il fior J118
oJ119 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba J119
oJ119a Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Vesti la giubba J119
J120 Manon Lescaut (Puccini): Donna non vidi mai J120
J121 Occhi di fata (Denza) J121
J122 Zazà (Leoncavallo): O mio piccolo tavolo J122
J123 Amico Fritz (Mascagni): O amore J123
J125 Bohème (Puccini): Che gelida manina J125
J126 Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle J126
J127 Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi J127
J128 Iris (Mascagni): Apri la tua finestra J128
Sources for the discography: 78opera.com (alas defunct); Gesellschaft für historische
Tonträger, Wien
I wish to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording.
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