Aurelio Mauri
1865 (?) – 1913 Milano
Mauri is another tenor that we do not know much about. His first recorded appearance was in 1890 at the Dal
Verme in Guarany (Pery) and Poliuto (Nearco).
After that he sang in Mantova, Livorno, Padova, Vicenza, La Spezia, Modena, Parma
(Regio, where he was Fernand, and Reinach), Torino, Monza, Roma, Voghera, Lugo, Venezia, Novi Ligure, Napoli (San Carlo), ...
He even appeared in Batavia, which was an important place for opera in Asia at that time. After Odessa in 1905, Mauri seems
to have disappeared.
In the book Dietro il sipario 1881–1898. Memorie e appunti del Segretario della Commissione Teatrale Giulio Ferrarini,
Ferrarini writes about Mauri's appearances in Parma as Fernand:
February 20th
... then two evenings with the revival of La favorita, the role of Fernando was sung by the tenor Mauri (a mediocrity) ...
Mauri led an "irregular life" that forced him to abandon solo singing and to go on as a chorister. (Is that
supposed to signify that he was an alcoholic?) Even in the choir, he continued to have "numerous problems", and had to recur to the
"frequent help of fellow artists". He died at the Ospedale Maggiore in Milano, completely impoverished.
Reference: the fantastic website of Roberto Marcocci
Picture source: Forgotten Opera Singers
In RA format
I wish to thank Richard J. Venezia for the recording (Sonnambula).
Chronology
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1890 |
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Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
GUARANY (Pery) / POLIUTO (Nearco) |
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08/10 |
Milano |
Teatro Manzoni |
NON TOCCATE LA REGINA di O. M. Scarano (Don Ramiro) / FAVORITE (Fernand)
/ LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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Mantova |
Teatro Sociale |
FAVORITE (Fernand) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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1891 |
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Livorno |
Teatro Goldoni |
FAVORITE (Fernand) / GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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02/03 |
Padova |
Teatro Comunale |
FAVORITE (Fernand) / ERNANI (Ernani) |
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03/04 |
Vicenza |
Teatro Comunale |
FAVORITE (Fernand) / ERNANI (Ernani) |
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05 |
La Spezia |
Politeama |
FAVORITE (Fernand) |
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12 |
Modena |
Teatro Municipale |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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1892 |
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Parma |
Teatro Regio |
FAVORITE (Fernand) |
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02 |
Torino |
Teatro Regio |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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06 |
Monza |
Teatro Sociale |
FAVORITE (Fernand) |
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08 |
Roma |
Teatro Manzoni |
FRANCESCA DA RIMINI di A. Cagnoni / OMBRA (Fabrizio) |
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10 |
Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
TRAVIATA (Alfredo) |
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10 |
Voghera |
Teatro Sociale |
MEFISTOFELE (Faust) |
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12 |
Parma |
Politeama Reinach |
TRAVIATA (Alfredo) |
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1893 |
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01 |
Parma |
Politeama Reinach |
CONCERTO |
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11 |
Livorno |
Politeama |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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12 |
Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
GIOCONDA (Enzo) |
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1894 |
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Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
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09 |
Lugo |
Teatro Comunale |
FAVORITE (Fernand) / LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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10 |
Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
DIE LUSTIGEN WEIBER VON WINDSOR (Fenton) |
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11 |
Torino |
Teatro Carignano |
OMBRA (Fabrizio) |
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1895 |
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Milano |
Teatro Lirico |
LA FURIA DOMATA di S. Samara (Lucenzio) |
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1896 |
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Genova |
Teatro Carlo Felice |
CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA (Turiddu) |
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03/04 |
Milano |
Teatro dei Filodrammatici |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) / TRAVIATA (Alfredo) / RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
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04 |
Milano |
Teatro Carcano |
ERNANI (Ernani) / FAVORITE (Fernand) |
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08 |
Venezia |
Teatro Malibran |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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Novi Ligure |
Teatro Carlo Alberto |
INNOCENTE di A. De Angeli / MEFISTOFELE (Faust) |
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1897 |
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Napoli |
Teatro San Carlo |
LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR (Edgardo) |
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1902 |
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Batavia |
Teatro dell'Opera Italiana |
STAGIONE |
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Milano |
Teatro Dal Verme |
RIGOLETTO (Duca) |
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1905 |
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Odesa |
Miskyj Teatr |
JUIVE (Léopold) |
Reference for the chronology the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci.
Discography
AICC cylinders, Milano, 1898
48 Faust (Gounod): Salve, dimora 48
No name cylinder (unnumbered), Milano, about 1899
Trovatore (Verdi): Miserere (without soprano, but with chorus!)
Gramophone, Milano, November 1902
2805R Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Sulla tomba 52391, X92089
2806R Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi l'anel ti dono 52392
2811R Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti): Fra poco a me ricovero 52397, X92128
Lambert cylinders, Milano, about 1904
5378 Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti): Di pescatore ignobile 5378
5470 Bohème (Puccini): O Mimì, tu più non torni (w. Salvagno) 5470
5472 Carmen (Bizet): Ho nome Escamillo (w. Salvagno) 5472
5547 Stabat mater (Rossini): Cuius animam 5547
Columbia cylinders, Milano, about 1905
I60351 Aida (Verdi): Morir sì pura e bella XP60351
I60352 Guarany (Gomes): Pery m'appella & Sento una forza indomita XP60352
I60354 Trovatore (Verdi): Deserto sulla terra XP60354
I60355 Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti): Di pescatore ignobile XP60355
I60356 Norma (Bellini): Me protegge XP60356
I60357 Mefistofele (Boito): Dai campi, dai prati XP60357
Source: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien; many thanks to Anton Bieber for an addition.
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