Aristide Molteni

Born into a family of musicians in Verona, he was a drummer before his voice was discovered. His tenor career is (poorly) documented from 1902 to 1922; it was spent in small provincial theaters, above all obviously in his native region of Veneto (for instance in Thiene, Rovigo or at the Teatro Ristori in Verona). His most successful role was Ernani.

Molteni died in 1937.

Selected Ernani performances

1919
June: Thiene, Teatro Sociale, with Angela Brighi, Giovanni Marcolini, Luigi Nocenti (Molteni shared the role with Italo Righi Briani)
October: Rovigo, Teatro Sociale De Paoli, with Wanda Giovannelli, Emilio Bione, Oreste Luppi (Molteni shared the role with Italo Righi Briani)

1920
(month unknown) Verona, Teatro Ristori, with Ida Borghi, Gaetano Morellato, Luigi Nocenti

Discography

Favorite, Verona, September/October 1907
	Juive (Halévy): Rachele, allor che Iddio					1-35090
	Carmen (Bizet): Alto là! Chi va là?						35017
3669-o	Carmen (Bizet): Il fior								1-35099
3670-o	Rigoletto (Verdi): Parmi veder							1-35106
	Traviata (Verdi): Prendi, quest'è l'immagine (w. Barbarani, Marcolini)		1-39025
	Carmen (Bizet): Carmen m'odi, è tempo (w. Tomezzoli)				1-39026
	Favorite (Donizetti): Vieni, ah! vieni, io m'abbandono (w. Tomezzoli)		1-39027
	Carmen (Bizet): Lassù, lassù, sulla montagna (w. Tomezzoli)			1-39030
	Favorite (Donizetti): Pietoso al par del nume (w. Tomezzoli)			1-39031
3744-o	Favorite (Donizetti): Ah! crudel fato (w. Tomezzoli)				1-39032
	Fille du régiment (Donizetti): Che! voi mi amate? (w. Tomezzoli)		1-39033
	Giroflè – Giroflà (Lecocq): En tête-à-tête faire la dinette (w. Tomezzoli) (it)	1-39034
	Forza del destino (Verdi): Non imprecare, umiliati (w. Marcon, Giuliani)	1-39037	 
	Lucrezia Borgia (Donizetti): Di pescatore ignobile				1-35127
	Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Della mia vita					35014
3776-o	Pêcheurs de perles (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora				1-35128
3788-o	Due Foscari (Verdi): Dal più remoto esilio					1-35129  
	Due Foscari (Verdi): Odio solo, ed odio atroce					35015
	Fantasticheria (Zignoni)							35016
	In riva al mare (Zignoni)							1-35130
	Norma (Bellini): Deh non volerli vittime (w. Marcon, Branzani)			2-39008

Reference for the biography: Alberto Gajoni Berti, Dizionario dei musicisti e cantanti veronesi (1400–1966), Verona 1966

Primary source for the discography: Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien

Source for the recording, the selected performances and an addition to the discography: the extraordinary website of Roberto Marcocci