Aldo Oneto
1902 Genova – 1984
Oneto took private voice lessons in Naples, where he made his debut in 1922 at the Politeama Giacosa as Cavaradossi.
His career was hampered by his refusal to join Italy's Fascist Party. Places where he sang included (the list is certainly not complete):
1926 Bari: Piccinni, Genova, Ferrara, Rijeka, Lausanne,
Meran, Napoli, Perugia, Torino, Treviso
1927 Sestri Ponente, Bologna, Roma: Adriano
1928 Bologna
1929 Genova; Parma: Reinach, La bohème in June, with Dario Fani, Ildebrando Santafè Enrico Contini, Olga Brancucci,
Lina Zaccarini, Se il soprano e il tenore furono gli eroi della serata ...
La terza (21 June) fu sera in onore della Brancucci e di Oneto; Forlì, Casalmaggiore, Bari, Catania
1930 Parma: Reinach, Tosca on 15 February with Margherita Ringo and Luigi Piazza; Milano: Lirico, Schio, Varese, Rivaloro Ligure, Lugano
1931 Vicenza, Catania, Lugano, Roma: Adriano, Piacenza, Opatija, Siena, Udine
1932 Milano: Carcano, Savona, La Spezia, Sampierdarena, Genova, Catania, Pistoia
1933 Bari: Petruzzelli, Milano: Carcano, Genova, Grosseto, Torino, Castelsangiovanni, Macerata
1934 Parma: Regio, Firenze, Palermo, Prato, Roma: EIAR
1935 Novara, Genova, Sampierdarena, Piacenza
1936 Ravenna
1941 Pistoia, Rovigo, Genova
1948 Sampierdarena
He spent most of his career with Cavaradossi, Rodolfo and Pinkerton, but he also appeared in:
La traviata, La castellana (by Giovanni Quinteri), Cavalleria rusticana, Rigoletto, La Wally, Andrea Chénier,
Mefistofele, Turandot, Santa poesia (by Domenico Cortopassi), Lucia di Lammermoor, Manon Lescaut and L'amico Fritz.
Discography
Excelsius Record
25M/1031 Manon Lescaut (Puccini): Donna non vidi mai M7234
25M/1034 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Mamma, quel vino M7243
Italdisco Record
20M/663 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Mamma, quel vino p. I° EX765
30M/664 Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Mamma, quel vino p. II° EX765
Homocord, Milano, about July 1931
H 85090 Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Un dì all'azzurro spazio p. I° B6552
H 85091 Andrea Chénier (Giordano): Un dì all'azzurro spazio p. II° B6552
H85093 Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle B6553
H 85094 Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Addio, fiorito asil (w. Martinengo) B6551
Source for picture, recording, biography and discography the fantastic website of Roberto Marcocci.
Additional discographical information from Gesellschaft für historische Tonträger, Wien
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