Giuseppe Russitano

His career evolved as follows:

1887, October, Lodi, Teatro Gaffurio, Ruy Blas, with Emma Arrigoni, Ester Morelli, Alberto Navarri, Federico Reitano

1888, May, Napoli, Teatro Bellini, Ruy Blas, with Elisa Boschetti, Emilia Rossi, Vittorio Ferraguti, Osvaldo Bottero

1889, July, Catania, Politeama Pacini, Carmen, with Bianca Parboni, Gemma Morgantini, Lelio Casini (sharing with Dante Del Papa)

1889, December, Ferrara, Teatro Comunale, Mefistofele, with Alessandra Paolini Filonoff/Elisa Petri, Alessandra Paolini Filonoff/Elisa Petri, Gaetano Monti

1890, 23 February, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Iginio Corsi, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 24 February, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 25 February, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 26 February, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 27 February, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 1 March, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, 2 March, Venezia, La Fenice, Roberto il diavolo, with Giuseppina Musiani Rizzoni, Isabella Meyer, Lodovico Gianozzi Benucci, Francesco Vecchioni

1890, March, Genova, Politeama Genovese, La traviata, with Angiolina Tagliavia Cerne/Cleonice Campagnoli, Mario Sammarco/Benigno Gavirati/Settimio Massimi (sharing with Pasquale Lazzarini)

1890, 9 April, Roma, Teatro Costanzi, Mala Pasqua (world premiere), with Elena Teodorini, Flora Marian, Aristide Franceschetti, Vincenzo Lombard (total 4 performances)

1890, 24 May, Milano, ?, Gringoire (world premiere), with Rodolfo Angelini Fornari, Leopoldo Cromberg, Pio Marini, Adelaide Morelli

1890, October, Bologna, Teatro Brunetti, La favorita, with Vittorina Fabbri, Angelo Querzè, Tancredi Bellusi

1890, ?, Contantinople, ?, ?, with?

1890, ?, Torino ?, ?, Andrea Del Sarto, with Senatore Sparapani, Adriana Busi, Leopoldo Cromberg, Giulia Novelli

1891, ?, Genova, Politeama Genovese, Roberto il diavolo, with Clemenza Cipriani, Elisa Ferrari, Nino Bezzi, Paolo De Bengardi (sharing with Aristide Pellegrini)

1891, August, Macerata, Teatro Lauro Rossi, Cavalleria rusticana, with Italia Del Torre/GemmaMorgantini, Olga Mettler, Francesco Pozzi

1891, October, Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, Carmen, with Alice Del Bruno, Cesira Spaziani, Francesco Pozzi

1891, November, Rovigo, Teatro Sociale, Cavalleria rusticana, with Rosina Giovannoni Zacchi, Olga Mettler, Francesco Pozzi

1892, March, Catania, Teatro Bellini, Cavalleria rusticana, with Elisa Frandin/Italia Giorgio, Italia Del Torre, Giuseppe Borghi/Mario Ancona (sharing with Emanuele Suagnes)

1892, August, Cadix, Teatro Principal, Un ballo in maschera, with Mattia Battistini

1893, August, Macerata, Teatro Lauro Rossi , Carmen, with Alice Del Bruno, Italia Del Torre/Elena Rosa, Francesco Pozzi

1893, September, Trieste, Anfiteatro Fenice, Rigoletto, with Giulia Biondelli, Clorinda Pini Corsi/Amedea Santarelli, Antonio Pini Corsi/Ermanno De Filippi, Augusto Dadò (sharing with Carlo Lanfredi)

1893, October, Trieste, Anfiteatro Fenice, Rigoletto, with Amedea Santarelli, Giulia Biondelli, Rogerio Astillero

1893, December, Como, Teatro Sociale, La Gioconda, with Amalia Nicelli, Themyra Lubatovich, Gregoresco, Ferdinando Guarini, Armando Creti (sharing with Antonio Gambardella)

1894, January, Como, Teatro Sociale, Il trovatore, with Amalia Nicelli, Themyra Lubatovich, Ferdinando Guardini, Armando Creti

1894, January, Como, Teatro Sociale, Gli ugonotti, with Maria Cappellaro, Amalia Nicelli, Tilde Carotini, Ferdinando Guarini, Armando Creti, Augusto Dadò

1894, 3 April, Firenze, Teatro della Pergola, Etelinda, with Concetta Bordalba, Mario Sammarco, Enrico Ruggero Galli

1894, August, L'Aquila, Teatro Comunale, Carmen, with Olga Mettler/Italia Giorgio, Maria Camporelli, Domizi

1894, September, Osimo, Teatro Nuova Fenice, Carmen, with Olga Mettler, Gina Ciaparelli, Lucio Aristi

1894, 4 December, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Lucille Hill, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 7 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 15 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 16 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, concert

1894, 20 December, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Pol Plançon, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 22 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 23 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, concert

1894, 29 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani

1894, 31 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie De Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Maria Giuri, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 4 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Zélie de Lussan, Mario Ancona, Victor de Gromzeski, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)

1895, 5 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Lucille Hill, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 10 January, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Libia Drog, Giuseppe Campanari, Jane De Vigne, Alfonso Mariani, Enrico Bevignani Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Di quella pira" and Russitano and Libia Drog repeated the "Miserere" in response to ovations

1895, 11 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 14 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 15 January, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 16 January, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Abram Abramoff, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Biro de Marion, Agostino Carbone, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 19 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 24 January, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Pagliacci, with Zélie de Lussan, Giuseppe Campanari, Roberto Vanni, Victor de Gromzeski, Enrico Bevignani (That evening, Tamagno was singing Turiddu. Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Vesti la giubba".)

1895, 26 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Eugenia Mantelli, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 29 January, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Lillian Nordica, Maurizio Bensaude, Louis Saar

1895, 30 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Carmen, with Zélie de Lussan, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 2 February, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Don Giovanni, with Giuseppe Del Puente, Lillian Nordica, Marie van Cauteren, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 4 February, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane De Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Nicolini, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 6 February, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lucille Hill, Mario Ancona, Victor de Gromzeski, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)

1895, 7 February, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Giuseppe Campanari, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Nicolini, Emma Eames, Zélie de Lussan, Sofia Scalchi, Jane de Vigne, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 14 February, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Nicolini, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 16 February, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Nicolini, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 20 February, Baltimore, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Édouard de Reszke, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 23 February, Washington D. C., Grand Opera House (Metropolitan Opera Company), Faust, with Nellie Melba, Pol Plançon, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Mathilde Bauermeister, Lodovico Viviani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 28 February, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Eugenia Mantelli, Pol Plançon, Édouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 28 February (ev), Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 2 March, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Rigoletto, with Mario Ancona, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Alfonso Mariani, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 4 March, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba/Mathilde Bauermeister, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Marie van Cauteren, Pol Plançon, Édouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 5 March, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli Giuseppe Russitano repeated "Il mio tesoro."

1895, 7 March, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 14 March, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 19 March, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 21 March, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Libia Drog, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 23 March, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Eugenia Mantelli, Pol Plançon, Édouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 26 March, Chicago, The Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (Tamagno sang Turiddu that evening)

1895, 3 April, St. Louis, Music Hall (Metropolitan Opera Company) , Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Marie van Cauteren, Agostino Carbone, Zélie de Lussan, Antonio Rinaldini, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 6 April, St. Louis, Music Hall (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 12 April, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Pagliacci, with Zélie de Lussan, Mario Ancona, Victor de Gromzeski, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 13 April, Boston, Mechanics Building Auditorium (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Maurizio Bensaude, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 15 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 18 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff, with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 20 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Abram Abramoff, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 23 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Armand Castelmary, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 26 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera Houser, Don Giovanni, with Victor Maurel, Lillian Nordica, Emma Eames, Édouard de Reszke, Zélie de Lussan, Agostino Carbone, Abram Abramoff, Luigi Mancinelli

1895, 28 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, gala concert

1895, 30 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Falstaff (act II, scene 2, gala performance), with Victor Maurel, Emma Eames, Giuseppe Campanari, Sofia Scalchi, Zélie de Lussan, Jane de Vigne, Roberto Vanni, Antonio Rinaldini, Alfonso Mariani, Louis Saar

1895, 23 November, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 25 November, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Eugenia Mantelli, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani

1895, 7 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Il trovatore, with Sophie Traubmann, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli

1895, 18 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lola Beeth, Mario Ancona, Maurice Devries, Roberto Vanni, Armondo Seppilli

1895, 25 December, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Victor Maurel, Édouard de Reszke, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 1 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani (The performance of Lucia di Lammermoor ended after the Mad Scene as Cavalleria rusticana was given that evening.)

1896, 4 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Sofia Scalchi, Vittorio Arimondi, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 11 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 13 January, January 13, Metropolitan Opera House, Les huguenots, with Nellie Melba, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Pol Plançon, Édouard de Reszke, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 18 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Pagliacci, with Lola Beeth, Mario Ancona, Maurice Devries, Roberto Vanni, Armondo Seppilli

1896, 21 January, Brooklyn, Academy of music, Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Marie Engle, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 25 January, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Il trovatore, with Sophie Traubmann, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli

1896, 1 February, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Les huguenots, with Marie Engle, Georgine von Januschowsky, Mario Ancona, Rosa Olitzka, Armand Castelmary, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 4 February, Brooklyn, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Les huguenots, with Marie Engle, Lillian Nordica, Mario Ancona, Sofia Scalchi, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 20 February, Boston, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 25 February, Boston, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida (acts I, II, & III), with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 27 February, Boston, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli

1896, 7 March, Washington D. C., ?(Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Armand Castelmary, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 12 March, Philadelphia, Academy of Music (Metropolitan Opera Company), Rigoletto, with Victor Maurel, Nellie Melba, Armand Castelmary, Sofia Scalchi, Lodovico Viviani, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 18 March, Buffalo, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio De Vaschetti, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 21 March, Detroit, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Marie Brema, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi (or Castelmary), Enrico Bevignani

1896, 26 March, Chicago, Chicago Opera House (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted as Cavalleria rusticana was given that evening)

1896, 31 March, Chicago, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Il trovatore, with Lillian Nordica, Giuseppe Campanari, Eugenia Mantelli, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli

1896, 3 April, Chicago, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Cavalleria rusticana, with Emma Calvé, Marie Engle, Mario Ancona, Mathilde Bauermeister, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 8 April, St. Louis, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted as it was paired with Cavalleria Rusticana.)

1896, 11 April, St. Louis, ? (Metropolitan Opera Company), Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Mario Ancona, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Armondo Seppilli

1896, 17 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Lucia di Lammermoor, with Nellie Melba, Giuseppe Campanari, Vittorio Arimondi, Antonio Rinaldini, Mathilde Bauermeister, Roberto Vanni, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 18 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, La traviata, with Frances Saville, Mario Ancona, Enrico Bevignani (Act II, scene 2 of La traviata was omitted, as it was paired with La Navarraise.)

1896, 21 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, Aida, with Lillian Nordica, Eugenia Mantelli, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Pol Plançon, Vittorio Arimondi, Enrico Bevignani

1896, 24 April, New York, Metropolitan Opera House, gala concert

1896, 14 November, Madrid, Teatro Real, Gli ugonotti, with Concha Bordalba, Luisa Tetrazzini, Mila Nicolini, Ramón Blanchart, Giulio Rossi, Carlo Walter (total 2)

1896, 5 December, Madrid, Teatro Real, Il trovatore, with Concha Bordalba, Giuseppina Pasqua, Ignacio Tabuyo (total 2)

1896, 16 December, Madrid, Teatro Real, Il profeta, with Luisa Fons, Giuseppina Pasqua, José Tanci, Francesco Navarrini (total 4)

1897, March, Moscow, Teatro Imperiale, Rigoletto, with Regina Pacini, Maria Bastia, Mattia Battistini, Luigi Lucenti

1897, March, Moscow, Teatro Imperiale, Andrea Chénier, with Zina De Nuovina, Mattia Battistini

1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki, Un ballo in maschera, with Solomija Krushelnytska/Nina Rosini, Skulska, Tilde Carotini, Mattia Battistini/Gromezewski, Aristodemo Sillich, Nicola Crotti (sharing with Francesco Marconi)

1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki , Otello, with Nina Rosini, Giovanni Lunardi

1899, December, Warsaw, Wielki , La bohème, with Solomija Krushelnytska (sharing with Francesco Pandolfini)

1900, January, Warsaw, Wielki, Carmen, with ?

1900, January, Warsaw, Wielki, Il trovatore, with Rosini Anna, Pacini Giuseppe

1903, April, Łódż, National Theatre, Il trovatore, with Solomija Krushelnytska, Kaspoweczowa, Szymanski, Paszkowski

1903, April, Łódż, National Theatre, Gli ugonotti, with Marek, Solomija Krushelnytska, Leska, Szymanski, Jeromin, Chodakowski

1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Manon, with Solomija Krushelnytska

1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Halka, with Solomija Krushelnytska

1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Il trovatore, with Solomija Krushelnytska

1903, ?, Lviv, Grand City Theatre, Gli ugonotti, with Solomija Krushelnytska

1903, ?, Milano, ?, Gli ugonotti, with ?

1906, October, Taranto, Teatro Andronico, Carmen, with Maria Passeri/Ada Bellini, Ersilia Costantini/Rita Galvani, Gustavo De Bernal Reszky (sharing with Amedeo Rossi/Salvatore Giordano)

1907, 2 March, Lisboa, Teatro São Carlos, Amor de perdição (Portuguese opera by João Arroio & Francisco Braga, world premiere), with Cecilia Gagliardi, Anita Torreta, Francesco Bonini (total 8)

1910, May, Torino, Teatro Carignano, Carmen, with Olimpe Georgiades/Berta Jullian Venturini, Gina Tandi, Oreste Mieli

Russitano was a singer of great stature. By 1894, he was a leading tenor at the Met with Francesco Tamagno. He was even singing Canio, while Tamagno was singing Turiddu the same evening. So why were his records not published? The main reason seems to have been a veto by Tamagno.

We must be grateful to the employee of the G&T company who arranged to master and press a small number of copies of the 7-inch Esultate, labeled under the name Guglielmo Pardini.

Russitano taught singing and was one of the maestros of Pedro Terol (22 October 1900 Orihuela, Alicante – 19 August 2003 Madrid).

I wish to thank Juan Dzazópulos for his help.

Discography

G&T, Milano, December 1902
5516   Otello (Verdi): Esultate! (as Guglielmo Pardini)                          52282 (7")
2924R  Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso                                         unpublished

G&T, Milano, February 1903
3057R  I lituani (Ponchielli): Noi torneremo                                     unpublished
3058R  Asrael (Franchetti): In cor palpita                                       unpublished
3059R  Don Carlo (Verdi): Io l'ho perduta                                        unpublished
3060R  Romeo e Giulietta (Marchetti): ?                                          unpublished
3061R  Otello (Verdi): Esultate!                                                 unpublished
3067R  Asrael (Franchetti): Bell'amor                                            unpublished
3068R  Carmen (Bizet): Il fior                                                   unpublished
3069R  Quando cadran le foglie (Tosti)                                           unpublished
3070R  Luisa Miller (Verdi): Ah! fede negar potessi                              unpublished
3071R  Luisa Miller (Verdi): Quando le sere                                      unpublished
3094R  Africaine (Meyerbeer): O paradiso                                         unpublished
3095R  Africaine (Meyerbeer): Deh ch'io ritorni                                  unpublished
3096R  Prophète (Meyerbeer): Sopra Berta                                         unpublished
3097R  Evgenij Onegin (Chajkovskij): Lontan, lontan                              unpublished
3098R  Robert le diable (Meyerbeer): O ciel                                      unpublished
3099R  Favorite (Donizetti): Spirto gentil                                       unpublished

Fonotipia, Milano, 4 October 1905
xPh374 I Medici (Leoncavallo): È il foco della Lucciola                          unpublished
xPh375 Samson et Dalila: Figli miei                                              unpublished

Fonotipia, Milano, 6 October 1905
xph378 Luisa Miller: Quando le sere                                              unpublished
xPh379 Don Carlo (Verdi): Io l'ho perduta                                        unpublished  

Picture source (Russitano portrait): National Museum in Warsaw

Source for the discography the extraordinary 78opera.com website (now defunct).

Reference: The Record Collector, June 2006 The Russitano Records

Source for the chronological information the website of Roberto Marcocci.

Reference: Philadelphia Opera chronology

Reference: Met archives