Maristany was born near Barcelona, but a large part of his career took place in South America, where he also found his spouse. He was to get
married in Buenos Aires in 1906, and with all his valuables, money and apparel boarded the ship Sirio in Barcelona, on August 3rd. The next day,
the Sirio ran onto a shelf off Cabo de Palos on Spain's southeast coast. The ship sank quickly, the engines exploded, the captain and crew left
the wreck before all passengers, who fought with knives and guns for access to the lifeboats. Of 822 people on board, 442 died; among the victims
was the popular Spanish actress and singer Lola Millanes.
Maristany survived; he clung to a part of the deck that still loomed over the water, and was saved by fishermen after several hours. He had lost
everything but his life: his entire belongings – and his voice, obviously not for physical reasons, but due to the shock. He sailed to
Buenos Aires ten days later and married, but his voice never recovered, and his career was over. He taught voice in Buenos Aires for the rest of
his days.
Reference 1 and picture source: La Verdad, 18 August 2018; reference 2
Selected performances
1898 Montevideo, Teatro Stella d'Italia:
La favorite in January, with Maria Oddone/Matilde Ackerman, Cesare Andreoli/Vittorio Cesarotto, Costantino Thos
Un ballo in maschera in January, with Andreina Rosina, Maria Bonora, Maria Oddone, Cesare Andreoli/Vittorio Cesarotto, Costantino Thos, Paolo
Baroncini
Cavalleria rusticana, in January, with Adelina Bellegrandi, Maria Oddone, Cesare Andreoli/Vittorio Cesarotto
Carmen in March, with Vittoria Minervini, Maria Bonora, Costantino Thos
La favorite in April, with Vittoria Minervini, Tito Poggi, Costantino Thos
Il barbiere di Siviglia in April, with Maria Bonora, Tito Poggi, Costantino Thos, Giuseppe Conti
Un ballo in maschera in December, with Andreina Bellegrandi, Maria Bonora, Carolina Anckermann, Sante Athos, Orazio Villani, Paolo Baroncini
Carmen in December, with Rosina Bellegrandi, Maria Bonora, Sante Athos
Cavalleria rusticana in December, with Andreina Bellegrandi, Carolina Anckermann, Sante Athos
La favorite in December, with Carolina Anckermann, Sante Athos, Orazio Villani
La Gioconda in December, with Andreina Bellegrandi, Carolina Anckermann,
Sante Athos, Orazio Villani
1898 Montevideo, Teatro Ciblis
Cavalleria rusticana in February, with Andreina Bellegrandi, Maria Oddone, Cesare Andreoli/Vittorio Cesarotto
La favorite in February, with Matilde Ackerman, Vittorio Cesarotto, Costantino Thos
1898 Rosario, Teatro Olimpo
Il barbiere di Siviglia in August, with Maria Bonora, Alberto Rossi, Costantino Thos, Giuseppe Conti
Cavalleria rusticana in August, with Rosina Bellegrandi, Alberto Rossi
Un ballo in maschera in August, with Rosina Bellegrandi, Maria Bonora, Carolina Anckermann, Alberto Rossi, Orazio Villani, Paolo
Baroncini
La favorite in August, with Carolina Anckermann, Alberto Rossi, Costantino Thos
Carmen in September, with Rosina Bellegrandi, Maria Bonora, Sante Athos
Il barbiere di Siviglia in October, with Luisa Tetrazzini, Alberto Rossi, Costantino Thos, Pietro Cesari
1899 Montevideo, Teatro Ciblis
Carmen in September, with Corinna Cescati Verdini, Marcellina Rastelli, Abele Rossi
1901 Valencia, Teatro Principal
Cavalleria rusticana in October, with Emma Petroski, Blanca Lavin de Casas, Giuseppe De Luca
1902 Valencia, Teatro Principal
La bohème in May
1904 Barcelona, Teatro Novedades
La bohème in February, sharing with Miguel March; with Dolores Arroyo, Maria Grillot, Francisco Puiggener,
Alfredo Serazzi, Baldassarre Banquells/Celeste Saccardi, Giuseppe Borras
1904 Barcelona, Teatro Tivoli
La bohème in June, sharing with Giuseppe Ferrari; with Maria Santoliva Villani/Giuseppina Rabassa, Anita Casals/Sarba, Pietro
Favaron, Alfredo Serazzi, Ernesto Cappa/Banquell
