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CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
Sources: Fred Kolo chronology – research
Charles Jahant chronology – unpublished
Opera in Chicago by Ronald L. Davis
Where information differs, the alternative is in brackets.
NOTE: First time in a complete role in BOLD type.
2 January, 1926 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless (or Rimini) with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Irene Pavloska, Clara Shear, Jose Mojica; cond. Giorgio Polacco
16 January, 1926 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens (Martha), Irene Pavloska; cond. Gabriel Grovlez
21 January, 1926 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Alice Beck, Desire Defrere (?), Antonio Nicolich, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/BOSTON
27 January, 1926 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Lodovico Oliviero, Morelato, Vittorio Trevisan, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
29 January, 1926 Faust as Valentine with Edith Mason, (tenor – ?), Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens, Irene Pavloska; Morelato; Cond. Gabriel Grovlez
3 February, 1926 Hérodiade as Hérod with Edith Mason, Fernand Ansseau, Cyrena van Gordon, José Mojica, Désiré Defrère, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Gabriel Grovlez
6 February, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Augusta Lenska, Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Jose Mojica, Morelato; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BALTIMORE
11 February, 1926 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Clara Shear, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero, Derman, Ernesto Torti; cond. Giorgio Polacco
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON
13 February, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Devora Nadworney, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/CLEVELAND
20 February, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. St. Leger
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
26 February, 1926 Aida as Amonasro with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Polacco
27 February, 1926 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Antonio Nicolich, Desire Defrere; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/MIAMI
10 March, 1926 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Desire Defrere, Jose Mojica; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
13 March, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon (?), Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Morelato; cond. Henry Weber
14 March, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Devora Nadworney, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Elizabeth Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. H. Weber
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ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL, Michigan
22 May, 1926 Lohengrin (Concert version) as Telramund with Florence Austral (Elsa), Richard Crooks (Lohengrin), Augusta Lenska (Ortrud), Barre Hill (Herald), James Wolfe (King); c. Earle V. Moore
LOS ANGELES GRAND OPERA
7 September, 1926 Martha (Von Flotow) as Plunkett with Florence Macbeth, Tito Schipa
9 September, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Kathryn Meisle, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Cimini
SAN FRANCISCO
25 September, 1926 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Florence Macbeth, Tito Schipa, Marcel Journet, Vittorio Trevisan, Lodovico Oliviero, Elinor Marlo; cond. Cimini
29 September, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Marcel Journet, Elinor Marlo, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero, Victor Vogel, Evaristo Alibertini, Edna Smith; cond. Gaetano Merola
1 October, 1926 Aida as Amonasro with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Antonio Cortis, Marcel Journet, Antonio Nicolich, Nazareth Regoli; cond. Gaetano Merola
3 October, 1926 MAT La Bohème as Marcello with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Myrtle Donnelly, Marcel Journet, Antonio Nicolich, Vittorio Trevisan; Gaetano Merola
5 October, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico with Luella Melius, Tito Schipa, Antonio Nicolich, Nazareth Regoli, Flossita Badger; cond. Pietro Cimini
6 October, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Aroldo Lindi, Kathryn Meisle, Antonio Nicolich, Salvatore Messina; cond. Gaetano Merola
LOS ANGELES
11 October, 1926 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis; cond. Richard Hageman
October, 1926 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Rosa Raisa, Paul Althouse
October, 1926 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless with Rosa Raisa, Paul Althouse
October, 1926 Faust as Valentin with Luella Melius/ Pauline Cornelys, Paul Althouse, George Baklanoff; cond. Richard Hageman
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
12, 29 November, 29 December 1926, 11 January, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Désiré Defrère, Albert Rappeport, José Mojica (Sailor), Antonio Nicolich; cond. Giorgio Polacco
15 November, 1926 Lucia as Enrico with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Edouard Cotreuil, Alice d’Hermanoy, José Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger
20 November, 1926 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Eide Norena, Charles Hackett, Edouard Cotreuil, Lorna Jackson, Anna Correnti, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Weber
14 December, 1926 – ditto exc Antonio Cortis for Hackett, Clara Shear for Misgen
23 November, 1926 MAT Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Aroldo Lindi, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari, Florence Misgen; cond. Henry Weber
19 December, 1926 – ditto exc Edouard Cotreuil for Lazzari
5 January, 1926 – ditto exc Antonio Cortis, Cotreuil
22 January, 1927 MAT – ditto exc Lamont for Cortis, Cotreuil
*28 January, 1927 GRAND GALA (Martha Act II, Tosca Act II)/Il Trovatore Act IV – ditto exc Forrest Lamont (or Lindi), van Gordon (for Lenska).
2 December, 1926 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Toti Dal Monte, Charles Hackett, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens, Lodovico Oliviero, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
25 January, 1927 – ditto exc Maria Kurenko for Dal Monte
26 December, 1926 MAT, 3 January, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Desire Defrere, Jose Mojica, Antonio Nicolich, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
16 January, 1927 – ditto exc Charles Hackett for Schipa
29 January, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Clara Shear, Augusta Lenska, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Desire Defrere, Lodovico Oliviero, Derman; cond. Antonio Sabino
CHICAGO/BOSTON
2 February, 1927 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Vanni Marcoux, Charles Hackett, Marie Claessens, Clara Shear, Morelato; cond. Frank St. Leger
4 February, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis
5 February, 1927 Lucia as Enrico with Maria Kurenko, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Frank St. Leger
9 February, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Eide Norena, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson
12 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Forrest Lamont, Virgilio Lazzari, Augusta Lenska; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BALTIMORE
15 February, 1927 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Elsa Alsen, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Désiré Defrère; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/WASHINGTON, D.C.
16 February, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Clara Shear (Oscar); cond. Sabino
CHICAGO/PITTSBURGH
18 February, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Defrère; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BUFFALO
23 February, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
25 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Henry Weber
26 February, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO/BIRMINGHAM
28 February, 1927 Il Trovatore as di Luna with Rosa Raisa, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/HOUSTON
6 March, 1927 Aida as Amonasro with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari, Edouard Cotreuil, Elizabeth Kerr; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
9 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Giovanni Polese; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/DALLAS
10 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, José Mojica, Giovanni Polese; cond. Polacco
12 March, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Desire Defrere; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/TULSA
15 March, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Giovanni Polese; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/DETROIT
20 March, 1927 Aida as Amonasro with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Florence Misgen, Virgilio Lazzari, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/AKRON
22 March, 1927 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Maria Kurenko, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Alice d’Hermanoy, Clara Shear, Virgilio Lazzari, Desire Defrere; cond. Moranzoni
8 April, 1927 Recital in Osborne Hotel, Auburn, New York
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CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
*3 November, 20 December, 1927 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Eleanor Elderkin, Giovanni Polese, Desire Defrere, Jose Mojica; cond. Giorgio Polacco
18 November, 1927 MAT (in Milwaukee) – ditto exc Hackett for Schipa, Giovanni Polese for ?
25 December, 1927 -same as 3 Nov exc cond. Weber
21 January, 1928 – same as 3 Nov exc Cortis (or Schipa) cond. Henry Weber
5 November, 1927 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Toti Dal Monte, Jose Mojica, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
14 November, 1927 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Rosa Raisa, Augusta Lenska, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Chase Baromeo; Albert Rappaport, cond. Henry Weber
4 December, 1927 – ditto exc Claudia Muzio for Raisa, Kathryn Meisle for Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari for Baromeo
*5 January, 1928 – ditto exc Muzio for Raisa, Marshall for Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon for Meisle, Lazzari for Baromeo
25 January, 1928 – same as 14 Nov. exc Lamont, Lazzari; cond. Antonio Sabino
22 November, 1927 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Anna Hamlin, Augusta Lenska, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. Sabino
17 December, 1927 – ditto exc Chase Baromeo for Lazzari
26 November, 1927 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Leone Kruse, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Antonio Nicolich, Lucille Meusel; cond. H Weber
*8 December, 1927, 2, 14 January, 1928 – ditto exc Augusta Lenska for van Gordon
29 November, 1927 Snegurotchka (The Snow Maiden) (Rimsky-Korsakov) as Mizgir with Eidé Norena (Snow Maiden), José Mojica (Czar Berendey), Augusta Lenska (Fairy Spring), Chase Baromeo (King Frost), Lorna Jackson (Lel); cond. H. Weber
7 January, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Toti Dal Monte, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson, Chase Baromeo; c. Henry Weber
18 January, 1928 MAT – ditto exc Florence Macbeth for Dal Monte, Charles Hackett for Cortis; cond. Moranzoni
27 January, 1928 GRAND GALA (Loreley Act I, Aida Act III)/Pagliacci: Act 1 as Tonio with Eidé Norena, Fernand Ansseau; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/BOSTON
4 February, 1928 Aida as Amonasro with Claudia Muzio, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis
8 February, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Leone Kruse, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Weber
10 February, 1928 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett
11 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Eide Norena, Antonio Cortis, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO/AKRON
15 February, 1928 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, José Mojica; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/DETROIT
18 February, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Rosa Raisa, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Albert Rappaport, Sandrini; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
22 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Virgilio Lazzari, Désiré Defrère; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
24 February, 1928 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Defrère, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/TULSA
28 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Chase Baromeo, Désiré Defrère, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
3 March, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Augusta Lenska, Virgilio Lazzari, Albert Rappaport; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES
5 March, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Elsa Alsen, Forrest Lamont, Cyrena van Gordon, Chase Baromeo; cond. Weber
11 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Mizgir with Edith Mason, Lorna Jackson, Irena Pavloska, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens, Charles Hackett
CHICAGO/OAKLAND
16 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Mizgir with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/SACRAMENTO
17 March, 1928 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Defrère, José Mojica; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SEATTLE
21 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Mizgir with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Olga Kargau, Marie Claessens, Cyrena van Gordon; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/PORTLAND
23 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Mizgir with Edith Mason, Lorna Jackson, Olga Karga, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens; cond. Henry Weber
CHICAGO/MINNEAPOLIS
31 March, 1928 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Elsa Alsen, Forrest Lamont, Augusta Lenska, Chase Baromeo; cond. Weber
2 April, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Mizgir with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Olga Kargau, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens; cond. Henry Weber
28 April, 1928 Kent Atwater Radio Broadcast with Emilia Da Prato, soprano and Kathleen Stewart, pianist. Il Barbiere aria & songs
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CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
3 November, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Alice Mock, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari (or Baromeo), Ada Paggi, Alice d’Hermanoy, Constance Eberhardt, Howard Preston, Désiré Defrère; cond. Henry Weber
11 November, 1928 MAT – ditto exc Charles Hackett for Cortis, Alexander Kipnis as Sparafucile
2 December, 1928 – ditto exc Hackett for Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari and conductor Moranzoni
15 December, 1928 MAT – ditto exc Bonelli (or Luigi Montesanto), Margarita Salvi for Mock, Hackett for Cortis
*7, 17 November, 1928 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Eva Turner, Alice Mock, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. H. Weber
13 January, 1929 – ditto exc Frida Leider for Turner, Chase Baromeo for Lazzari
15 November, 1928 (Cav Rust)/I Pagliacci as Tonio with Marion Claire, Antonio Cortis, Barre Hill, Jose Mojica; cond. Weber
1 December, 1928 – ditto exc Hilda Burke for Claire
11 December, 1928, 4 January, 1929 (in Milwaukee) – same as 15 Nov ex Ulysses Lappas for Cortis
29 November, 1928 Aida as Amonasro with Eva Turner, Elizabeth Kerr, Cyrena van Gordon, Ulysses Lappas (or Charles Marshall), Virgilio Lazzari, Chase Baromeo; cond. Polacco (or Moranzoni)
*23 January, 1929 – ditto exc Rosa Raisa for Turner, Charles Marshall (or Lappas), Hilda Burke for Kerr
4 December, 1928 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Eva Turner, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall (or Cortis), Alice d’Hermanoy, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Giorgio Polacco
22 December, 1928 – ditto exc Cortis for Marshall
6, 23, 25 December, 1928 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Constance Eberhardt, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
3, *9 January 1929 The Marriage of Figaro as the Count with Edith Mason (Susanna), Eva Turner (Countess), Marion Claire (Cherubino), Marie Claessens, Virgilio Lazzari (Figaro), Vittorio Trevisan, Jose Mojica, Giuseppe Cavadore, Sandrini; conds. Weber/Moranzoni
20 January, 1929 MAT- ditto exc Meusel for ?
25 January, 1929 – same as 3 January, 1929 (?)
CHICAGO/BOSTON
30 January, 1929 Aida as Amonasro with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Cyrena van Gordon, Alexander Kipnis, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Polacco
4 February, 1929 The Marriage of Figaro as the Count with Eva Turner, Edith Mason, Marion Claire, Marie Claessens, Lucille Meusel, Virgilio Lazzari, Trevisan; cond. Moranzoni
9 February, 1929 Lucia as Enrico with Alice Mock, Antonio Cortis, Chase Baromeo, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Weber
CHICAGO/BUFFALO
11 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich
CHICAGO/DETROIT
15 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
18 February, 1929 Faust wih Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Chase Baromeo, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/BIRMINGHAM
23 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/DALLAS
27 February, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
1 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Marion Claire, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO/LOS ANGELES
9 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Alice Mock, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/OAKLAND
16 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Charles Lauwers
CHICAGO/LINCOLN
21 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/MINNEAPOLIS
23 March, 1929 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Coe Glade, Marie Claessens, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Polacco
22 – 25 May, 1929 ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL, Michigan – no details
Summer, 1929 MAX SAUTER OPERA COMPANY Tour of Germany and Switzerland
Zurich, La Traviata as Germont (?) with Claudia Muzio (?)
Zurich, Aida as Amonasro (?) with Claudia Muzio (?)
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
6 November, 21 December, 1929 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Defrère, Lodovico Oliviero, Antonio Nicolich, Sandrini, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
28 January, 1930 – ditto exc Tito Schipa for Hackett
9, 17 MAT, 27 November, 1929 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Frida Leider (Isolde), Maria Olszewska (Brangäne), Theodore Strack (Tristan), Alexander Kipnis (King Marke), Désiré Defrère (Melot), Giuseppe Cavadore, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Egon Pollak
21 January, 1930 – ditto exc Cyrena van Gordon for Olszewska
7 MAT December, 1929, 12 January, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Eva Turner (Elisabeth), Frida Leider (Venus), Alice Mock, Theodore Strack (Tannhäuser), Alexander Kipnis (Hermann), Giuseppe Cavadore, Antonio Nicolich, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Egon Pollak
15 December, 1929 MAT – ditto exc Helen Freund for Mock
23 December, 1929 – ditto exc Cyrena Van Gordon for Leider
10 December, 1929 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Ada Paggi, Constance Eberhardt, Virgilio Lazzari, Antonio Nicolich; cond. Frank St. Leger
29 December, 1929 MAT Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, René Maison, Alexander Kipnis, Constance Eberhart, Ada Paggi; cond. Frank St. Leger
23 January, 1930 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
26 January, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA/BOSTON
5 February, 1930 Faust as Valentin with Edith Mason, René Maison, Cesare Formichi, Ada Paggi, Marie Claessens; cond. Frank St. Leger
6 February, 1930 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal with Frida Leider, Theodore Strack, Maria Olszewska, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Egon Pollak
8 February, 1930 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Antonio Cortis, Margarita Salvi, Coe Glade, Virgilio Lazzari; c. St. Leger
12 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Frida Leider, Theodore Strack, Alice Mock, Alexander Kipnis; cond. Polacco
CHICAGO/DETROIT
20 February, 1930 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Charles Hackett, Alice d’Hermanoy, Désiré Defrère; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
21 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Chase Baromeo, Maria Olszewska, Hilda Burke, Giuseppe Cavadore, Defrère; cond. Polacco
23 February, 1930 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Antonio Cortis, Coe Glade, Chase Baromeo, Désiré Defrère, Sandrini, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO/COLUMBUS
24 February, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Giuseppe Cavadore, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO/LOUISVILLE
28 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Coe Glade, Chase Baromeo; c. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO OPERA/MEMPHIS, Auditorium
3 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. St. Leger
CHICAGO/DALLAS
13 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Coe Glade. Alice Mock, Chase Baromeo, Nicolich, Sandrini, Cavadore, Oliviero; c. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO/SAN ANTONIO
15 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Maria Olszewska, Alice Mock, Chase Baromeo, Antonio Nicolich, Désiré Defrère, Giuseppe Cavadore, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Emil Cooper
CHICAGO OPERA/TULSA, Convention Hall
18 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/MINNEAPOLIS, Auditorium
21 March, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Maria Olszewska, Chase Baromeo; c. Cooper
24 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/KANSAS CITY, Convention Hall
28 March, 1930 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari
CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
27 November, 9 December, 1930 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato with Rosa Raisa, Alice Mock, Cyrena van Gordon, Charles Marshall, Virgilio Lazzari, Salvatore Baccaloni; c. Cooper
29 November, 1930 – ditto exc Sonia Sharnova for van Gordon
6 December, 1930 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
15 December, 1930 – ditto exc Charles Hackett for Cortis
24 January, 1931 – ditto exc Tito Schipa for Cortis
11 December, 1930, 7 January, 1931 La Bohème as Marcello with Claudia Muzio, Irene Pavloska, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Désiré Defrère, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
20 December, 1930 MAT Il Trovatore with Claudia Muzio, Cyrena van Gordon, Mario Laurence, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
27 December, 1930 – ditto exc Cortis for Laurence
9 January, 1931 GRAND GALA Lucia Act II, Sc 2 as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Alice d’Hermanoy, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
14 January, 1931 (Cav Rust)/I Pagliacci as Tonio with Hilda Burke, Charles Marshall, Mario Fiorella; cond. F. St Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/BOSTON
27 January, 1931 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Cyrena van Gordon, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
7 February, 1931 Lucia RB (or Hill) as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Antonio Cortis, Virgilio Lazzari, Theodore Ritch, Lodovico Oliviero, Oscar Colcaire; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
28 February, 1931 La Bohème as Marcello with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Irene Pavloska, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Roberto Moranzoni
CHICAGO OPERA/PITTSBURGH
9 February, 1931 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/LOS ANGELES
26 February, 1931 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/SAN FRANCISCO
5 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/SEATTLE
11 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Theodore Ritch; cond. Frank St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/PORTLAND
14 March, 1931 Lucia as Enrico with Margarita Salvi, Tito Schipa, Chase Baromeo, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. F. St. Leger
CHICAGO OPERA/LINCOLN
17 March, 1931 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio wth Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Mario Fiorella; c. F. St. Leger
HOLLYWOOD BOWL CONCERT
22 July, 1932 Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum and The Mystic Trumpeter, a cantata by Sir Hamilton Harty for baritone, chorus and Orchestra; cond. Harty
LOS ANGELES
3 October, 1932 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Mario Chamlee; cond. Gaetano Merola
6 October, 1932 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Lily Pons, Dino Borgioli; cond. Pietro Cimini
8 October, 1932 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Francesco Merli, Kathryn Meisle, Tudor Williams; c. Cimini
SAN FRANCISCO
20 October, 1932 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Lily Pons, Dino Borgioli, Eva Gruninger, Ezio Pinza; Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Marsden Argall; cond. Gaetano Merola
22 October, 1932 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Claudia Muzio, Tandy MacKenzie, Marsden Argall, Terry Lanfranconi; cond. Pietro Cimini
27 October, 1932 Faust as Valentin with Queena Mario, Dino Borgioli, Katerina Malova, Ezio Pinza; Eva Gruninger, Louis D’Angelo, cond. Hans Blechschmidt
29 October, 1932 Il Trovatore as Di Luna with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Tandy MacKenzie, Louis D’Angelo, Terry Lanfranconi, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Pietro Cimini
1 November, 1932 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Dino Borgioli, Marek Windheim, Marsden Argall, Louis D’Angelo, Katerina Malova; cond. Gaetano Merola
METROPOLITAN OPERA
Sources: Met Annals, Opera Caravan by Quaintance Eaton.
NOTE: First time in a complete role is in BOLD type
MET/PHILADELPHIA
29 November, 1932 Il Barbiere di Siviglia DEBUT as Figaro with Lily Pons (Rosina), Tito Schipa (Almaviva), Pompilio Malatesta (Bartolo), Ezio Pinza (Basilio), Giordano Paltrinieri (Fiorello), Henrietta Wakefield (Berta); cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
MET/NEW YORK
1 December, 1932 La Traviata as Germont with Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Angelo Bada, Minnie Egener, George Cehanovsky, Millo Picco, Paolo Ananian, Philine Falco; cond. T. Serafin
4 December, 1932 CONCERT Pagliacci: Prolog & Duet with Helen Gleason; Un Ballo: “Eri tu”; La Bohème: excpts Acts 1 & 2 as Marcello with Helen Gleason, Armand Tokatyan, Pearl Besuner, Millo Picco, Tancredi Pasero, Pompilio Malatesta
8 December, 1932 MAT La Bohème as Marcello with Lucrezia Bori, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Nina Morgana, Arthur Anderson (Colline), Claudio Frigerio (Schaunard), Paolo Ananian (Benoit), Pompilio Malatesta (Alcindoro), Max Altglass (Parpignol); cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
*24 December, 1932 – ditto with Maria Müller for Bori, Ezio Pinza for Anderson.
10 December, 1932 (Cav Rust)/Pagliacci as Tonio with Nina Morgana, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, George Cehanovsky, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza
16 December, 1932 Faust as Valentin with Queen Mario, Léon Rothier, Giovanni Martinelli, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, James Wolfe; cond. Louis Hasselmans
22 December – ditto exc Ezio Pinza as Méphistophèles
18 December, 1932 CONCERT Il Barbiere: “Dunque io son” duet with Nina Morgana & “Largo al factotum”
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 December, 1932 La Traviata as Germont with Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Tito Schipa (Alfredo), Paolo Ananian (Dr. Grenvil), Alfredo Gandolfi (Douphol), Elda Vettori (Flora), Philine Falco (Annina), Angelo Bada (Gastone), Millo Picco (d’Obigny); cond. Tullio Serafin
MET/WHITE PLAINS
30 December, 1932 Pagliacci as Tonio with Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Frigerio, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Giuseppe Sturani + Hansel und Gretel with Editha Fleischer