Forgotten Opera Singers

Forgotten Opera Singers

Jun 5, 2012

Nino Ederle (Tenor) (Verona 1892 - Milano 1951)



Probably he began his stage career in 1919. During the 1920s he sang in the leading Italian opera houses. In 1925 he appeared at the Teatro San Carlo, Napoli as Elvino in ‘’La Sonnambula’’. In 1926 Ederle made guest appearance in Rio de Janeiro. Here he sang in ‘’Don Carlo’’, ‘’Il Barbiere di Siviglia’’, ‘’Il Matrimonio Segreto’’, ‘’Rigoletto’’ and ‘’Un caso singolar’’. In 1927 he again performed at the Teatro San Carlo in Napoli, but this time in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’. Two years later he made his debut at the Teatro La Scala, Milan appearing in Verdi’s ‘’Rigoletto’’. Ederle continues to perform on the opera stages until 1942, then he worked in Verona as a pedagogue; the known soprano Rosanna Carteri was his pupil.

Chronology of some appearances

1919 Revere Teatro Sociale Don Pasquale (Ernesto)
1920 Asti Politeama Nazionale Crispino e la Comare (Contino)
1921 Verona Teatro Nuovo Favorita (Fernando)
1922 Genova Politeama Genovese Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1923 Livorno Teatro Avvalorati Traviata (Alfredo)
1924 Malta Teatro Reale Elisir d'amore (Nemorino)
1925 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Sonnambula (Elvino)
1926 Rio de Janeiro Teatro Municipal Don Carlo (Carlo)
1927 Napoli Teatro San Carlo Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1929 Milan Teatro La Scala Rigoletto (Duke)
1930 Augsburg Stadt Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 
 





Columbia
Mignon (Thomas): Ah! non credevi tu D6112  WB2678
Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Com'e gentil CED6111  WB2679
Don Pasquale (Donizetti): Sogno soave e casto D6111 WB2684
Rigoletto (Verdi): Parmi veder le lagrime D6115 WB2687
Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi   D6121 WB2688
Manon (Massenet): Ah dispar vision D 6121 WB2689
Sonnambula (Bellini): Prendi l'anel ti dono D6115 WB2690
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Adina credimi CEDQ246 WB2692

Brunswick
Pescatori di perle (Bizet): Mi par d'udir ancora   M 35044        

Parlophon, 1928-05-11
Manon (Massenet): Chiudo gli occhi  P56001  E10781
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Ecco ridente  P56004 E11276                 
Mefistofele (Boito): Dai campi, dai prati 56002-1         
Favorita (Donizetti): Una vergine, un angel di Dio P 56003-I          
Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Se il mio nome  P56004
Elisir d'amore (Donizetti): Una furtiva lagrima  P56002

Parlophon, 1928-05-14
Favorita (Donizetti): Spirto gentil  P56003 E11276
     
Fonotipia
Italiana in Algeri (Rossini): Per lui che adoro with Conchita Supervia, Carlo Scattola and Vincenzo Bettoni   120200 6666


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