Antonio Scotti

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Antonio Scotti, 1910

Antonio Scotti (born January 25, 1866 in Naples , † February 26, 1936 there ) was an Italian singer ( baritone ).

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Scotti took singing lessons from Esther Trifari-Paganini and Vincenzo Lombardi . In 1889 he made his debut at the Malta Opera House as Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida . After appearances at various Italian opera houses, he sang Hans Sachs in Wagner's opera Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at La Scala in Milan in 1898 .

Scotti made his debut in the title role in Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1899 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, with whom he remained connected until 1933. As an interpreter of Donizetti's bel canto arias , he became a crowd favorite at the Met, and in addition to the standard repertoire for opera baritones such as Rigoletto, Malatesta, Belcore, Iago, Falstaff, Marcello and Sharpless, he also sang many roles in American premieres of operas such as Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur , Ermanno Wolf-Ferraris Le donne curiose , Umberto Giordanos Fedora , Franco Leonis L'Oracolo and Isidore de Laras Messaline .

Scotti first appeared at the Covent Garden Opera in London in 1899 (in the title role of Don Giovanni ). In 1900 he sang Scarpia in the London premiere of Giacomo Puccini's Tosca , and in 1905 Sharpless in Madama Butterfly . From 1910 he appeared regularly at Covent a Opera. In 1917, the New England Conservatory of Music elected him an honorary member of the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music society . In 1919 he founded the Scotti Opera Company , with which he toured the United States for several years. The 25th anniversary of his engagement at the Met was celebrated in 1924 with a gala performance of Tosca . At his farewell performance at the Metropolitan Opera, he sang Chim-Fen in Franco Leonis L'Oracolo .

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SURNAME Scotti, Antonio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian singer
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Naples
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 1936
Place of death Naples