Richard Bonelli: Chronology 1916-1952

* Indicates a broadcast

ABORN GRAND OPERA COMPANY (As “Richard Bunn”)
Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music DÉBUT
21 April, 1915 MAT & EVG Faust as Valentin with Lydia Locke as Marguerite.

Il Trovatore as Di Luna

Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music
3 April, 1916 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Mary Carson, Giuseppe Agostini. RB alternated with Millo Picco in other performances, also with Edith Helena and Genia Zielinska.

Pagliacci as Silvio

Aborn/Park Theatre, New York
20 November, 1916 - 13 January, 1917 RB- ?

Aborn/Toronto, Canada, 26 March - 7 April, 1917 RB, with Edith Helena, Bianca Sarroya, Grace Baum, Marie Louise Biggars, Lillian Eubanks, Giuseppe Agostini, Ernest Davis, Salvatore Giordano, George Shields; cond. Carlo Nicosia

RB alternating with Morton Adkins sang Rigoletto, Faust, Pagliacci (Silvio) and Il Trovatore (?).

Aborn/Brooklyn Academy of Music
16 April, 5 May, 1917 Rigoletto as Rigoletto (alternating with Vicente Ballester), with Nadina Legat/Francesca Milena (real name: Ruth Miller), Giuseppe Agostini/Andrea Arensen, Francis Tyler; cond. Max Fichandler.

3 - 5 May, 1917 Lucia di Lammermoor as Ashton (alternating with Ballester), with Nadina Legat/Francesca Milena, Giuseppe Agostini/Andrea Arensen, Francis Tyler/Louis Dellemolle.

CUBA, 1917 Guest artist in opera, - no details
CHATAUQUA FESTIVAL, N.Y. 1917 tour in De Koven’s Robin Hood
1917/1918 Drafted and service in the American Army.

GEORGE DE FEO GRAND OPERA COMPANY in Houston, Texas
October, 1922 RB in Rigoletto, Barbiere, La Forza Del Destino (?) with Zerola, Stracciari, Tom Burke et al

SAN CARLO OPERA COMPANY 1922 - 1923 tour with - one season
SAN CARLO/BOSTON
7 November, 1922 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Lucchese, Gennaro Barra; cond. Aldo Franchetti

Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura (Cio Cio San), Gennaro Barra (Pinkerton), Anita Klinova (Suzuki); cond. Carlo Peroni

14 November, 1922 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Manuel Salazar (Canio), Sofia Charlebois (Nedda), Giuseppe Interrante (Silvio)

15 November, 1922 Otello as Iago, with Manuel Salazar (Otello), Anna Fitziu (Desdemona), Francesco Curci (Cassio), Arthur Dossler (Rodrigo), Pietro de Biasi (Lodovico), Natale Cervi (Montano), Antonio Canova (Herald); cond Carlo Peroni

SAN CARLO/PHILADELPHIA (two weeks)
21 November, 1922 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Lucchese, Gennaro Barra, Pietro de Biasi, Stella de Mette, Natale Cervi; cond. Carlo Peroni

November, 1922 Martha as Plunkett, with Josephine Lucchese (Lady Harriet), Anita Klinova (Nancy), Romeo Boscacci (Lionel), Natale Cervi (Sir Tristan); cond. Ernest Knoch

November, 1922 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura, Gennaro Barra, Anita Klinova; cond. Aldo Franchetti

25 November, 1922 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Manuel Salazar, Sofia Charlebois, Francesco Curci; Giuseppe Interrante; cond. Carlo Peroni

30 November, 1922 - ditto exc Amador Famados for Salazar and cond. Aldo Franchetti for Peroni

28 November, 1922 Faust as Valentin, with Romeo Boscacci, Pietro de Biasi, Sofia Charlebois, Anita Klinova, Luigi de Cesare; cond. Carlo Peroni

2 December, 1922 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura (Cio Cio San), Gennaro Barra, (Pinkerton), Anita Klinova (Suzuki), Francesco Curci (Goro); cond. Wassili Leps

SAN CARLO/WASHINGTON, PITTSBURGH, CLEVELAND, BUFFALO, NEW ORLEANS

SAN CARLO/SAN ANTONIO
5 February, 1923 Martha as Plunkett, with Josephine Lucchese

SAN CARLO/LOS ANGELES
20 February, 1923 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Tamaki Miura, Romeo Boscacci, Anita Klinova; cond. Aldo Franchetti

22 February, 1923 February, 1923 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Sofia Charlebois, Leonardo Del Credo, Giuseppe Interrante

SAN CARLO/SAN FRANCISCO
28 February, 1923 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Josephine Lucchese (Gilda), Ruggiero Baldrick (Duke), Pietro de Biasi (Sparafucile), Stella de Mette (Maddalena)

SAN CARLO/PORTLAND. SEATTLE


SAN CARLO/HAVANA, CUBA 23 April, 1923 -
La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori (Violetta), Ludovico Tomarchio (Act I)/ Ruggiero Baldrick (Alfredo)

10 May, 1923 Faust as Valentin, with Maria Kousnezov (Marguerite), Giovanni Martinelli (Faust), Anita Klinova (Siebel), Pavel Ludikar (Méphistophélès); cond. Carlo Peroni

Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Marie Rappold (Leonora), Ludovico Tomarchio (Manrico), Stella de Mette (Azucena)

DE FEO OPERA COMPANY, Summer 1923
no details

MODENA, TEATRO COMUNALE, Winter (EUROPEAN DÉBUT as “Riccardo Bonelli”)
26 December, 1923 Dejanice (Catalani) as Dardano, with Maria Llacer, Francesco Merli, Elfride Biagiotti, Nino Marotta; cond. Pasquale la Rotella

Aida as Amonasro, with Ismaele Voltolini/Aroldo Lindi, Isora Rinolfi, Irma Vagano, Albertina Dal Monte

MONTE CARLO OPERA
19 February, 1924 Pagliacci as Tonio, with Jane Laval, Lucien Muratore, Robert Couzinou, Dubois; cond. Léon Jehin

1 March, 1924 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Gilda Dalla Rizza, Dmitri Smirnov, Bilhan; cond. Victor De Sabata

10 March, 1924 - ditto exc Vesselovsky for Smirnov

18, 25 March, 1924 Faust as Valentin, with Alexandrovich, Maurice Dutreix, Vanni Marcoux, Pauline Cornelys; c. Jehin

29 March, 1924 La Traviata as Germont, with Gilda Dalla Rizza, Dmitri Smirnov; cond. De Sabata

30, 31 March, 1924 Anton (Libretto Illica, music Galeotti) as Gilellius, with Vally, Smirnov, John O’Sullivan, Capiton Zaporozhetz, Istralty, Musso, Proferisce; cond. Jehin

6, 12 April, 1924 Scenes from Goethe’s Faust (Schumann) as Faust, with Pauline Cornelys, Delmas, Arnal; cond. Leon Jehin /Faust et Helene (Boulanger) with Bladel, John O’Sullivan, Arnal; cond. Jehin

NEWARK MUSIC FESTIVAL, N.J.
29 April - 6 May 1925 - Concerts in the Mosque Theatre

“ THE AMERICAN, ITALIAN, FRENCH GRAND OPERA COMPANY”
Théâtre de la Gaîté-Lyrique, Paris
3 June, 1925 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lucile Chalfont, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Gustave Huberdeau

4 June, 1925 Il Barbiere as Figaro, with Lucilla (Luella) Melius, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Azzolini (Bartolo)

6 June, 1925 La Traviata as Germont, with Queena Mario, Angelo Bada

7 June, 1925 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hina Spani, Queena Mario, Pedro Lafuente, Désiré Défrère

14 June, 1925 La Traviata as Germont with Hélène Danieli, Marinesco

MAX SAUTER OPERA COMPANY
July - August, 1925 tour of Germany with Anna Maria Guglielmetti, Ezio Pinza in 39 performances of Aida, Il Barbiere, Otello, La Traviata, Il Trovatore

CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
8 November, 1925 Mat. La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Alice Beck, Ernesto Torti, Antonio Nicolich, Morelato; cond. Roberto Moranzoni

9 December, 1925 - ditto exc Schipa (or Cortis)

21 January, 1926 - ditto exc Schipa, Défrère for Torti (?)

12 November, 1925 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Louise Homer, Virgilio Lazzari, Jos‚Mojica, Elizabeth Kerr; cond. Henry Weber

15 November, 1925 - ditto exc Rosa Raisa for Muzio, Augusta Lenska for Homer

21 November, 1925 - same as 12 Nov. exc Lenska for Homer

21 December, 1925 - same as 12 Nov exc Van Gordon for Homer

17 November, 1925, 16 January, 1926 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens (Martha), Irene Pavloska; cond. Gabriel Grovlez

26 November, 1925 Otello as Iago, with Charles Marshall, Anna Fitziu (or Eleanor Sawyer), José Mojica (Cassio), Marie Claessens (Emilia), Alexander Kipnis, Antonio Nicolich, cond. Roberto Moranzoni

28 December, 1925 - ditto exc Fitziu

30 November, 1925, 9 January, 1926 Mat. Hérodiade as Herod, with Fernand Ansseau, Edith Mason, Cyrena van Gordon, Edouard Cotreuil (Phanuel), Désiré Défrère, Elizabeth Kerr, Antonio Nicolich, Theodore Ritch; cond. Gabriel Grovlez

8 December, 1925 Lucia di Lammermoor as Enrico, with Toti Dal Monte, Tito Schipa, Virgilio Lazzari, Elizabeth Kerr, Jos‚Mojica, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Frank St. Leger (début)

19 December, 1925 - ditto exc Antonio Cortis for Schipa

11 December, 1925 (Pag.)/Namiko-San (Aldo Franchetti) WORLD PREMIÈRE as Yiro Danyemon, with Tamaki Miura (Namiko-San), Theodore Ritch (Yasui), Elizabeth Kerr, Vittorio Trevisan (Sato), Antonio Nicolich, Oliviero; cond. Aldo Franchetti

24 December, 1925 - ditto exc Cav for Pag

27 December, 1925 Mat - ditto exc Pag followed

2 January, 1926 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless (or Rimini), with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Irene Pavloska, Clara Shear, José Mojica; cond. Giorgio Polacco

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 Valentin, with Edith Mason, (tenor - ?), Virgilio Lazzari, Marie Claessens, Irene Pavloska; Morelato; Cond. Gabriel

3 February, 1926 Hérodiade, as Herod with Edith Mason, Fernand Ansseau, Cyrena van Gordon, José Mojica, Désiré Défrère, Edouard Cotreuil; cond. Grovlez

6 February, 1926 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Lenska, Kerr, Virgilio Lazzari, Jos‚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, Désiré Défrère; cond. Roberto Moranzoni

CHICAGO/MIAMI
10 March, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis, Alice d’Hermanoy, Anna Correnti, Désiré Défrère, José Mojica; cond. 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

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 OPERA
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 GRAND OPERA
11 October, 1926 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Antonio Cortis; cond. Richard Hageman

October, 1926 Il Barbiere 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 Défrère, Albert Rappeport, JoséMojica (Sailor), Antonio Nicolich; cond. Giorgio Polacco

15 November, 1926 Lucia di Lammermoor 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 Eidé 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, Désiré Défrère , José 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, Désiré Défrère, 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 Eidé 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 Défrère; 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 Défrère; 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, Désiré Défrère; 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, D‚sir‚Defršre; cond. Moranzoni

CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
*3 November, 20 December, 1927 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alice d’Hermanoy, Eleanor Elderkin, Giovanni Polese, Désiré Défrère, José 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, Jos‚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. Henry Weber

*8 December, 1927, 2, 14 January, 1928 - ditto exc Augusta Lenska for van Gordon

29 November, 1927 Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) (Rimsky-Korsakov) as Misguir with Eidé Norena (Snow Maiden), JoséMojica (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 Eidé 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, Jos‚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 Défrère; cond. Weber

CHICAGO/CHATTANOOGA
24 February, 1928 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Défrère, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Weber

CHICAGO/TULSA
28 February, 1928 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett, Lorna Jackson, Chase Baromeo, Désiré Défrère, 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 Misguir, with Edith Mason, Lorna Jackson, Irena Pavloska, Cyrena van Gordon, Marie Claessens, Charles Hackett

CHICAGO/OAKLAND
16 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, with Edith Mason, Charles Hackett; cond. Weber

CHICAGO/SACRAMENTO
17 March, 1928 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Edith Mason, Charles Marshall, Désiré Défrère, José Mojica; cond. Polacco

CHICAGO/SEATTLE
21 March, 1928 The Snow Maiden as Misguir, 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 Misguir, 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 Misguir, 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

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 Défrère; 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 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Marion Claire, Antonio Cortis, Barre Hill, José 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, José 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 with 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

ANN ARBOR FESTIVAL, Michigan
22 - 25 May, 1929, - no details

MAX SAUTER OPERA COMPANY Summer, 1929 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 Défrère, 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 (Brangane), Theodore Strack (Tristan), Alexander Kipnis (King Marke), Désiré Défrère (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; 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

CHICAGO CIVIC OPERA
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 Défrère; cond. Roberto Moranzoni

21 February, 1930 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Rosa Raisa, Charles Marshall, Chase Baromeo, Maria Olszewska, Hilda Burke, Giuseppe Cavadore, D‚sir‚Defršre; cond. Polacco

23 February, 1930 Rigoletto as Rigoletto with Edith Mason, Antonio Cortis, Coe Glade, Chase Baromeo, D‚sir‚Defršre, 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 Défrère, 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 Défrère, 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 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/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, with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Mario Fiorella; c. F. St. Leger

LOS ANGELES OPERA
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 OPERA
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 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Claudia Muzio, Tandy MacKenzie, Marsden Argall, Terry Lanfranconi; cond. 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
MET/PHILADELPHIA
29 November, 1932 Il Barbiere di Siviglia DÉBUT 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: Prologue & Duet, with Helen Gleason; Ballo: ‘Eri tu’; La Bohème: excpts Acts 1 & 2 as Marcellowith 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 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/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, L‚on Rothier, Giovanni Martinelli, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, James Wolfe; cond. Louis Hasselmans

22 December - ditto exc Ezio Pinza for Rothier

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

MET/NY
7 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones) (WP)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Editha Fleischer, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi; cond. Pietro Cimara

MET/PHILADELPHIA
10 January, 1933 (Emperor Jones)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Nina Morgana, Armand Tokatyan, Claudio Frigerio, Alfio Tedesco; cond. Pietro Cimara

MET/NY
13 January, 1933 Pagliacci as Tonio, with Editha Fleischer, Edward Johnson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Emperor Jones

18 January, 1933 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Editha Fleischer, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Gladys Swarthout, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans

20 January, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Nina Morgana, Arthur Anderson; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + L’Oracolo

25 February, 1933 - ditto exc Lauri-Volpi for Martinelli, Aida Doninelli for Morgana, Tancredi Pasero for Anderson

23 January, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Armand Tokatyan, Gladys Swarthout, Tancredi Pasero, Giordano Paltrinieri, Millo Picco; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

27 January, 1933 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Faina Petrova (Amneris), Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Tullio Serafin

3 February, 1933 Mat Pagliacci, as Tonio, with Lucrezia Bori, Giovanni Martinelli, Claudio Frigerio, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza + Elektra

10 February, 1933 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Elda Vettori, Angelo Bada, Millo Picco, Paolo Ananian, cond. Tullio Serafin

17 February, 9 March, 1933 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Lucrezia Bori, Edward Johnson, Tancredi Pasero, Angelo Bada, Elda Vettori, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin

26 February, 1933 COMMEMORATION CONCERT (25 Years of Met Opera guided by Gatti-Casazza): The King’s Henchman Finale Act I, with Edward Johnson, Arthur Anderson, Max Altglass; Falstaff Finale Act 3 with Queena Mario, Editha Fleischer, Marion Telva, Gladys Swarthout, Armand Tokatyan, Angelo Bada, Pasquale Amato, Giordano Paltrinieri, Adamo Didur; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

3 March, 1933 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada, Philine Falco, Alfio Tedesco, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

MET/BALTIMORE
13 March, 1933 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lily Pons, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Louis D’Angelo, Alfredo Gandolfi, George Cehanovsky; c. Bellezza

CENTRAL CITY, COLORADO, OPERA HOUSE
(about) 7 - 19 August, 1933 The Merry Widow (Lehár ) as Prince Danilo, with Natalie Hill (Sonia Sadoya), Gladys Swarthout (Natalie)

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
8 November, 1933 Aida as Amonasro, with Claudia Muzio, Kathryn Meisle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola

10, 19 Mat November, 1933 Tristan und Isolde as Kurvenal, with Gertrud Kappel, Kathryn Meisle, Paul Althouse, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Otto Hertz

28 November, 1933 La Bohème as Marcello, with Lucrezia Bori, Emily Hardy, Dino Borgioli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola

1 December, 1933 La Forza del Destino as Don Carlo with Claudia Muzio, Myrtle Leonard, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. G. Merola

METROPOLITAN OPERA,NY
1 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Millo Picco, Angelo Bada; cond. Tullio Serafin

6 January, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello, with Lucrezia Bori, Frederick Jagel, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

15 January, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza  

MET/PHILADELPHIA
16 January, 1934 La Traviata as Germont with Claudia Muzio, Tito Schipa, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Tullio Serafin

MET/NY
27 January, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Maria Müller, Lauritz Melchior, Margaret Halstead, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark, Hans Clemens; cond. Karl Riedel

31 January, 1934 Faust as Valentin, with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans

MET/BROOKLYN
6 February, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, Paolo Ananian; cond. Louis Hasselmans

MET/NY
14 February, 1934 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Paolo Ananian; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

18 February, 1934 CONCERT La Gioconda: Act 1 & 2 Duets with Leonora Corona, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli; Il Barbiere: ‘Largo al factotum’; Rigoletto: Qt with Editha Fleischer, Rose Bampton, Giovanni Martinelli

MET/PHILADEPHIA
6 March. 1934 Lucia as Enrico with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Léon Rothier, Elda Vettori; cond. V. Bellezza

MET/NY
10 March, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Nino Martini, Giordano Paltrinieri, Elda Vettori, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Tullio Serafin

MET/HARTFORD
13 March, 1934 Faust as Valentin, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Gladys Swarthout, Henrietta Wakefield, George Cehanovsky; cond. Louis Hasselmans

MET/NY
23 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford, with Leonora Corona (Lady Marigold), Edward Johnson (Sir Gower), Irra Petina (Plentiful Tewke), Alfredo Gandolfi (Myles Broadrib), Helen Gleason (Peregrine); cond. Tullio Serafin

MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 March, 1934 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Olszewska, Virgilio Lazzari, Arthur Anderson; cond. Tullio Serafin

MET/NY
31 March, 1934 Merry Mount as Wrestling Bradford with Margaret Halstead, Frederick Jagel, Gladys Swarthout, Alfredo Gandolfi, Helen Gleason; cond. Tullio Serafin

DETROIT CIVIC OPERA, Masonic Temple
RB with Lucrezia Bori, Maria Barova, Lucille Kreger. Lucille Meusel, Hazel Sanborn, Mario Chamlee, Pasquale Amato, Norman Cordon

15 May, 1934 Manon as Lescaut (?); cond. Wilfred Pelletier

18 May, 1934 as Rigoletto (?); cond. Fulgenzio Guerrieri

METROPOLITAN QUARTET tour - 20 concerts
22 October - 24 November, 1934 RB with Grace Moore, Edward Johnson, Rose Bampton acc. by Giuseppe Bamboschek

SAN FRANCISCO
26 November, 1934 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Querita Eybel, Lauritz Melchior, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi, Raymond Marlowe, Lillian Clark; cond. Otto Hertz

28 November, 1934 La Traviata as Germont, with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Louis D’Angelo, Marek Windheim, Alfredo Gandolfi; cond. Gaetano Merola

30 November, 1934 Faust as Valentin with Ninon Vallin, Lillian Clark, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger; cond. Gaetano Merola

5 December, 1934 Otello as Iago, with Lauritz Melchior, Elisabeth Rethberg, Raymond Marlowe, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Merola

CLEVELAND OPERA
13, 15 December, 1934 Otello RB as Iago, with Dorothee Manski, Helen Jepson, Anne Roselle, Rosa Tentoni, Paul Althouse, Mario Chamlee, Aroldo Lindi, Chase Baromeo; cond. Artur Rodzinski

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*29 December, 1934 Mat Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Virgilio Lazzari, Elda Vettori; cond. Bellezza

30 December, 1934 CONCERT Pearlfishers: duet, with Jagel; Un Ballo in Maschera: “Eri tu”; La Bohème: Act 2 Finale, with Queena Mario, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Lillian Clark

31 December, 1934 La Bohème as Marcello, with Dino Borgioli, Lucrezia Bori, Virgilio Lazzari, Nina Morgana, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

CLEVELAND OPERA
3, 5 January, 1935 Tosca as Scarpia; cond. Artur Rodzinski

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*12 January, 1935 Mat Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Maria Müller, Lauritz Melchior, Ludwig Hofmann, Dorothee Manski, Arnold Gabor; cond. Artur Bodanzky

MET/BROOKLYN
22 January, 1935 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Anny Konetzni, Lauritz Melchior, Emanuel List, Arnold Gabor, Hans Clemens, James Wolfe; cond. Bodanzky

MET/NY
24 January, 1935 (In the Pasha’s Garden)/La Bohème as Marcello, with Queena Mario, Nino Martini, Ezio Pinza, Helen Gleason, Millo Picco, Pompilio Malatesta; cond. V. Bellezza

MET/BROOKLYN
29 January, 1935 Aida as Amonasro with Maria Müller, Rose Bampton, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Ettore Panizza

MET/NY
1 February, 1935 Faust as Valentin, with Eidé Norena, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Paolo Ananian, Pearl Besuner, Henrietta Wakefield; cond. Louis Hasselmans

14 March, 1935 - ditto with Elisabeth Rethberg for Norena, Lillian Clark for Besuner, George Cehanovsky for Ananian.

15 February, 1935 La Traviata as Germont, with Rosa Ponselle, Tito Schipa, Angelo Bada, Alfredo Gandolfi, Millo Picco; cond. Ettore Panizza

22 February, 1935 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Maria Müller, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada; cond. Vincenza Bellezza

7 March, 1935 - ditto exc Giovanni Martinelli for Jagel, cond. Pietro Cimara

10 March, 1935 CONCERT; La Traviata excpts with Eidé Norena, Richard Crooks; Pagliacci: excpts with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, George Cehanovsky

MET/NEWARK
28 March, 1935 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Giovanni Martinelli, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Vincenzo Bellezza

Summer, 1935 - Filming of Enter Madame for Paramount

Autumn 1935 Metropolitan Quartet - tour

SAN FRANCISCO
23 November, 1935 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Coe Glade, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, Marek Windheim; cond. Gaetano Merola

25 November, 1935 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Tumminia, Tito Schipa, Louis D’Angelo, Ezio Pinza, John Howell, Eva Gruninger, Marek Windheim; cond. G. Merola

27 November, 1935 La Bohème as Marcello, with Helen Jepson, Eugenia Smith, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Richard Lert

29 November, 1935 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Emily Hardy, Eva Gruninger, Tito Schipa, Ezio Pinza, Douglas Beattie, John Howell, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gaetano Merola

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
19 December, 1935 Faust as Valentin, with Edith Mason, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya; cond. Louis Hasselmans.

18 January, 1936 - ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Frederick Jagel for Kullman, Irra Petina for Olheim.

16 March, 1936 - ditto exc Susanne Fisher for Mason, Irra Petina for Olheim.

26 December, 1935 Mat Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Susanne Fisher, Frederick Jagel, Ina Bourskaya, Angelo Bada, Louis D’Angelo Max Altglass; cond. Ettore Panizza

8 January, 1936 - ditto exc Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada

1 February, 1936 ditto exc Hilda Burke for Fisher, Joseph Bentonelli for Jagel, Giordano Paltrinieri for Bada,

21 February, 1936 - ditto exc Edith Mason for Fisher, Charles Hackett for Jagel

27 February, 1936 - ditto Feb. exc Jagel for Jagel

10 January, 1936 Manon as Lescaut, with Lucrezia Bori, Joseph Bentonelli, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, Helen Gleason, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, George Cehanovsky, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Louis Hasselmans

MET/NEWARK
21 January, 1936 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Susanne Fisher, Richard Crooks, Ina Bourskaya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina; cond. Gennaro Papi

MET/NY
5 February, 5 March, 1936 Manon as Lescaut, with Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Chase Baromeo, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky ; cond. Louis Hasselmans

8 February, 1936 (Hansel und Gretel)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Martinelli, George Cehanovsky, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. G. Papi

19 February, 1936 - ditto exc Helen Jepson for Burke, Millo Picco for Cehanovsky; c. Papi + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi

*29 February, 1936 Mat - same as 8 Feb. exc Queena Mario for Burke + Serenade + Gianni Schicchi

12 March, 1936 - same as 8 Feb exc preceded by Cav/Errante

*15 February, 1936 Mat Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi

6 March, 1936 - ditto exc Frederick Jagel for Martinelli, Bruna Castagna for Meisle.

19 March, 1936 -same as 15 February exc Castagna for Meisle.

AUTUMN, 1936 METROPOLITAN QUARTET Concerts in U.S./Canada RB with Helen Jepson, Charles Hackett, Rose Bampton; Ernst Wolff, piano.

CHICAGO CITY OPERA
11 November, 1936 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Antoine, Tito Schipa, Vittorio Trevisan, Ruisi; cond. Roberto Moranzoni

9 December, 1936 Otello as Iago, with Edith Mason, Giovanni Martinelli, Maria Barova, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Angelo Canarutto

11 December, 1936 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Marjorie Lawrence, Leonora La Mance, Paul Althouse, Chase Baromeo; cond. Henry Weber

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
16 January, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Vina Bovy, Richard Crooks, Léon Rothier, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel

25 January, 1937 Tannhäuser as Wolfram, with Lotte Lehmann, Paul Althouse, Ludwig Hofmann, Kerstin Thorborg, Hans Clemens; cond. Maurice de Abravanel

29 January, 1937 La Traviata as Germont, with Eidé Norena, Nino Martini, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lucielle Browning; cond. Panizza

7 February, 1937 Ford Sunday Hour Radio Concert, with orchestra conducted by Victor Kolar. Il Trovatore, Carmen arias + songs by Golde, Margetson and Damrosch

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
*13 February, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Bidú Sayão (Manon) (DÉBUT), Sydney Rayner (des Grieux), Chase Baromeo (Comte), Natalie Bodanya, Charlotte Symons, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, George Cehanovsky; cond. Maurice de Abravanel.

6 March, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Bruna Castagna, Arthur Carron, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi 

*20 March, 1937 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Ina Bourskaya, Wilfred Engelman, cond. Wilfred Pelletier

24 March, 1937 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Giovanni Martinelli, Franca Somigli, Irra Petina, Angelo Bada, Wilfred Engelman, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza

MET/CLEVELAND
14 April, 1937 Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza. Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

GRANT PARK, CHICAGO (OPEN AIR) CONCERT
*1 September, 1937 Concert: arias from Barbiere, Ballo, Hérodiade & songs including ‘Danse Macabre’ and ‘Tommy Lad’

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
15 October, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Gina Cigna, Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon. Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola

26 October, 1937 ditto- exc Pinza for List

18 October, 1937 La Bohème as Marcello, with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi

20 October, 1937 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Bruna Castagna, Emanuel List, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi

30 October, 1937 La Traviata as Germont, with Gina Cigna, Charles Kullman; Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, John Howell, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gaetano Merola

6 November, 1937 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Josephine Tumminia, Charles Kullman, Dorothy Cornish, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi

10 November, 1937 Manon as Lescaut, with Vina Bovy, René Maison, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Pietro Cimini

LOS ANGELES, Shrine Auditorium
17 November, 1937 Aida as Amonasro, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Charlotte Boerner, Ezio Pinza; cond. G. Merola

Tosca as Scarpia with Maria Jeritza, Frank Forest

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
MET/HARTFORD
7 December, 1937 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Anna Kaskas, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi

MET/NY
*8 January, 1938 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi

22 January, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gennaro Papi

28 January, 1938 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Frederick Jagel, Ezio Pinza, Angelo Bada; cond. Gennaro Papi

19 February, 1938 Faust as Valentin, with Vina Bovy, Charles Kullman, Carlton Gauld (Méphistophélès), Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/CLEVELAND
6 April, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana & The Bat (Ballet)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Donald Dickson, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Gennaro Papi

9 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Angelo Bada, Thelma Votipka; cond. Ettore Panizza

MET/ROCHESTER
11 April, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Dusolina Giannini, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN with Philadelphia Orchestra
14 May, 1938 Mat Carmen (Concert version), as Escamillo with Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Hilda Burke (Micaela/Frasquita), Chase Baromeo; cond. Earl V. Moore

PASADENA, Rose Bowl - “La Scala Opera Company”
25 June, 1938 Aida as Amonasro, with Eva Turner, Jesús de Gaviria, Bruna Castagna, Tudor Williams, Yasha Davidoff; cond. Pietro Cimini

SAN DIEGO
? 1938 Aida as Amonasro with Eva Turner, Jesus de Gaviria

HOLLYWOOD BOWL
26 July, 1938 (La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours)/Cavalleria Rusticana as Alfio, with Maria Jeritza, Mario Chamlee, Clemence Gifford; cond. Carlo Peroni

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
*7 October, 1938 Andrea Chénier as Gérard, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Beniamino Gigli, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, George Cehanovsky, Norman Cordon, Doris Doe, Lodovico Oliviero, Arnold Gabor; cond. Gaetano Merola

17, 22 October, 1938 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Don Pasquale as Dr. Malatesta, with Mafalda Favero, Dino Borgioli, Salvatore Baccaloni, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi

28 October, 1938 La Forza del Destino as Carlo, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Doris Doe, Beniamino Gigli, Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Baccaloni, Louis D’Angelo, John Howell, Thelma Votipka, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi

WINNIPEG, CANADA
28 November, 1938, Civic Auditorium, Joint Recital with pianist Mischa Levitzki - Arias from Tannhäuser, La Traviata and songs

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
MET/PHILADELPHIA
27 December, 1938 Tosca as Scarpia, with Marjorie Lawrence (Tosca), Galliano Masini (Cavaradossi), Norman Cordon (Angelotti), Louis d’Angelo (Sacristan), Wilfred Engelman (Sciarrone); cond. Gennaro Papi

MET/NY
31 December, 1938 Otello as Iago, with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Nicola Moscona, Alessio De Paolis, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelman, Giordano Paltrinieri; cond. Ettore Panizza

21 January, 1939 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Arthur Carron, Giordano Paltrinieri, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi

15 February, 1939 Manon as Lescaut, with Jan Kiepura, Bidú Sayão, Léon Rothier, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Irra Petrina, Natalia Bodanya, Maxine Stellman, Max Altglass, Arnold Gabor; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

*4 March, 1939 Mat Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Gennaro Papi

ANN ARBOR - New York World’s Fair Season
13 May, 1939 Otello as Iago, with Helen Jepson, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Earl V. Moore

SAN FRANCISCO
*13 October, 1939 Manon as Lescaut, with Bidú Sayão, Tito Schipa, Norman Cordon, George Cehanovsky, Ferrier (Guillot); cond. Gaetano Merola

21 October, 1939 Pagliacci as Tonio, with George Stinson, Charlotte Boerner, George Cehanovsky, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gaetano Merola + Cav.

31 October, 1939 - ditto + Coppelia ballet

1 November, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Louis D’Angelo, Norman Cordon, Herta Glaz, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Gennaro Papi

4 November, 1939 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Kathryn Meisle, Norman Cordon, Lodovico Oliviero, Thelma Votipka, Evaristo Alibertini; cond. Gennaro Papi

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
2 December, 1939 Aida as Amonasro, with Zinka Milanov, Arthur Carron, Bruna Castagna, Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza

13 December, 1939 Manon as Lescaut,with Grace Moore, Richard Crooks, Norman Cordon; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

15 December, 1939 Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Thelma Votipka; cond. Gennaro Papi

*3 February, 1940 - ditto exc Frederick Jagel for Martini, Virgilio Lazzari for Cordon

21 December, 1939 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Lily Pons, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Irra Petina, Louis D’Angelo, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Gennaro Papi

27 December, 1939, 4 January, 1940 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Helen Jepson, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, Alessio de Paolis; cond. Papi

SAN FRANCISCO
4 January, 1940 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Helen Jepson, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, Alessio de Paolis; cond. Papi

*3 February, 1940 Lucia di Lammermoor RB as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Frederick Jagel, Virgilio Lazzari, Thelma Votipka, Nicholas Massue, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Papi

9 February, 1940 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Licia Albanese, Charles Kullman, Lucielle Browning, Alessio de Paolis; cond. Gennaro Papi

NBC TELEVISION STUDIOS
10 March, 1940 Met at excpts of Act 1 of Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Tokatyan; St. Leger

SEATTLE OPERA
1940 La Traviata as Germont, with Jarmila Novotna, Mario Chamlee

SAN FRANCISCO
23 October, 1940 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Elisabeth Rethberg, Jussi Björling, Suzanne Sten, Margit Bokor, Lorenzo Alvary, George Cehanovsky; cond. Gennaro Papi

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
10 January, 1941 Mat Manon as Lescaut, with Jarmila Novotna, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Maxine Stellman, Helen Olheim, Alessio De Paolis, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

18 January, 1941 Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza, Helen Olheim, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelmann, Annamary Dickey; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

27 January, 1941 - ditto exc Norman Cordon for Pinza

7, *15 Mat, 24 February, 1941 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, w. Grace Moore (Fiora), Charles Kullman (Avito), Ezio Pinza (Archibaldo), Alessio De Paolis (Flaminio), Maxine Stellman (Young Woman), Anna Kaskas (Old Woman), Lucielle Browning (Maid), Nicholas Massue (Youth); c. Montemezzi

CD: EKR CD9

21 February, 1941 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Norina Greco, Giovanni Martinelli, Frank Valentino, Alessio De Paolis; cond. Ferruccio Calusio

15 March, 1941 - ditto exc John Dudley for De Paolis

MET/HARTFORD
11 March, 1941 Carmen as Escamillo, with Bruna Castagna, Giovanni Martinelli, Licia Albanese, Norman Cordon; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/BOSTON
3 April, 1941 L’Amore dei Tre Re as Manfredo, with Grace Moore, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza; cond. Italo Montemezzi

MET/CLEVELAND
18 April, 1941 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Hilda Burke, Giovanni Martinelli, Frank Valentino, Alessio De Paolis; cond. Gennaro Papi

19 April, 1941 MAT Faust as Valentin with Helen Jepson, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/NEW ORLEANS
21 April, 1941 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Licia Albanese, Charles Kullman, Irra Petina; c. Ettore Panizza

MET/DALLAS
24 April, 1941 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Stella Roman, Bruna Castagna, Arthur Carron (or Charles Kullman), Norman Cordon; cond. Ettore Panizza

MET/ATLANTA
29 April, 1941 Faust as Valentin, with Helen Jepson, Charles Kullman, Ezio Pinza; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/RICHMOMD
1 May, 1941 La Bohème as Marcello, with Grace Moore, Annamary Dickey, Charles Kullman, Norman Cordon; cond. Gennaro Papi 

MET/ROCHESTER
5 May, 1941 Carmen as Escamillo, with Gladys Swarthout, Giovanni Martinelli, Licia Albanese, Louis D’Angelo; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/ALBANY
6 May, 1941 La Bohème as Marcello, with Jarmila Novotna, Annamary Dickey, Charles Kullman, Nicola Moscona; c. Papi

PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
Summer, 1941 filming of There’s Magic in Music, with Susanna Foster and Allan Jones

CHICAGO
10 November, 1941 Carmen as Escamillo, with Gladys Swarthout, Licia Albanese, Raoul Jobin, Roberto Silva; cond. Peroni

22 November, 1941 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Eva Turner, Giovanni Martinelli; cond. Angelo Canarutto

29 November, 1941 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Mobley Lushanya, Giovanni Martinelli, Coe Glade, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Leo Kopp

5 December, 1941 Faust as Valentin, with Charlotte Symons, Sydney Rayner, Roberto Silva, May Barron, Margery Mayer; cond. Emil Cooper

*8 December, 1941 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Antoine, Nino Martini, Vittorio Trevisan, Virgilio Lazzari, Ada Paggi; cond. Emil Cooper

10 December, 1941 Rigoletto as Rigoletto, with Lucille Meusel, Jan Kiepura, Virgilio Lazzari, Margery Mayer; cond. Jerzy Bojanowski

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
22 January, 1942 Aida as Amonasro with Elisabeth Rethberg, Frederick Jagel, Nicola Moscona, Karin Branzell, Lansing Hatfield, Thelma Votipka; cond. Paul Breisach

2 February, 1942 - ditto exc Norina Greco for Rethberg

30 January, 1942 Faust as Valentin, with Licia Albanese, Richard Crooks, Ezio Pinza, Lucielle Browning, Thelma Votipka, Arthur Kent; cond. Sir Thomas Beecham

7 February, 1942 - ditto exc Raoul Jobin for Crooks, Norman Cordon for Pinza

11 February, 1942 La Bohème as Marcello, with Licia Albanese, Nino Martini, Norman Cordon, Salvatore Baccaloni, Natalie Bodanya; cond. Paul Breisach

*28 February, 1942 Mat Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Stella Roman, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Josephine Antoine, Norman Cordon, Nicola Moscona; cond. Ettore Panizza

MET/BALTIMORE
18 March, 1942 La Traviata as Germont, with Bidú Sayão, Bruno Landi, Thelma Votipka, Alessio De Paolis; cond. Panizza

MET/BIRMINGHAM
20 April, 1942 La Traviata as Germont, with Helen Jepson, Jan Peerce, Thelma Votipka, Alessio De Paolis; c. Ettore Panizza

MET/ATLANTA
21 April, 1942 Carmen as Escamillo, with Lily Djanel, Licia Albanese, Charles Kullman; cond. Sir Thomas Beecham

SAN FRANCISCO OPERA
14 October, 1942 La Traviata as Germont, with Bidú Sayão, Jan Peerce, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Lorenzo Alvary, Douglas Beattie, Thelma Votipka; cond. Fausto Cleva

18 October, 1942 Mat Lucia as Enrico, with Lily Pons, Jan Peerce, Lorenzo Alvary, Alessio De Paolis, Thelma Votipka; cond. Pietro Cimara

28 October, 1942 Un Ballo in Maschera as Renato, with Stella Roman, Bruna Castagna, Frederick Jagel, Margit Bokor, Lorenzo Alvary, Douglas Beattie, George Cehanovsky; c. Cleva

CHICAGO OPERA
11 November, 1942 Lucia as Enrico, with Josephine Tuminia, James Melton, Virgilio Lazzari, Anna Kaskas; c Pietro Cimara

21 November, 1942 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Rose Bampton, Coe Glade, Giovanni Martinelli, Douglas Beattie; c. Bigalli

23 November, 1942 Faust as Valentin, with Grace Moore, Armand Tokatyan, Alexander Kipnis, Margery Mayer; c. Fausto Cleva

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
3 February, 1943 Carmen as Escamillo, with Raoul Jobin, Lily Djanel, Licia Albanese, Thelma Votipka, Helen Olheim, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Lorenzo Alvary, Wilfred Engelman; cond. Sir Thomas Beecham

3 March, 1943 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Stella Roman, Arthur Carron, Bruna Castagna, Nicola Moscona, Maxine Stellman, Lodovico Oliviero; cond. Cesare Sodero

*6 March, 1943 Mat Aida as Amonasro, with Zinka Milanov, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Norman Cordon, Lansing Hatfield, John Dudley; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

MET/CHICAGO
23 March, 1943 Faust as Valentin, with Eleanor Steber, Raoul Jobin, Norman Cordon, Lucielle Browning, Thelma Votipka, Wilfred Engelmann; cond. Sir Thomas Beecham

1 April, 1943 Aida as Amonasro, with Stella Roman, Bruna Castagna, Frederick Jagel, Nicola Moscona, Lorenzo Alvary, Lodovico Oliviero, Thelma Votipka; cond. Wilfred Pelletier

CINCINATTI “OPERA AT THE ZOO”
29 June, 1943 Faust as Valentin, with Marjorie Hess, Eugene Conley, Nicola Moscona, Winifred Heidt, Mildred Ippolito; cond. Fausto Cleva

24, 29 July & 7 August, 1943 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Kerstin Thorborg, Virgilio Lazzari, Giuseppe Cavadore; cond. Fausto Cleva

27 July & 1 August, 1943 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Josephine Tuminia, Franco Perulli, Salvatore Baccaloni; cond. Fausto Cleva

CHICAGO OPERA
20, 28 October, 1944 La Bohème as Marcello, with Marjorie Hess, Christina Carroll, Nino Martini; cond. Fausto Cleva

27 October, 4 November, 1944 Il Trovatore as Di Luna, with Zinka Milanov, Kerstin Thorborg, Kurt Baum, Virgilio Lazzari; cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek

METROPOLITAN OPERA/NY
28 December, 1944 Il Barbiere di Siviglia as Figaro, with Patrice Munsel (Rosina), Bruno Landi Almaviva), Salvatore Baccaloni (Dr. Bartolo), Nicola Moscona (Don Basilio), Mack Harrell (Fiorello), Doris Doe (Berta), Richard Manning (Official); cond. Wilfred Pelletier

13 January, 1945 - ditto exc Ezio Pinza for Moscona, John Baker for Harrell

14 March, 1945 - ditto exc Jennie Tourel for Munsel, Virgilio Lazzari for Moscona, John Baker for Harrell.

(RB’s last performance on Metropolitan Opera stage.)

1 January, 1945 Aida as Amonasro, with Zinka Milanov, Kurt Baum, Bruna Castagna, Ezio Pinza, Osie Hawkins; cond. Emil Cooper

31 January, 1945 - ditto exc Nicola Moscona for Pinza

25 January, 5, 21 February, 1945 La Gioconda as Barnaba, with Stella Roman, Richard Tucker, Nicola Moscona, Margaret Harshaw, Bruna Castagna (Laura); cond. Emil Cooper

10 February, 1945 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Licia Albanese, Frederick Jagel, Frank Valentino; c. Cesare Sodero

9 March, 1945 La Traviata as Germont, with Eleanor Steber, Charles Kullman, Thelma Votipka, Mona Paulee, Alessio De Paolis, George Cehanovsky, Louis D’Angelo, Lorenzo Alvary; cond. Cesare Sodero

HARTFORD OPERA
11 April, 1945 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Jarmila Novotna, Nino Martini

LOS ANGELES Philharmonic
September, 1945 The Waltz King, with Irra Petina

KANSAS CITY
5, 6, 7 October 1945 The Waltz King, with Margit Bokor, Anthony Marlowe, Jack Gardner

CHICAGO OPERA
8 October, 1945 Manon (Season Opening) as Lescaut, with Bidù Sayão, Armand Tokatyan, Nicola Moscona, Lodovico Oliviero, Kozakevich; cond. Fausto Cleva

13, 24 October, 1945 Carmen as Escamillo, with Gladys Swarthout, Helal, Giovanni Martinelli; cond. Fausto Cleva

3 November, 1945 - ditto exc Lily Djanel for Swarthout

27 October, 1945 Mat Faust as Valentin, with Jeannette MacDonald, Nino Martini, Nicola Moscona, Nadell; cond. Fausto Cleva

3, 9 November, 1945 La Traviata as Germont, with Bidù Sayão, Mario Berini; cond. Fausto Cleva

14 November, 1945 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Stafford, Giovanni Martinelli; cond. Fausto Cleva

CHICAGO
November, 1945 The Waltz King RB (?) with Irra Petina

PHILADELPHIA LA SCALA OPERA COMPANY/BUFFALO NY
23 September, 1946 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Dorothy Kirsten, Nino Martini

PHILADELPHIA LA SCALA OPERA COMPANY/DETROIT

4 October, 1946 Madama Butterfly, as Sharpless with Dorothy Kirsten, Nino Martini, Lillian Marchetto; c. Bamboschek

CHICAGO OPERA
9, 25 October, 1946 Lucia as Enrico, with Patrice Munsel, Richard Tucker, Virgilio Lazzari, Stafford, Wolski; cond. Nicolo Rescigno

12, 21 October, 2 November 1946 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Dorothy Kirsten, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Sachs; cond. Fausto Cleva

19 October, 1946 Mat La Bohème as Marcello, with Dorothy Kirsten, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Virgilio Lazzari, Wilfred Engelman, Frances Greer; cond. Fausto Cleva

TOWN HALL, NEW YORK
Recital 5 February, 1947 with Ernst Victor Wolff, piano: German lieder and songs

PHILADELPHIA LA SCALA OPERA COMPANY/TORONTO,
Massey Hall 6 October, 1947 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Violetta de Freitas, Eugene Conley, Lillian Marchetto, John Lawler, Francesco Curci; cond. Giuseppe Bamboschek

PHILADELPHIA LA SCALA OPERA COMPANY/PHILADELPHIA
7 January, 1948 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Violetta de Freitas, Nino Martini, Lillian Marchetto; c. Bamboschek

HOLLYWOOD BOWL
3 September, 1948 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Eleanor Steber (Cio-Cio-San), Jan Peerce (Pinkerton), Suzanne Carr‚(Suzuki), Osie Hawkins (The Bonze), Clifford Harvuot (Prince Yamadori), Martha Larrimore (Kate Pinkerton); cond. Eugene Ormandy

CD: VAIA 1220-2

NEW YORK CITY OPERA
17 October, 1948 La Traviata as Germont (Début), with Ann Ayars, Rudolf Petrak; cond. Jean Morel

18 November, 1948 Carmen as Escamillo, with Winifred Heidt, Irwin Dillon, Dorothy MacNeil; cond. Joseph Rosenstock

PHILADELPHIA LA SCALA OPERA COMPANY/MILWAUKEE
3 December, 1948 La Bohème as Marcello, with De Torro, Carron, Nino Martini

NEW YORK CITY OPERA
4 November, 1949, La Traviata as Germont, with Eva Likova, Rudolf Petrak; cond. Lee Shaynen

6 November, 1949 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Basil Landia, Giulio Gari, Frank Gamboni (Silvio); cond. Joseph Rosenstock

13 November, 1949 Tosca as Scarpia, with Suzy Morris, Rudolf Petrak, James Pease; cond. Jean Morel

19 November, 1949 La Traviata as Germont, with Ann Ayars, Rudolf Petrak; cond. Lee Shaynen

16 March, 1951 La Traviata as Germont, with Ann Ayars, David Poleri (début); cond. Lee Shaynen

1 April, 1951 Mat Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Camilla Williams, Giulio Gari, Mary Kreste; cond. Thomas B. Martin

29 September, 1951 Mat Madama Butterfly, with Camilla Williams, Giulio Gari, Margery Mayer, cond. Laszlo Halasz

30 September, 1951 La Bohème as MarcelloM with Ann Ayars, David Poleri, Eva Likova, Raffaele Arié; cond. Halasz

7 October, 1951 Mat La Traviata as Germont, with Lucia Evangelista, David Poleri; cond. Lee Shaynen 

11 October, 1951 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Camilla Williams, Rudolf Petrak, Frances Bible; cond. Laszlo Halasz

27 October, 1951 Faust as Valentin, with Frances Yeend, Rudolf Petrak, Raffaele Ari‚, Eunice Alberts, Frances Bible; cond. Jean Morel

28 October, 1951 Mat Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Camilla Williams, Wesley Dalton (début), Mary Kreste; cond. Lee Shaynen

10 November, 1951 Madama Butterfly as Sharpless, with Ellen Faull, David Poleri, Eunice Alberts; cond. Lee Shaynen

22 March, 1952 La Traviata as Germont, with Eva Likova, Rudolf Petrak; cond. Thomas B. Martin

6 April, 1952 Mat La Traviata as Germont, with Ann Ayars, David Poleri; cond. Thomas P. Martin

5 October, 1952 Mat La Traviata as Germont, with Ann Ayars, Jon Crain (début); cond. Jean Morel

12 October, 1952 (Cavalleria Rusticana)/Pagliacci as Tonio, with Gail Manners, Giulio Gari, Richard Torigi (Silvio); cond. J Rudel