1911 MATTIA BATTISTINI MIlan I PAGLICCI - PROLOGO Part 2 UN NIDO MONARCH RECORD

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The greatest of all baritones: Mattia Battistini,

in MILAN recording: I PAGLICCI - PROLOGO PART 2

Gramophone, Milano 1911-06-02
28. 261ai Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Un nido di memorie 052306,

Orig Issue Russian Gramophone Monarch Record Orange Celebrity Label 12"  78 rpm record

Condition:

VERY GOOD PLUS PLUS, uwnorn but light rubs, plays E- very quiet lightest hiss rare hint of fuzziness

Italian baritone, 1856 - 1928

“La Gloria d’Italia - Il Re dei Baritoni”

Biographical notes:

He was born in Rome and brought up in Contigliano, a village near Rome. His father, a professor of anatomy at Rome University, would have preferred his son to take up a career in medicine or law, but from the beginning Mattia showed a prodigous musical talent. He studied with Venceslao Persichini (who also taught Francesco Marconi, Titta Ruffo and Giuseppe de Luca). While still a student he sang in public. His debut was in Donizetti’s La Favorita in 1878 which was an immediate success. In the first three years he toured Italy and appeared in roles of La Forza del Destino, Il Trovatore, Rigoletto, Il Guarany, Gli Ugenotti, Dinorah, L’Africaine, I Puritani, Lucia di Lammermoor, Aida, Ernani, as well as taking part in the world premieres of several “new” operas. What a repertory for a young singer! He went to South America in 1881 for the first time, where he travelled for more than one year. By his returning, he appeared in Barcelona and Madrid where he sang in Rossini’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia. His success in this role was enormous. In 1883 he came to Covent Garden where he appeared opposite Marcella Sembrich, Francesco Marconi, Edouard de Reszke and Adelina Patti. In 1888 he travelled to South America again. It proved to be his last trans-Atlantic trip. He never appeared at the Met or any other American opera house. He was said to develop a horror of the Atlantic-crossing. He more and more orientated his career to Imperial Russia. He used to travel to Warszaw, St. Petersburg and Moscow like a prince, with 30 trunks, each one embossed with the initials, ‘M.B.’, and each one containing a wardrobe of different stage costumes! Warszaw (then in Imperial Russia) was the place where the famous Italian vocalists gathered at the turn of the century. Battistini’s first recordings (1902) were made there. Battistini was a close friend to the Tsar’s family. He was the most acclaimed singer of his time by the Russian aristocracy. He returned to Russia regularly for 23 seasons! Other cities he appeared in were Paris, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, Milano,  Berlin, Vienna, Prague and Budapest. After Worldwar I he toured with his own company. His career lasted almost 50 years! He gave his last concert performance one year before his death, his voice was still in  very fine condition.

 
Comment:

Mattia Battistini is generally considered to be one of the great figures in 20th century vocal history. His recordings are unique examples of a vanished vocal culture. He marks the end of a vocal epoch that reaches far back into the 19th century. None of the singers to follow had this kind of elegance and finish of style.

It may come as a surprise to hear a voice that seems far more comfortable in the tenor than in the baritone range. His upper middle register was of extraordinary beauty, the low register astonishingly weak. In the tradition of the 19th century there existed the vocal category of a “Baritenore.” Some roles (e.g. Rossini’s Otello) were especially written for this type of voice. If one listens to Battistini’s recordings from the point of view of historical development, one will immediately acknowledge his singularity. He is a true singer’s singer.

 “The pure, silk quality of his tone in a delicate cantilena was a joy, yet he lacked neither vigorous energy nor the vibrant power and depth of expression color that go to the make-up of a convincing dramatic singer. The flexibility of his organ and his rare vocal agility made him a complete master of the Rossinian roulades and fiorituri. He was more than a most excellent actor...”

The renowned music critic Herman Klein on Battistini’s Figaro

 “My school is in my records.”

...Elegance and finish of style, coupled with a consummate mastery of phrasing and expression. That is Battistini...

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