Antonio Scotti

Antonio Scotti (January 25, 1866-February 26, 1936) was an Italian baritone. He was principal baritone of the Metropolitan Opera for 25 years. January 25 is the 25th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1866 (MDCCCLXVI) is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sherrill Milnes as Toscas Baron Scarpia Baritone (French: baryton; German: Bariton; Italian: baritono) is most commonly the type of male voice that lies between bass and tenor. ... The Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, seen from Lincoln Center Plaza A full house at the old Metropolitan Opera House, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House for a concert by pianist Józef Hofmann, November 28, 1937. ...

Life

Scotti was born in Naples, and received his early training from a Mme. Trifari-Payanini and Vincenzo Lombardi. He made his debut in Malta in 1889, singing Amonasro in Giuseppe Verdi's Aida. Performances throughout eastern Europe and South America followed, as did engagements in Italy and Spain. In 1898 he bowed at La Scala as Hans Sachs. Scotti's American debut came in the fall of 1899, when he sang in Chicago; on December 27 of the same year he made his first appearance at the Metropolitan Opera, singing the title role in Don Giovanni. Scotti remained with the company for 35 years, becoming noted for his performances in verismo roles; he was the first baritone to sing Scarpia in the United States, and appeared in the American premieres of Francesco Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari's Le donne curiose, Umberto Giordano's Fedora, Franco Leoni's L'Oracolo, and Isidore de Lara's Messaline. He also performed roles as diverse as Rigoletto, Malatesta, Sharpless, Falstaff, and Marcello at the Metropolitan, and appeared in many company premieres; he performed when Enrico Caruso made his company debut in Rigoletto, and sang Scarpia to fifteen different Toscas over the course of his career at the house. Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Nàpule, from Greek Νέα Πόλις - Néa Pólis - meaning New City; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of Campania Region and the Province of Naples. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome). ... // Introduction This article is about the marketing term, AIDA. For other uses of the term, see Aida (disambiguation). ... The definition of continental subregions in use by the United Nations. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... La Scala by night This article is about the opera house. ... Hans Sachs (September 5, 1494 - January 19, 1576) was a German meistersinger (mastersinger), poet, playwright and shoemaker. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Don Giovanni is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. ... Verismo was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895. ... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ... Adriana Lecouvreur is an opera by Francesco Cilea. ... Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari (January 12, 1876 - January 21, 1948) was an Italian composer. ... Le donne curiose is an opera by Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari. ... Umberto Giordano (August 28, 1867 - November 12, 1948) was a composer, mainly of opera. ... Fedora is an opera in two acts by Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Arturo Colautti, based on the play [[Fédora by Sardou. ... Franco Leoni (24 October 1864 – 8 February 1949*) was an Italian opera composer. ... Isidore de Lara, born Isidore Cohen (August 9, 1858 - August 2, 1935), was a composer of art songs and operas. ... Enrico Caruso Enrico Caruso (February 25, 1873–August 2, 1921) was one of the most famous tenors in the history of opera. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ...

Scotti as Chim-Fen in Leoni's L'Oracolo, one of his most popular roles

Scotti formed his own opera company sometime after World War I; calling it the Scotti Opera Company, he managed it for four seasons while touring the United States. He celebrated his 25th anniversary with the Met on January 1, 1924 in a gala performance of Tosca. His final appearance with the company came on January 20, 1933, when he sang Chim-Fen in L'Oracolo; he had created the role in 1905. Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire French Empire Italy Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nikolay II Nikolay Yudenich Radomir Putnik Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar... Original poster Tosca is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Victorien Sardous drama, La Tosca. ...

Scotti died in Naples in 1936.

Notable roles

• Baron Scarpia, Tosca
• Chim-Fen, L'Oracolo
• Rigoletto, Rigoletto
• Don Giovanni, Don Giovanni
• Amonasro, Aida
• Dr. Malatesta, Don Pasquale
• Falstaff, Falstaff
• Marcello, La Boheme
• Sharpless, Madama Butterfly
• Hans Sachs, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

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Media

Scotti singing "Eri tu" from Un Ballo in Maschera

References

David Ewen, Encyclopedia of the Opera.