Auction 94 AUCTION 94 - FAMOUS OPERA SINGERS: THE LA GUARDIA COLLECTION OF SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS (1890 - ‘2000)
Jul 12, 2021
Piazza Lovatelli, 1, 00186 Roma RM, Italy

12 luglio 2021 ore 15:00 
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LOT 116:

Bernardo De Muro (Tempio Pausania 1881 - Roma 1955)

In his hometown he took classes from flute and ...

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Bernardo De Muro (Tempio Pausania 1881 - Roma 1955)

In his hometown he took classes from flute and Joseph Rachel band director. Later, he moved to Rome at the age of twenty he began studying at the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia as a baritone. He passed after the tenor under the guidance of John Sbriscia and appearing since 1905 under the guidance of A. Martino, and debuted in 1910 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome (now the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma) in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana. He arrived at La Scala since the 1911-12 season and debuted January 20, 1912 as the lead in the first Italian Isabeau by Mascagni, under the direction of Tullio Serafin. He later stated in major Italian and foreign theaters, especially Spanish and South American. On November 2, 1927 in Cristobal (Panama), he married the singer Elena Wait Graham, who gave him his daughter Joanna Elena. The voice led him to wear an early retirement from the Italian scene in 1938, when he gave the farewell singing again Isabeau at the Baths of Caracalla under the direction of Mascagni. In 1944 he settled in the United States, where he had settled. His name was linked mainly to the verismo repertoire distinguished himself in works such as La Fanciulla del West by Puccini, Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo, Andrea Chénier by Umberto Giordano, Little Marat and the aforementioned Isabeau by Mascagni, whose role Folco is It has long been identified with his name. Portrait of content in the guise of Don Carlos autographed her friend Tina Poli Randaccio, Milano dated February 21, 1913.Excellent condition

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