Hipolito Lazaro La Fanciulla del West Chella mi creda Columbia 7160 M

Hipolito Lazaro - La Fanciulla del West - Chella mi creda - Columbia 7160-M enregistré en septembre 1926 Hipolito Lazaro September 13 1887 May 14 1974 was a Catalan-Spanish opera singer. He was active as an operatic tenor for four decades from 1910 through 1950. He was born in Barcelona Spain on September 13 1887. Lázaro made his professional debut in 1910 at Teatre Novedades in Barcelona in La favorite. His Italian debut occurred in late 1910 in Rigoletto at the Teatro Tosi-Borghi in Ferrara. During the summer of 1911 he appeared under the pseudonym Antonio Manuele in a series of concerts held in England. Lázaro built his career primarily on verismo roles Verdi operas especially Rigoletto Aida and Il trovatore Bizets Carmen some bel canto roles La favorite I puritani and Les Huguenots and Spanish zarzuela Arrietas Marina in particular. He created the tenor roles in Mascagnis Parisina 1913 La Scala and Il piccolo Marat 1921 Costanzi and Romanis Fedra 1915 Costanzi. While in Philadelphia in 1924 he received a letter from Umberto Giordano asking him to create the tenor role in his next opera La cena delle beffe. The operas premiere was held in December 1924 at La Scala under the baton of Toscanini. The second part of Lázaros career stretching from the mid-1920s to his final appearances in 1950 consisted of concerts and performances in Spain Paris and Italy. He also made various trips to South America where he was very popular especially in Cuba. His repertoire became narrower and narrower from the 1930s onwards and his voice showed clear signs of decline. Nonetheless he conserved some of his glory and acclaim through his zarzuela performances. During the 1930s he starred in the zarzuelas Curro Vargas Doña Francisquita La Tempestad and the Spanish operas Bretóns La Dolores 1895 Vives Euda dUriach 1934 and Gaigs El estudiante de Salamanca 1935. He officially retired from the stage in 1940 but continued to give occasional performances thereafter. Lázaros career ended in Havana Cuba in 1950 with the performances of Marina Aida and Rigoletto. After his retirement he wrote two books: his autobiography El libro de mi vida 1968 The book of my life and Mi método de canto 1947 My singing method a didactical work for student tenors. He died 24 years after his last performances on May 14 1974 in his native Barcelona. He was 87 Source : Wikipedia,

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