Emilio de Marchi
Emilio De Marchi (
January 6 ,1861 ,Voghera –March 20 ,1917 ,Milan ) was a prominent Italian operatictenor during the late 19th century and early 20th century. In 1900, he entered musical history as the creator of the role of Cavaradossi inGiacomo Puccini 's "Tosca ".De Marchi's voice was discovered during military service. In 1886, He made his operatic debut in Milan, at the
Teatro Dal Verme , as Alfredo inVerdi 's "La traviata ". Over the next few years he appeared at leading houses throughout Italy and Spain and was the member of a distinguished Italian operatic company which visitedBuenos Aires in 1890.De Marchi made his debut at
La Scala , Milan, in 1898 as Stolzing. He was then chosen by Puccini to sing the coveted role of Cavaradossi in the first performance of "Tosca", which occurred at Rome'sTeatro Costanzi on January 14, 1900. (A rising young tenor star namedEnrico Caruso had hoped to create Cavaradossi; but in the end, Puccini, although greatly impressed by Caruso's voice, decided to award the part to the more established singer.) De Marchi sang Cavaradossi again at London'sRoyal Opera House ,Covent Garden , in 1901. Cavaradossi was also his debut role at theMetropolitan Opera in New York City the following year. While at the Met, he sang in the premiere performance there ofVerdi 's "Ernani " in 1903. His other Met roles included: Radames, Alfredo, Rodolfo, Riccardo, Turiddu, Canio and Don Jose.He returned to Italy and, among other roles, sang Max in "
Der Freischütz " and Licinius in "La Vestale " during his last seasons at La Scala. Milan was the scene of his death at the age of 56.De Marchi made no commercial recordings but he can be heard in a few fragments from "Tosca" that were recorded during a live performance at the Met in January 1903 with
Emma Eames andAntonio Scotti as Tosca and Scarpia respectively. Despite the primitive quality of theseMapleson Cylinders , De Marchi's voice sounds strong and attractive, and it rings out impressively in the opera's Torture Scene.The "Tosca" fragments have been re-issued on CD by Symposium Records (catalogue number 1284).
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* "Grove Music Online", J.B. Steane (June 2008}
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