Vittorio Arimondi (Bass) on 12-inch c. 1909 Manhattan Grand Opera Series 30099

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Vittorio Arimondi (Bass) on 12-inch c. 1909 Manhattan Grand Opera Series 30099 Faust: Mephistopheles' Serenade (Gounod) Manhattan Grand Opera Series 30099, 12-inch, 1-sided, 78 RPM Record is in V+ condition, plays quite nicely over light surface noise. Label is good, tear at left edge. Vittorio Arimondi (Bass) performing Faust: Mephistopheles' Serenade (Gounod). c. 1909 issue; recorded in 1907. Originally issued in November, 1907 by Columbia. Vittorio Arimondi (1861-1928) "He made his debut (1883) at Varese in Gomes's ‘’Il Guarany’’. He made his first La Scala appearance (1893) as Sparafucile in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In that same year he created the role of Pistol in the world premiere of Verdi's ‘’Falstaff’’. He then traveled to London to appear for three seasons at Covent Garden (1894-96). He sailed to New York and made his Metropolitan Opera debut (7 Dec 1896) as Ferrando in ‘’Il Trovatore’’. He spent several seasons at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera where he was Arkel in the American premiere of ‘’Pelléas et Mélisande’’. He spent the last twenty years of his life in the United States but during that time he made appearances in Poland and in Russia." - Ashot Arakelyan in Forgotten Opera Singers blog.A respected bass over a long career, he is possibly best remembered as Mephistopheles in Charles Gounod's "Faust" and as the first Pistol read more

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