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Luigi Marini (1885–1942) was an Italian
Luigi Marini (1885–1942) was an Italian lyric tenor
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.
Marini was born in Ascoli Piceno
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, Italy, in 1885. He made his opera
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tic debut in Ravenna
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as Alfredo in Verdi's '' La traviata''. After his great success, he appeared at Teatro Donizetti
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in Bergamo
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as Enzo Grimaldo in Ponchielli's ''La Gioconda La Gioconda ( , ; "the joyful one" feminine_gender.html" ;"title="'feminine gender">f.'' may refer to:
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''. In 1910 he made his appearance in Bucharest
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(Ernesto in ''Don Pasquale
''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...
'', Rodolfo in ''La bohème
''La bohème'' ( , ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '':wikt:quadro, quadri'', ''wikt:tableau, tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto b ...
''). Then, in 1912, he appeared at the Municipal Teatro of Rio de Janeiro, where he sang the roles of B. F. Pinkerton in Puccini's ''Madama Butterfly
''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story " Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Lu ...
'', Hagenbach in Catalani's ''La Wally
''La Wally'' is an opera in four acts by composer Alfredo Catalani, to a libretto by Luigi Illica, first performed at La Scala, Milan, on 20 January 1892. It was Catalani's last opera.
The libretto is based on a hugely successful ' by Wilhelmin ...
'' and Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's ''Tosca
''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1 ...
''. In the same year he visited Teatro dell'Opera di Roma
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, where he had enormous successes in the roles of Hagenbach and Rodolfo.
In 1915 he debuted at the Teatro alla Scala di Milano, in the role of Enzo Grimaldo, where he had a great success. In 1921 he returned to La Scala and sang the title roles in Puccini's ''Il tabarro
''Il tabarro'' (''The Cloak'') is an opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giuseppe Adami, based on 's play ''La houppelande''. It is the first of the trio of operas known as ''Il trittico''. The first performance was given ...
'' and ''Gianni Schicchi
() is a comic opera in one act by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano, composed in 1917–18. The libretto is based on an incident mentioned in Dante's ''Divine Comedy''. The work is the third and final part of Puccin ...
'', and Catalani's La Wally. In 1924 he was invited to Covent Garden
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in London, where he first sang the role of Andrea Chénier
''Andrea Chénier'' () is a verismo opera in four acts by Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica, and first performed on 28 March 1896 at La Scala, Milan. The story is based loosely on the life of the French poet An ...
of the opera of the same name by Umberto Giordano. After that Andrea Chénier became Marini's signature role. In 1929 he sang this role in the first complete recording of ''Andrea Chénier'' made together with Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala di Milano under the baton of maestro Lorenzo Molajoli
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The facts surrounding Molajoli's career are obscure. He was born in Rome ...
(Naxos Historical 8.110066-67).
Marini was also successful in Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Teatro Regio di Torino
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Several b ...
, Teatro San Carlo di Napoli and Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, where he sang the roles of Luigi (Puccini's ''Il tabarro''), Rinuccio (Puccini's ''Gianni Schicchi''), Rodolfo (''La bohème''), Faust (Boito's ''Mefistofele
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''), Enzo Grimaldo (Ponchielli's ''La Gioconda'') and Walter (Catalani's ''Loreley
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'').
Marini also made his appearances outside Italy: he sang at Oper Zürich
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The first performance at the current theatre occurred on 30 September 1891, with a production of Wagner's ...
, Gran Teatre del Liceu
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in Barcelona and Teatro Sao Carlos in Lisbon, where he debuted in the roles of Edgardo in Donizetti's ''Lucia di Lammermoor
''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoor''. ...
'', Rodolfo in Puccini's La bohème and Turiddu in Mascagni's ''Cavalleria rusticana
''Cavalleria rusticana'' (; ) is an opera in one act by Pietro Mascagni to an Italian libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti and Guido Menasci, adapted from an 1880 Cavalleria rusticana (short story), short story of the same name and subsequent ...
''. Marini ended his operatic career in 1931 after he had sung the role of Andrea Chénier. He died in Ascoli Piceno in 1942.
Discography
*1928 - ''La bohème'' (Puccini) - Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan; Lorenzo Molajoli: Luigi Marini (Rodolfo), Rosetta Pampanini (Mimì) *1931 - ''Andrea Chénier'' (Giordano) - Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala, Milan; Lorenzo Molajoli: Luigi Marini (Andrea Chénier),Lina Bruna Rasa
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(Maddalena)
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