Armando Borgioli
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Armando Borgioli was an Italian operatic baritone. He made his début in 1923, and appeared at Teatro alla Scala from 1927. In four seasons from 1931 he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera
in New York. Borgioli made studio recordings of Aida in 1928, where he sings Amonasro, together with Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
and in 1938 as Scarpia in Tosca
with Maria Caniglia
and Beniamino Gigli
.
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
in New York. Borgioli made studio recordings of Aida in 1928, where he sings Amonasro, together with Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi
Giannina Arangi-Lombardi was a prominent spinto soprano, particularly associated with the Italian operatic repertory....
and in 1938 as Scarpia in Tosca
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 Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900...
with Maria Caniglia
Maria Caniglia
Maria Caniglia was one of the leading Italian dramatic sopranos of the 1930s and 1940s.- Life and career :...
and Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli
Beniamino Gigli was an Italian opera singer. The most famous tenor of his generation, he was renowned internationally for the great beauty of his voice and the soundness of his vocal technique. Music critics sometimes took him to task, however, for what was perceived to be the over-emotionalism...
.
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- Metropolitan OperaMetropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
, http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/scripts/cgiip.exe/WService=BibSpeed/gisrch2k.r?Term=Borgioli,%20Armando%20%5BBaritone%5D&limit=5000&vsrchtype=no&xBranch=ALL&xmtype=&Start=&End=&theterm=Bo%72gioli,%20A%72mando%20%5BBa%72i%74on%65%5D&srt=&x=0&xHome=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/bibpro.htm&xHomePath=http://archives.metoperafamily.org/archives/Performance record: Borgioli, Armando (Baritone)] on the MetOpera Database - Rosenthal, H. and Warrack, J. "Borgioli, Armando", The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Opera, 2nd Edition, Oxford University Press, 1979, p. 57