Attilio Salvaneschi was an Italian opera

Opera

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tic tenor

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. He had an active international singing career from the late 1890s until his retirement in 1924. He then embarked on a second career as a voice teacher

Voice teacher

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, first in Italy and later in Holland. Possessing a voice of remarkable beauty, he made recordings for Blue Amberol Records

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, His Master's Voice, and Odeon Records

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.

Career

After singing with mostly minor Italian opera house

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s for some years, Salvaneschi toured North America in performances with Mario Lombardi's opera troupe in 1907. He was also heard that year in operas in Havana. He made appearances at the New German Theatre in Prague in 1908, 1910 and 1914. Also in 1914, he performed as a guest artist at the Odessa Opera, the Royal Swedish Opera

Royal Swedish Opera

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, and the Teatro Corso in Bologna.

For the 1914-1915 season, Salvaneschi was engaged at the Italian Opera in Holland. He returned briefly to Italy in early 1915 to portray the Duke of Mantua in Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

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's Rigoletto

Rigoletto

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at La Fenice

La Fenice

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 with Mario Sammarco

Mario Sammarco

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 in the title role. Due to the difficulties in Italy during World War I

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, he decided to return to Holland; working as a member of the Theatre Royal in The Hague from 1915-1919. He returned to Italy in 1919, and arrived at La Scala

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 the following year. With the La Scala orchestra and chorus he notably recorded the role of Cavardossi in Giacomo Puccini

Giacomo Puccini

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's Tosca

Tosca

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in 1920 with Carlo Sabajno

Carlo Sabajno

Carlo Sabajno was an Italian conductor. From 1904 to 1932 he was the Gramophone Company's chief conductor and artistic director in Italy...

 conducting and Valentina Bartolomasi

Valentina Bartolomasi

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 as the title heroine.

In 1921 Salvaneschi found great success in a series of performances of the Duke of Mantua at a variety of theatres, including the Teatro Adriano in Rome and the rebuilt Teatro Verdi di Padova (with Toti dal Monte

Toti Dal Monte

Antonietta Meneghel , better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic soprano with a sweet and limpid lyric voice. She was a favourite artist of the celebrated conductor Arturo Toscanini...

 and Mattia Battistini

Mattia Battistini

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). In 1924 he retired from the stage after an unsuccessful throat operation. He spent the next four years teaching singing

Singing

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in Italy, and then moved in 1928 he to The Hague where he continued to teach voice.