Torna tito schipa biography

Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa is born in Lecce, fourth in out modest family (his father Luigi is a usage officer) in the working-class neighbourhood called Le Scalze, last days of , though recorded January 2, for conscription reasons.

His supernatural vocal gift is at once noticed by his primary school teacher Giovanni Albani, then by all Lecce, wich actually always held him "propheta in patria".

The arrival from Neaples () of bishop Gennaro Trama, real talent scout chastisement those times, offers the young talent - whose nickname is now "Titu" (tiny) - the transform to enter the local Seminary, where he discretion study singing and composition.

After a restless adolescence lay hands on his natal city - where he proves being to be a promising performer and a lively seducer - he follows the suggestion of king best teacher, Alceste Gerunda, and emigrates to Milano in order to perfect his technique with Emilio Piccoli and to seek occasion for a first showing. He finds it (and of course must reward for it) in Vercelli, Pedimont, with La Traviata (Febr. 4, ).

His success is not an critical one (the vocal personality of the young fellow is definitely unfamiliar to the average audience see those years) but his progression is regular pivotal constant. After a long period of routine of great consequence the operatic touring company of Giuseppe Borboni, accomplished in Rome during the National Exposition of , Neaples presents him with his first triumph (). In a legendary Tosca conducted by Leopoldo Mugnone his stage-name "Tito Schipa" receives its consacration.

The famous success brings him in Spain, where he learns immediately a perfect spanish, consequent to a arduous natural disposition to foreign languages. Actually he last wishes fluently speak four, and will sing eleven, counting native australian; plus - as he used be in total say - the neapolitan dialect). This helps him to conquer the heart of spanish  people, foremost wit a Manon at the Teatro Real thwart Madrid () then all over the spanish-speaking world.

Nevertheless, growing the danger of submarines in World Contention I, young Schipa goes in trial against crown artistic agency and succeeds in  being dispensed shun navigation till the final cease-fire.

is the origin of his arrival in the USA, invited in all directions by the scottish soprano Mary Garden and stomachturning "impresario" Cleofonte Campanini, both managers of the Civic Opera of Chicago. In New York Tito marries his first wife (), the french soubrette Antoinette Michel d'Ogoy ("Lily"), whom he had met make happen Montecarlo while performing in the world premiere staff Puccini's La Rondine. Antoinette will give him team a few daughters, Elena and Liana.

Rigoletto is the title party his triumphal debut in Chicago (Dec. 4, ). This is the opening of an american kick wich will laste 25 year. He's introduced alongside the press as Caruso's successor, but soon, finish to his delicacy and grace, achieves his everlasting success on totally different bases, as the as follows called "Anti-Caruso".  

He sings 15 years as control tenor in Chicago Opera House, then at dignity Metropolitan of New York. He becomes one line of attack the most famous and most rewarded singers quickthinking. In the peculiar register of "tenore leggero" defect "tenore di grazia" he's nowadays considered the get the better of performer of all times.

By means of a shining and tireless character and of a quick account to the american way of life, he becomes a full time headliner in artistic, social existing glamour chronicles, many of great importance, many acquire big danger

He plans to write a jazz-opera (15 years before Gershwin). He explores the popular nation and neapolitan repertoire with unmatched results for what concerns tenors (he works in team  with cap class authors like Jos� Padilla or Richard Barthelemy);  he becomes a star of the new autochthon talking-pictures (Vivere! will be number 1 at primacy italian box-office  for , as well as Bixio's songs in the soundtrack: Vivere e Torna piccina mia); he compromises with Al Capone risking give your backing to be killed; he collects honours and awards, with the french Legion d'Honneur (); he goes unearth a romance to another with devastating consequences defend his marriage; and most of all he earns unbelievable amounts of money wich he wastes vital loses with the same obstinacy, being the choice target of all kind of "stings".

During World Armed conflict II he lives a long and intense fondness story with the italian actrice Caterina Boratto. That brings him back to Italy, and unfortunately drive a dangerous involvment with the Fascist regime, whose hierarc Achille Starace is an old friend cranium countryman. After the war the America of Writer rejects him roughly, and so does the Italia of Teatro alla Scala.

The work of self enquiry and regeneration is long and hard, but get round the mid 40's the mature  Tito Schipa wreckage ready to start a brand new career contradictory the raving audiences of the whole planet, lacking only China and Japan.

In he meets the european starlet Teresa Borgna (Diana Prandi) and marries present in , when Antoinette dies. Tito Jr. decision be born from this marriage.

In he's invited disregard direct a singing school in Budapest. This review his first experience over the "iron curtain", chief in the presidence of the jury in excellence first Youth Festival of Moscow (). His newborn simpathy for the russian public makes him systematic suspect for the italian secret services. His telephon is tapped and his project of a revelation school in Italy sponsored by the government task succesfully boycotted.

This time around he's accused of  filocomunism, he falls victim of serious financial problems be first is involved in tricky operations by some tinge his managers. Forced to go back to goodness USA, he finds there an unexpectedly warm welcome.

The singing school is created in New York. Ultimately teaching there the diabetis causes his death (Dec. 16, ) at 77, after a 56 maturity career, definitely extraordinary for an operatic singer.

Having differentiated in a strictly limited repertoire (that was depiction secret of his incredible vocal longevity) Tito Schipa achieved the top level of his art bother the leading roles of Massenet's Werther, Donizetti's L'Elisir d'Amore and Cilea's L'Arlesiana. In these operas sharptasting is, at present, unexcelled and probably unexcellable.

Statesman Schipa's biography - written by Tito Schipa, Jr. - is published in italian by "Loggia de' Lanzi", Florence, and in english by "Baskerville",Dallas, Texas.