Giuseppe Lugo (Sona 1899 - Milano 1980)

He made his debut after winning a singing contest, the Opéra-Comique in Paris on the evening of October 6, 1931 in the role of Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca, signing a three-year contract with the theater where in 1932 Nadir's Les pêcheurs de perles. In 1933 at the Grand Théâtre de Monte Carlo is Nadir's Les pêcheurs de perles directed by Paul Paray. After singing as principal tenor at the Théâtre de la Monnaie in Brussels and at the Opéra-Comique in Paris for several years, Lugo made an appearance at the Royal Opera House in London May 26, 1936 in the role of Cavaradossi and so attracted the ' attention of Italian opera houses. From that moment his short but successful career took place primarily in Italy, where he quickly became one of the leading tenors of the national opera scene. He sang Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca with Iva Pacetti, Luigi Montesanto and Melchiorre Luise Teatro Comunale di Bologna in December 1936, in 1937 at the Teatro Carignano in Turin Carlo Galeffi, Arena di Verona directed by Vittorio Gui with Gina Cigna and Mario Basiola and Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo directed by Armando La Rosa Parodi with Cigna, Mariano Stabile (singer) and Aristide Baracchi, La Scala, the Teatro Verdi in Pisa, at the Comunale in Modena, at the Grande in Brescia and, above all, in 1939 the Arena Verona, where he surprised the audience with a memorable performance of the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto directed by Franco Capuana with Carlo Tagliabue and Margherita Carosio (the chronicles of the time in fact speak of a truly epochal event). Also in 1937 in Bologna Rodolfo in La bohème with Mafalda Favero and Baracchi and Mephistopheles in Faust (opera) with Favero, Gabriella Cats and Tancredi Pasero. In 1938 La Scala is Nadir in The fishermen direct pearl Capuana with Carosio, Rodolfo The bohème with Favero arena and Parma with Mario Rossi (conductor), in Bologna Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly directed by Gino Marinuzzi ( 1882-1945) with Licia Albanian and the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca directed by Vincenzo Pacetti and Beauty with Stable. Still in 1939, the Parco del Valentino in Turin is Mario Cavaradossi in Tosca directed by Franco Ghione Maria Caniglia and Antenor Real and direct Bologna by Antonino Votto Calaf in Turandot with Eva Turner and Albanian and the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto with Carosio. Portrait of the artist's autograph in theatrical robes.

Excellent condition

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