Augusto Scampini (Tenor) (Garlasco, near Pavia 1880- Barcelona, Spain 1939)
He studied at the Milan Conservatory with del Fiume and made his debut in 1905 at the Teatro Martinetti in Garlasco as Cavaradossi in ‘’Tosca’’. In 1907 he guested at the Teatro de l'Opera, Buenos Aires in ‘’Hçrodiade’’ of Massenet. The same year, he sang at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo as Radames in ‘’Aida’’ and as Samson in ‘’Samson et Dalila’’ of Saint-Saéns. Then he performed with great success at the big theatres of Italy, Spain, South America and Russia. In the 1910-11 season he appeared at La Scala in ‘’Simon Boccanegra’’ of Verdi and in ‘’Saffo’’ of Giovanni Pacini. In 1912 he sang at the Teatro Costanzi, Rome as Manrico in ‘’Trovatore’’, in 1915 at Teatro Politeama, Pisa as Radames in ‘’Aida’’. In the 1913-14 season he sang at the German theatre, Prague. The critics called him successor of Enrico Caruso. In 1916 he sang in Spain and in Santiago de Chile. In the First World War he announced himself voluntarily to the Italian army and lost in the fights his leg. His career was finished and he worked in Barcelona as a pedagogue.
Chronology of some appearances
1905 Garlasco Teatro Martinetti Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1906 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Trovatore (Manrico)
1907 Palermo Teatro Massimo Sansone e Dalila (Samson)
1908 Madrid Teatro Reale Aida (Radames)
1909 Buenos Ayres Teatro Coliseo Aida (Radames)
1910 Madrid Reale Aida (Radames)
1911 Firenze Politeama Fiorentino Saffo
1912 Lisbona Coliseo Recrejos Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1913 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Otello (Otello)
1914 Barcellona Teatro Liceo Ballo in Maschera (Riccardo)
1915 Padova Teatro Verdi Trovatore (Manrico)
1917 Santiago del Chile Teatro Municipal Otello (Otello)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
Il Trovatore: Ah, si, ben mio G&T 2-52612 10826b
Un Ballo in maschera: Di tu se fedele G&T 2-52616 10828b
Carmen: Il fior Gramophone 052259 1550c
Ernani: Come rugiada al cespite G&T 2-52611 10794b
La Gioconda: Cielo e mar Pathe 84193 10040
L’Africana: O paradiso Pathe 84150 10273
Guillaume Tell: O muto asil Pathe 86224 10312
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira Pathe 84142
Il Trovatore: Deserto sulla terra Gramophone 2-52689 11277b
La Forza del Destino: La vita e un inferno...O tu che in seno G&T 2-52614, 2-52613, 10793b, 10792b
I Lombardi: La mia letizia infondere Gramophone 2-52690 11279b
Lohengrin: Da voi lontan Pathe 84196 10041
Otello: Esultate! Pathe 86485 10135
La Fanciulla del West: Ch’ella mi creda Pathe 84188
Samson et Dalila: Figli miei…Spezzi i ceppi Pathe 84143, 84144, 10039, 10039
Le Prophete: Re del cielo Pathe 86428 12533
Manon Lescaut: Guardate pazzo son Pathe 86459 10326
Otello: Ora e per sempre addio Pathe 86486 10135
Il Trovatore: Ah, si, ben mio Pathe 86458 10326
Otello: Dio! Mi potevi scagliar Pathe 84146 10034
Otello: Niun mi tema Pathe 84145 10034
Saffo: Ah! Giusta pena Pathe 84149 10273
Un Ballo in Maschera: La rivedro G&T 2-52615 10827b
Lohengrin: Da voi lontan Gramophone 052264 1496c
Il Trovatore: Miserere with Celestina Boninsegna Pathe 84141 12507
Il Trovatore: Mal reggendo with Carolina Pietracewska Gramophone 054211 1497c
Jone: O Jone di quest'anima Gramophone 052245 1499c
Ricordanze (Vittadine) Gramophone 052187 1274c
La Juive: Rachele allor che Iddio Gramophone 052186 1271c
La Forza del Destino: Le minacce, i fieri accenti P.IýP.IIý with Luigi Montesanto Pathe 84197, 86214, 12513, 12513
Otello: Gia nella notte densa with Giuseppina Baldassarre-Tedeschi Pathe 86249 12533
Mme Sans-Gene: Lassu in Alsazia with Giuseppina Baldassarre-Tedeschi Pathe 10321
Poliuto: Al suon dell'arpe with (Cecilia Davidova) Cecilia David Gramophone 54358 10851B
Gli Ugonotti: Dillo ancor with (Cecilia Davidova) Cecilia David Gramophone 054179 1275c
La Juive: Chi mi svela with (Cecilia Davidova) Cecilia David Gramophone 054178 1272c
Poliuto: Al suon dell'arpe with Elvira Magliulo Pathe 86216, 12515
Aida: Nume custodi e vindici with Franco Fabbri-Boesmi Pathe 84147 12539
