Angelo Bendinelli (Tenor) (Pisa 1876 – Livorno 1942)
Possessing a soothing, gentle voice, he debuted at the Teatro San Marco and was a student of Cortesi in Pisa and Giacchetti in Florence.
Later he performed in theaters in many Italian cities, like Bologna, Mantua and Venice, and performed important works such as Rigoletto, La sonnambula, L'amico Fritz, Iris, and Manon.
He regularly sang at the Teatro Petruzzelli of Bari from 1907 to 1925 and also sang abroad in places such as Cairo, Montevideo, and Buenos Aires.
In 1904, he sang at the Teatro G. Donizetti in Bergamo, and the following year he sang at the Palais du Trocadéro in Paris, along with the baritone Titta Ruffo and the soprano Gemma Bellincioni, performing the second act of La Traviata by Giuseppe Verdi.
Bendinelli was noted for his recording work with the Italian Columbia Company, and was one of their earliest tenor stars.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelo_Bendinelli
Chronology of some appearances
1902 Livorno Casino del Teatro San Marco Stabat Mater di G.Rossini
1904 Firenze Arena Nazionale Traviata (Alfredo)
1905 Pisa Teatro Verdi Traviata (Alfredo)
1906 Alessandria d'Egitto Teatro del Conservatorio Concerto
1907 Sanremo Teatro del Casinò Iris (Osaka)
1908 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Boheme (Rodolfo)
1909 Venezia Tetro La Fenice Madama Butterfly (Pinkerton)
1910 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Traviata (Alfredo)
1911 Firenze Teatro Della Pergola Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1912 Pavia Teatro Fraschini Manon (De Grieux)
1913 Firenze Politeama Nazionale Traviata (Alfredo)
1914 Cremona Teatro Ponchielli Tosca (Cavaradossi)
1915 Livorno Teatro Goldoni Boheme (Rodolfo)
1925 Bari Teatro Petruzzelli Falstaff (Fenton)
RECORDINGS FOR SALE
La Boheme: Che gelida manina Gramophone 252125 2915ah
Histoire d'un Pierrot Favola del piccioni Columbia C2273 11256
Iris: Apri la tua finestra Columbia D 9272 11240
La Traviata: Dei miei bollenti spiriti Columbia D4337 11241-1
Zulma: Canzone del vagabondo Columbia D 4345 11330
La Traviata: Brindisi with Maria Alessandrovitch Columbia D4337 11273
Carmen: Il fior che m’avi tu dato Columbia D5503 11243
Mignon: Addio Mignon Columbia D5503 11268
La Traviata: Un di, felice with Ida Cattorini Columbia D4390 11444
La Traviata: Parigi, o cara with Ida Cattorini Columbia D4390 11445
Mattinata (Leoncavallo) Edison Unpubl. 44564
