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Umberto Sorrentino (Tenor) (Firenze 1883 - New York 1959)
He studied in Florence and probably debut in 1902 at the Teatro Umberto I of Castelfiorentino in ''La Favorita''. In 1905 he was hired in Lambardi Opera Company for a long tour in Central and South America. In 1910 he went to the United States where he settled permanently. In the second part of his career he devoted himself with little luck to the organization of opera companies. Once a company organized for the mining area of Pennsylvania and arrived just when it began a strike of miners. He had a dramatic personality; he was, according to his friends, always "on stage". In 1945 he settled in New York hired by the Philadelphia-La Scala Opera Company. After the withdrawal he taught English at the Berlitz School and had, as students, many important theatrical actors. He was hospitalized with his wife who died in hospital four weeks before him. In an article drawn from the New York Times of 1915 was written that Sorrentino, known concert singer, at the beginning of the Foot-Ball championship, warns all singers that rooting for their favorite team it's one of the most dangerous , or even disastrous, things that they can possibly do with their singing voice. They can severely damage the vocal cords and threatens to burn an artery.
Tre giorni son che (Pergolesi) Victor 63323 B-10557- 2
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