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Armand Tokatyan (Tenor) (Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1894 – Pasadena, California 1960)

 

  

 

He travelled to Egypt with his parents where he sang in cafes to favorable response. He was then sent to Paris to study tailoring, but instead sang in Left Bank cafes. In 1914, he returned to Egypt and earned his living by again singing in the cafes. He took up operetta, soon becoming a matinee idol, then in 1919 went to Milan to pursue an opera career. His operatic debut was in 1921 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Puccini's Manon Lescaut. With the help of Italian conductor Giuseppe Bamboschek, he joined the touring Scotti Opera Company in the United States, and was soon noticed by the Metropolitan Opera where he debuted in 1923. For many years he performed there and at many other opera houses in the US and Europe. He was proficient in numerous languages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armand_Tokatyan

Chronology of some appearances

1921 Milan Teatro Dal Verme Manon Lescaut (De Grieux)
1926 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1927 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Carmen (Don Jose)
1928 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1928 San Francisco  Civic Auditorium Carmen (Don Jose)
1929 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1932 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)
1935 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Carmen (Don Jose)
1935 Chicago  Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)
1936 Chicago  Civic Opera House Boheme (Rodolfo)
1936 Chicago  Civic Opera House Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1936 New York  Teatro Metropolitan Carmen (Don Jose)
1938 Chicago  Civic Opera House Carmen (Don Jose)
1939 Chicago  Civic Opera House Andrea Chenier (Chenier)
1939 Chicago  Civic Opera House Cavalleria Rusticana (Turiddu)
1940 Philadelphia  Academy of Music Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva)

RECORDINGS FOR SALE

 

Faust: Salut demeure chaste et pure  Vocalion  60056
Manon: Ah fuyez, douce image Vocalion 70008
Carmen: Il fior che avevi a me tu dato Vocalion 70041
Andrea Chenier: Un di allґazzurro spazio Victor 7183
La Fanciulla del West: Che'lla mi creda libero Victor 7183
Lolita (Buzzi – Peccia) Victor 7318 CVE-59724-1
L'ultima canzone (Tosti) Victor 7318  CVE58163-8
Il Trovatore: Miserere with Rosa Raisa Vocalion A 0201

 

 

 

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