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Mario Sammarco

1868 (disputed)Celletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article.Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Mario Sammarco', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 25 October 2026).Grove, the Italian Wikipedia and the Casaglia almanac give 13 December 1868, Kutsch-Riemens 1867 and the English Wikipedia 1873. No register has been found, so 1868, the year most sources give, is followed and marked as disputed.–1930Celletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article. · Italian · baritoneCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article.

Birthplace: Palermo, Kingdom of ItalyCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article.

An Italian baritone who created Gérard in Giordano's Andrea ChénierCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article. and made his name in verismoCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article.. He made his debut at Palermo in 1888 as ValentinCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article., and the following year created Guglielmo Wulf in the final version of Le villi at the Teatro Dal Verme in MilanWikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Schickling, D. (2003) 'Le Villi', in Giacomo Puccini: catalogue of the works, no. 60. Kassel: Bärenreiter. Online edition, Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini. (Accessed: 25 October 2026).Celletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Grove and the Italian Wikipedia put his debut at Palermo in 1888 and Kutsch-Riemens his Dal Verme Le villi in 1894; the Centro Studi Giacomo Puccini has him in the cast of 7 November 1889, which is followed.. Gérard followed at La Scala in 1896Celletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article., and he created further parts in Leoncavallo's Zazà and Franchetti's GermaniaCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.. He sang at Covent Garden from 1904, first as ScarpiaCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article., and in New York with the Manhattan Opera companyCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Sammarco, Mario', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 2, cols. 2575-2576.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The Italian article., and after leaving the stage in 1919 he taughtCelletti, R. (1992) 'Sammarco, (Giuseppe) Mario', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 4, p. 157.Wikipedia (2026) Mario Sammarco. (Accessed: 22 September 2026). The English article..

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