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Giovanni Martinelli

1885-1969 IT, Montagnana
Classical

Giovanni Martinelli (October 22, 1885 – February 2, 1969) was an Italian operatic tenor. He was associated with the Italian lyric-dramatic repertory, although he performed French operatic roles to great acclaim as well. Martinelli was one of the most famous tenors of the 20th century, enjoying a long career at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City and appearing at other major international theatres.

     
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Giovinezza - Inno fascista on Canzoni e marce dell'epoca fascista by Various Artists
Giovinezza (Recorded 1923) on Giovanni Martinelli Vol. 2 by Various Artists
Otello: Act II: Éra la notte, Cassio dormia on Otello by Giuseppe Verdi & Various Artists
Tellur on Tellur by Giovanni Martinelli
Otello: Act III: Dio! Mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali on Otello by Giuseppe Verdi & Various Artists
Cavalleria Rusticana: O Lola, c'hai di latti la cammisa (Siciliana) (Recorded 1915) on Martinelli in Opera Vol. 1 by Giovanni Martinelli, Francis Lapitino, Walter B. Rogers, Josef Pasternack, Nathaniel Shilkret, Rosario Bourdon, Giulio Setti & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus
Otello: Act II: Sì, pel ciel marmoreo giuro! on Otello by Giuseppe Verdi & Various Artists
Aïda, Act IV Tomb Scene: La fatal pietra…Morir! Si pura e bella…O terra addio! (Recorded 1926) on Ponselle Vol. 2 by Rosa Ponselle, Romano Romani & Rosario Bourdon
Otello: Act II: Tu?! Indietro! Fuggi!! ... Ora e per sempre addio on Otello by Giuseppe Verdi & Various Artists
Aida: Se quel guerriero io fossi!... Celeste Aida on Aida with Giovanni Martinelli live by Giuseppe Verdi, Orchestra and Choir of the Metropolitan Opera House, Ettore Panizza, Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruno Castagna, Carlo Morelli, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon & G

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Title Artist Year Type
Aida, Metropolitan Opera 1937Giuseppe Verdi, Gina Cigna, Giovanni Martinelli, Bruna Castagna, Carlo Alberto Morelli, Ezio Pinza, Norman Cordon, Giordano Paltrinieri, Thelma Votipka, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Orchestra, Ettore Panizza2012Album
PagliacciRuggiero Leoncavallo - Queena Mario, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Vincenzo Bellezza2008Album
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni MartinelliGiovanni Martinelli2006Compil.
Giovanni MartinelliGiovanni Martinelli2006Album
Missa SolemnisLudwig van Beethoven, Arturo Toscanini, Elisabeth Rethberg, Marion Telva, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza1998Album
Otello: 12 February 1938Giuseppe Verdi - Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Lawrence Tibbett, Ettore Panizza1997Album
Otello (Met 18/1/41)Giuseppe Verdi, Stella Roman, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Ettore Panizza1997Album
I PagliacciRuggiero Leoncavallo - Giovanni Martinelli, Queena Mario, Alfio Tedesco, Lawrence Tibbett, George Cehanovsky, Vincenzo Bellezza1996Album
La GiocondaAmilcare Ponchielli, Ettore Panizza, Giovanni Martinelli, Zinka Milanov1994Compil.
Volume 2 (1913-1923)Giovanni Martinelli1991Compil.
Martinelli And Tibbett In Scenes From Otello And Simon Boccanegra (The Great 1939 Victor Recordings)Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett1991Compil.
Giovanni MartinelliGiovanni Martinelli1990Compil.
La Juive (Abridged)Jacques Fromental Halévy - Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg1989Album
Verdi Il Trovatore / La Forza Del DestinoGiovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Verdi1980Compil.
Golden Age "Il Trovatore"Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Giulio Setti1972Album
Martinelli, Jepson, Tibbett In Great Scenes From Verdi's OtelloGiovanni Martinelli, Helen Jepson, Lawrence Tibbett, Giuseppe Verdi1968Album
Giovanni Martinelli Sings Giuseppe VerdiGiuseppe Verdi, Giovanni Martinelli1964Album
Giovanni MartinelliGiovanni Martinelli1960Album
Giovanni Martinelli Sings By Request Volume 1Giovanni Martinelli1959Compil.
The Last Of The TitansGiovanni Martinelli1958Album
Pagliacci HighlightsGiovanni Martinelli1955Album
Les Duos CélèbresEnrico Caruso, Antonio Scotti, Geraldine Farrar, Lucrezia Bori, John McCormack, Titta Ruffo, Beniamino Gigli, Marion Telva, Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli1953Compil.
Miserere D'un'Alma Gia Vigina / La Vergine Degli AngeliRosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Giulio Setti, Giuseppe Verdi1929Album
Al Nostri Monti / Mal Reggendo All' Aspro AssaltoGiuseppe Verdi, Louise Homer, Giovanni Martinelli1929Album
Forza Del Destino - FinaleRosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Giuseppe Verdi1928Album
Aïda-O Terra AddioRosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli1927Album
Aïda - O Terra Addio (Act 4)Rosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Verdi1926Album
La Fatal Pietra / Morir! Sì Pura E Bella!Rosa Ponselle - Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe Verdi1926Album
Pagliacci — Vesti La Giubba / Zazá - È Un Riso GentilGiovanni Martinelli, Ruggiero Leoncavallo1925Album
E Lucevan Le Stelle / La Donna È MobileGiovanni Martinelli1923Album
Zazá - È Un Riso GentilGiovanni Martinelli, Ruggiero Leoncavallo1922Album
Lucia - Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali!Giovanni Martinelli, Metropolitan Opera Chorus1917Album
Lucia—Fra Poco A Me RicoveroGiovanni Martinelli1916Album
Rigoletto-La Donna E Mobile (Woman Is Fickle)Giovanni Martinelli1914Album
Aida-Celeste AidaGiovanni Martinelli1914Album
Pagliacci — Vesti La GiubbaGiovanni Martinelli, Ruggiero Leoncavallo1914Album
La Boheme - Racconto Di RodolfoGiovanni Martinelli1910Album
Golden YearsGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
La Damnation De FaustGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Turnandot (Excerpts)Giacomo Puccini - Eva Turner, Giovanni Martinelli, Sir John BarbirolliAlbum
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Martinelli IVGiovanni MartinelliCompil.
Pagliacci "Vesti La Giubba" / "No Pagliacci Non Son!"Giovanni Martinelli, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giulio SettiAlbum
Simon Boccanegra (16 February, 1935)Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Ezio Pinza, Alfredo Gandolfi, Louis D'Angelo, Giordano Paltrinieri, Pearl Besuner, Chorus Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York And Orchestra Of The Metropolitan Opera Association Of New York directed by Ettore PanizzaAlbum
Splendori Della Canzone NapoletanaGiovanni Martinelli, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Sergio Franchi, Enrico Caruso, Beniamino Gigli, Tito Schipa, Mario LanzaCompil.
Torna A Surriento (The Return To Sorrento) / Nina (Venetian Song)Giovanni MartinelliAlbum
La Voce E L'Arte Di Giovanni Martinelli (Incisioni 1914-1962)Giovanni MartinelliCompil.
In Arias And DuetsGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Tosca-Recondita Armonia (Strange Harmony) (Act 1)Giovanni MartinelliAlbum
Giovanni Martinelli, Diamond Jubilee Golden AnniversaryGiovanni Martinelli, Fred Hicks Jr. Diamond Jubilee SingersAlbum
Pagliacci "Vesti La Giubba" / "No Pagliacci Non Son!"Giovanni Martinelli, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Giulio SettiAlbum
Gioconda-Cielo E MarGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
In Opera And SongGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Martha - M'appariGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
CarmenGeraldine Farrar, Giovanni MartinelliAlbum
Giovanni Martinelli In Memoria October 22,1885 - February 2,1969Giovanni MartinelliCompil.
Great Artists at Their Best, Vol. 3 Operatic StarsRose Bampton, Lucrezia Bori, Richard Crooks, Giuseppe De Luca, Maria Jeritza, Miliza Korjus, Giovanni Martinelli, Gladys Swarthout, John Charles Thomas, Lawrence TibbettAlbum
A Treasury of Immortal Performances: Aida of YesterdayBeniamino Gigli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio Pinza, Rosa Ponselle, Johanna Gadski, Pasquale Amato, Louise Homer, Enrico CarusoCompil.
La Donna E MobileGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Mattinata / IdealeGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Giovanni Martinelli Sings By RequestGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Andrea Chénier / PagliacciGiovanni MartinelliSingle
William Tell-O Muto Asil Del Pianto (Oh, Blessed Abode) (Act 4)Giovanni MartinelliAlbum
Tosca - E lucevan le stelleGiovanni MartinelliSingle
O Soave Fanciulla / O Quanti Occhi FisiGiacomo Puccini, Frances Alda, Giovanni MartinelliAlbum
Cavalleria Rusticana - SicilianaGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
La Juive - Act II ; Act IV ExcerptsJacques Fromental Halévy, Giovanni Martinelli, Elisabeth Rethberg, Charlotte Boerner, Hans Clemens, Louis D'Angelo, Gaetano Merola, The San Francisco Symphony OrchestraAlbum
Aida - Temple Scene (Act 1)Ezio Pinza - Giovanni Martinelli - Giuseppe VerdiAlbum
Trovatore - Di Quella Pira / Cavalleria Rusticana - Preludio E SicilianaGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Manon Lescaut- Donna non vidi mai (Never Did I Behold) (Act 1)Giovanni MartinelliSingle
Trovatore - Ai Nostri Monti / Mal Reggendo All' Aspro AssaltoLouise Homer, Giovanni Martinelli, Giuseppe VerdiAlbum
Miserere / La Vergine Degli AngeliRosa Ponselle, Giovanni Martinelli, Ezio PinzaAlbum
Carmen—Air De La FleurGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Martinelli IIIGiovanni MartinelliCompil.
Che Gelida Manina / Celeste Aida, Forma DivinaGiovanni MartinelliAlbum
Don Pasquale - Serenata, "Com' E` Gentil" (Soft Beams The Light)Giovanni Martinelli And Metropolitan Opera ChorusAlbum
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