Carlo Sabajno

Carlo Sabajno (1874 in Rosasco, Italy – 1938 in Milan) was an Italian conductor. From 1904 to 1932, he was the Gramophone Company's chief conductor and artistic director in Italy, responsible for some of the earliest full-length opera recordings, most of them with the orchestra of La Scala, Milan and prominent singers there. Particularly outstanding among these are his stately, authoritative late-1920s and early-1930s electrical recordings of Don Pasquale (with Tito Schipa in his only complete opera recording as Ernesto), Traviata (sadly limited by more than the usual cuts, but with silvery-voiced Alessandro Ziliani as Alfredo), Aida (with Irene Minghini-Cattaneo's Amneris and Aureliano Pertile's Radamès), Otello (with Apollo Granforte as a formidable Iago) and Bohème (a superb understated, but highly distinguished, collaboration with excellent, if lesser-known, singers).

Birth and Death Data: Born 1874 (Rosasco), Died 1938 (Milan)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1904 - 1932

Roles Represented in DAHR: conductor, piano

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Recordings (Results 26-50 of 354 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone 354aj 12-in. 7/28/1911 L'oltraggio che scende Giuseppina Bonetti ; Ugo Cannetti ; Vittorio De Goetzen ; Giuseppi Sala ; Salvatore Salvati Vocal quintet (soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, and bass), with vocal chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 362aj 12-in. 7/31/1911 Dite più bella imagine Rinalda Pavoni ; Giuseppe Tommasini Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 363aj 12-in. 7/31/1911 Alfin t'ho colto Vittorio De Goetzen ; Rinalda Pavoni Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 365aj 12-in. 7/31/1911 O mia Selika Rinalda Pavoni ; Giuseppe Tommasini Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 378aj 12-in. 8/3/1911 Germania : Intermezzo epilogo Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 379aj 12-in. 8/3/1911 Germania : Intermezzo epilogo Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone BE388 10-in. 4/14/1922 Te quiero Miguel Fleta Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone BE389 10-in. 4/14/1922 E lucevan le stelle Miguel Fleta Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CE391 12-in. 4/17/1922 Ay, ay, ay Miguel Fleta Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CE392 12-in. 4/17/1922 Il fior che avevi a me tu dato Miguel Fleta Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CE393 12-in. 4/17/1922 Giulietta, son io Miguel Fleta Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 468aj 12-in. 9/6/1912 Ugonotti : Preludio Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 494½c 12-in. approximately 1905 Le minaccie Ernesto Caronna ; Luigi Colazza Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone 503c 12-in. 1905 Quant' e bello Teresa Arkel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 506c 12-in. 1905 Splendono in ciel Giuseppe Torres de Luna Bass vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 0M525 10-in. 5/10/1932 Andaluza Carlo Sabajno ; Tito Schipa Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and piano conductor  
Gramophone 0M531 10-in. 5/11/1932 Rumba Artists vary Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra and piano conductor  
Gramophone 535½c 12-in. ca. 1905 Già l'odio m'abbandona Celestina Boninsegna Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 536½c 12-in. 1905 Condotta ell'era in ceppi Lina Mileri Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 537c 12-in. approximately 1905 Tacea la notte placida Celestina Boninsegna Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 538c 12-in. 1905, before Oct. Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa Celestina Boninsegna Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 547i 12-in. Oct. 1906 Sinfonia (Overture) Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 548c 12-in. 1905 Ah! Qual soave brivido Ida Giacomelli ; Gino Martinez-Patti Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 549c 12-in. approximately 1905 Addio, Mignon Fernando De Lucia Tenor vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone 554c 12-in. 1905 Non imprecare, umiliati Ida Giacomelli ; Gino Martinez-Patti ; Cesare Preve Vocal trio (soprano, tenor, and bass), with orchestra conductor  
(Results 26-50 of 354 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sabajno, Carlo," accessed October 9, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

Sabajno, Carlo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved October 9, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

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