Nino Martini
Nino Martini (7 August 1902 — 10 December 1976) was an Italian operatic tenor and actor. He began his career as an opera singer in Italy before moving to the United States to pursue an acting career in films. He appeared in several Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 1940s while simultaneously working as a leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Martini possessed a warm lyric tenor voice that had a wide range and considerable amount of coloratura facility. He sang mostly within the Italian repertoire that encompassed the bel canto literature of Rossini, Donizetti, and Bellini, the grand operas of Giuseppe Verdi, and the verismo operas of Giacomo Puccini. |
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-77656 | 10-in. | 9/13/1933 | Te quiero Morena | Alfredo Cibelli ; Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-77657 | 10-in. | 9/13/1933 | Gitana | Alfredo Cibelli ; Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-77658 | 10-in. | 9/13/1933 | La canción del olvido | Alfredo Cibelli ; Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-77695 | 10-in. | 9/21/1933 | La donna è mobile | Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-77696 | 10-in. | 9/21/1933 | La dolorosa | Alfredo Cibelli ; Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-78250 | 10-in. | 10/19/1933 | [Aria from] I Puritani | Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-78251 | 10-in. | 10/19/1933 | La donna è mobile | Nino Martini | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-95302 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Mattinata | Nino Martini ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-95303 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Here's to romance | Nino Martini ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-95304 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | I carry you in my pocket (In a locket of gold) | Nino Martini ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-95305 | 10-in. | 9/30/1935 | Midnight in Paris | Nino Martini ; Nathaniel Shilkret | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BS-0762 | 10-in. | 9/30/1936 | The world is mine (Tonight) | Nino Martini | Re-recording : Male vocal solo, with orchestra | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BVE-Test-449 | 10-in. | 1/30/1930 | Che gelida manina | Nino Martini | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BRC-Test-1115 | 10-in. | 4/17/1931 | Canción del fado | Nino Martini | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal | |
Victor | BRC-Test-1116 | 10-in. | 4/17/1931 | I pescatori di perle | Nino Martini | Male vocal solo, with piano | vocalist, tenor vocal |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Martini, Nino," accessed November 25, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108739.
Martini, Nino. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 25, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/108739.
"Martini, Nino." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 25 November 2024.
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External Sources
Wikipedia: Nino Martini
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LCNAR: Martini, Nino, 1905-1976 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no89004006
Wikidata: Nino Martini - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1141294
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/43055594
MusicBrainz: Nino Martini - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/d9de73ca-314a-4fbd-97b8-065d411465ad
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