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 276-300 of 354 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone CF3576 12-in. 10/29/1930 Traviata Giordano Callegari ; Olga De Franco ; Antonio Gelli ; Arnoldo Lenzi ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (2 sopranos, 2 tenors, 2 basses), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF3654 12-in. 11/26/1930 Traviata Luigi Borgonovo ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3655 12-in. 11/26/1930 Il trovatore Bruno Carmassi ; Apollo Granforte Vocal duet (baritone and bass) and vocal chorus, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3656 12-in. 10/27/1930 Traviata Luigi Borgonovo ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3657 12-in. 10/27/1930 Traviata Luigi Borgonovo ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano, tenor, and baritone), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF3658 12-in. 10/28/1930 Traviata Olga De Franco ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (2 sopranos and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3659 12-in. 10/28/1930 Traviata Luigi Borgonovo ; Olga De Franco ; Antonio Gelli ; Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (2 sopranos, tenor, baritone, and bass), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF3666 12-in. 11/29/1930 Traviata Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano and tenor), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF3670 12-in. 12/1/1930 Traviata Anna Rozsa Vocalist (soprano), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF3677 12-in. 12/2/1930 Ah, Mathilde, io t'amo Benvenuto Franci ; Aureliano Pertile ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3678 12-in. 12/2/1930 Traviata Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3682 12-in. 12/4/1930 Traviata Anna Rozsa ; Alessandro Ziliani Vocalists (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF3683 12-in. 12/4/1930 Traviata Anna Rozsa Vocalist (soprano), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 4727h 10-in. Oct. 1906 Veglia o donna Maria Galvany ; Titta Ruffo Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 4728h 10-in. approximately Oct. 1906 Aria della regina Maria Galvany Soprano solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 4730h 10-in. Oct. 1906 Si, vendetta Maria Galvany ; Titta Ruffo Vocal duet (soprano and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 4732h 10-in. approximately Oct. 1906 Una voce poco fa Maria Galvany Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 4733h 10-in. approximately Oct. 1906 Miei Signori Titta Ruffo Baritone vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7019½b 10-in. 1905 Ah si per sempre Alberto Caffo Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7021b 10-in. 1905 A consolarmi affrettati Alberto Caffo ; Emma Trentini Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7040b 10-in. 1905 Cavatina Teresa Arkel Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7048½b 10-in. approximately April 1905 Barcarola Luigi Colazza Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7051b 10-in. 1905 Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali Gino Martinez-Patti ; Carlo Sabajno Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7057b 10-in. 1905 Guglielmo Tell : Obertura Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 7060b 10-in. ca. 1905 Guglielmo Tell : Obertura Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Orchestra conductor  
(Results 276-300 of 354 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sabajno, Carlo," accessed May 28, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

Sabajno, Carlo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 28, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

"Sabajno, Carlo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 28 May 2024.

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