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 201-225 of 351 records)

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Gramophone 1957c 12-in. 4/5/1909 Questo Mar Rosso Ernesto Badini ; Gennaro De Tura ; Carlo Sabajno Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone BK2005 10-in. 3/10/1927 In quelle trine morbide Carlo Sabajno ; Hina Spani Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone BK2009 10-in. 3/12/1927 Donde lieta usci Carlo Sabajno ; Hina Spani Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 2144L 10-in. 11/10/1904 In quelle trine morbide Celestina Boninsegna Soprano vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone 2179L 10-in. 1904 Miserere Celestina Boninsegna ; Giovanni Valls Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone 2181L 10-in. approximately 1904 O tu che in seno agli angeli Giovanni Valls Tenor vocal solo, with piano conductor  
Gramophone 02277v 12-in. 2/13/1912 Aida : Gran finale — Atto 2 Vincenzo Bettoni ; Egidio Cunego ; G. Le Brun ; A. Neumarker ; Teresa Principe Vocal quintet, with chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 02291v 12-in. 2/19/1912 Eccoci, ebbene? Vincenzo Bettoni ; Gino Giovanelli ; Gino Lussardo ; Leopoldo Mariani Vocal quartet (tenor, 2 baritones, and bass), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 02295½v 12-in. 2/19/1912 C'è Mimi che mi segue Vincenzo Bettoni ; Noemi Casini ; Gino Giovanelli ; Gino Lussardo ; Elisa Marchini ; Leopoldo Mariani Vocal sextet, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 02302v 12-in. 2/21/1912 Ah paventa il furor Vincenzo Bettoni ; A. Neumarker ; Teresa Principe ; Giuseppi Sala Vocal quartet, with chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 02327v 12-in. 3/2/1912 Gloria all' Egitto e ad iside Teatro alla Scala Coro Chorus, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2347 12-in. 10/8/1928 Di quella pira Emma Lattuada ; Giuseppe Nessi ; Aureliano Pertile Vocal trio (soprano and 2 tenors), with orchestra and male vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone 2353l 10-in. approximately 1904 Pallide mammole Bianca Lavin de Casas ; Carlo Sabajno Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone 2354L 10-in. 1904 Scena delle carte Bianca Lavin de Casas Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone CF2358 12-in. 10/10/1928 Di, non t'incantan Maria Luisa Fanelli ; Aureliano Pertile Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone 2369L 10-in. 1904 Addio, Mignon Emilio Perea Tenor vocal solo, with piano conductor  
Gramophone 2374L 10-in. ca. Nov. 1904 La vita è un inferno all' infelice Emilio Perea Tenor vocal solo, with piano instrumentalist, piano  
Gramophone CF2458 12-in. 11/13/1928 O tu che in seni agli' angeli Aureliano Pertile ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2459 12-in. 11/13/1928 Cielo e mar Aureliano Pertile ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2510 12-in. 12/3/1928 Ve' se di nottequi colla sposa Leonildo Basi ; Giuseppe Borghi ; Guglielmo Masini ; Orchestra Milano [i.e., Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra] ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Coro ; Alida Vane Mixed vocal quartet, with vocal chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2515 12-in. 12/5/1928 Re dell'abisso, affrettati Giuseppe Garutti ; Orchestra Milano [i.e., Teatro alla Scala. Orchestra] ; Gianna Pederzini ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Coro Contralto and tenor vocal duet, with vocal chorus and orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2528 12-in. 12/11/1928 Per me ora fatale Apollo Granforte ; Guglielmo Masini Vocal duet (baritone and bass), with orchestra and vocal chorus conductor  
Gramophone CF2534 12-in. 12/12/1928 Le minaccie, i fieri accenti Benvenuto Franci ; Aureliano Pertile ; Carlo Sabajno Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2535 12-in. 12/12/1928 Invano, Alvaro! Benvenuto Franci ; Aureliano Pertile ; Carlo Sabajno Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with orchestra conductor  
Gramophone CF2536 12-in. 12/12/1928 O tu bell'astro incantator Apollo Granforte ; Carlo Sabajno ; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra Bass vocal solo, with orchestra conductor  
(Results 201-225 of 351 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sabajno, Carlo," accessed April 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

Sabajno, Carlo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103658.

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