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Giuseppe Borgatti

Giuseppe Borgatti (Cento, 17 March 1871 – Reno di Leggiuno, 18 October 1950) was an Italian dramatic tenor with an outstanding voice. (See Michael Scott, cited below, for a laudatory appraisal of his singing.) The creator of the title role in Umberto Giordano's verismo opera Andrea Chénier, he subsequently earned renown for his performances of the music of Richard Wagner, becoming in 1904 the first Italian tenor to appear at the Bayreuth Festival. He sang a variety of leading roles at La Scala, Milan, from 1896 until 1914, but deteriorating eyesight caused by glaucoma put a premature end to his stage career, after which he turned successfully to teaching.

Birth and Death Data: Born (Cento (comune in Emilia-Romagna, Italy)), Died October 18, 1950 (Reno (settlement in Leggiuno, Italy) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1928 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia (U.K.) WBX296 12-in. 6/30/1928 Nium mi tema Giuseppe Borgatti Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia (U.K.) WB1925 10-in. 4/28/1928 Deh! Non t‘incantan Giuseppe Borgatti Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia (U.K.) WB2589 10-in. 7/31/1929 Canto della primavera Giuseppe Borgatti Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Borgatti, Giuseppe," accessed January 10, 2026, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/375771.

Borgatti, Giuseppe. (2026). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved January 10, 2026, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/375771.

"Borgatti, Giuseppe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2026. Web. 10 January 2026.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/375771

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