Edoardo Garbin

Edoardo Garbin (12 March 1865 – 12 April 1943) was an Italian operatic tenor. He was married to the soprano Adelina Stehle.

One of the most important Italian tenors of his day, Garbin created, inter alia, tenor roles in Alberto Franchetti's Cristoforo Colombo, Fenton in Verdi's last opera Falstaff (1893), and Milio in Leoncavallo's Zazà; in 1917, in Rome, he appeared in the world premiere of Renzo Bianchi's Gismonda alongside Ida Quaiatti and Domenico Viglione Borghese. His success in Anglo-Saxon countries (such as England) was (put charitably) limited (he was, by The Times, described as "miserable" as Cavaradossi at Covent Garden in 1908); but in the Latin sphere (South America and Italy) he was in constant demand until his retirement in 1918.

He recorded for G&T (to become HMV) in 1903, Fonotipia and Columbia; his recordings for the two last mentioned companies sold very well, and are easily found. According to Scott (Record of Singing 1978) his best record of all is the E un riso gentil from Leoncavallo's Zaza. Garbin represents a "half-way-house" between the older bel canto school and the new verist style.

Garbin's style (according to Steane – The Grand Tradition 1971) is a curious mix of the frail and explosive.

At his death, in 1943, Edoardo Garbin was the last male solo vocal artist to have created a part and worked with Giuseppe Verdi – some fifty years' previously in the composer's Fastaff of 1893. It was a role he had repeated in 1913 at La Scala at the Verdi Centenary Celebrations.

Birth and Death Data: Born March 12, 1865 (Padua), Died April 12, 1943 (Brescia)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1913

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Columbia 41939 10-in. 1913 Donna non vidi mai Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41940 10-in. 1913 Di pescatore ignobile Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41941 10-in. 1913 Che gelida manina Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41942 10-in. 1913 Mefistofele : Dai campi Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41943 10-in. 1913 Mefistofele : Giunto sul passo estremo Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41973 10-in. 1913 Ah! Non v'avvicinate Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41978 10-in. 1913 E lucean le stelle Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Columbia 41979 10-in. 1913 Che gelida manina Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone 2838b 10-in. Nov. 1902 Donna non vidi mai Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  
Gramophone 2843b 10-in. Nov. 1902 Una vergine Edoardo Garbin Tenor vocal solo, with piano vocalist, tenor vocal  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Garbin, Edoardo," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107505.

Garbin, Edoardo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/107505.

"Garbin, Edoardo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.

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