Mattia Battistini et M Moscica La Traviata Pure siccome un angelo Gramophone 054395
Mattia Battistini et M. Moscica - La Traviata - Pure siccome un angelo - Gramophone 054395 enregistré le 28 mai 1912
by Mattia Battistini (27 February 1856 – 7 November 1928) was an Italian operatic baritone. He was called \"King of Baritones\". A 22-year-old Battistini made his operatic début at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, as Alfonso in Donizetti's La favorita on 11 December 1878. His singing was considered to be 'old-fashioned', even in the circa-1900 era. Consequently, his discs provide a retrospective guide to Italian singing practice of the early-to-mid-19th century (the era of Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini)—as well as exemplifying the \"grand manner\" style of vocalism for which much Romantic operatic music was written