Fernando De Lucia

Fernando De Lucia

Fernando De Lucia (11 October 1860 or 1 September 1861 – 21 February 1925) was an Italian opera tenor and singing teacher who enjoyed an international career. De Lucia was admired in his lifetime as a striking exponent of verismo parts — particularly Canio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci — and of certain roles written by Verdi and Puccini. Since then, however, he has acquired a great posthumous reputation among record-collectors for something different. They hail him as the exemplar of a type of graceful, ornamental tenor singing which originated prior to verismo and that went out of fashion for a long time, only to reemerge in recent years. Especially valued are the recordings that De Lucia made of Almaviva's arias and duets from Rossini's bel canto comic opera Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville).

Birth and Death Data: Born October 11, 1860 (Naples), Died February 21, 1925 (Naples)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1909

Roles Represented in DAHR: tenor vocal

= Recordings are available for online listening.
= 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
Gramophone	214m	12-in.	ca. 1904	Ecco ridente in cielo	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	549c	12-in.	approximately 1905	Addio, Mignon	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	620c	12-in.	approximately May 1906	Parigi, o cara	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	621c	12-in.	approximately May 1906	Non hai compreso un cor fedel	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	622c	12-in.	May 1906	Dei miei bollenti spiriti	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	630c	12-in.	approximately May 1906	Ah, qual colpo	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet ; Antonio Pini-Corsi	Vocal trio (soprano, tenor and baritone), with piano accompaniment	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	638c	12-in.	approximately May 1906	E' il sol dell'anima	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1170½c	12-in.	approximately May 1907	Cessarô, i canti alfin	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1171c	12-in.	May 1907	Mai devi domandarmi	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1172c	12-in.	approximately May 1907	Mia madre vedo ancor	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1173c	12-in.	approximately May 1907	Dammi ancor	Fernando De Lucia ; Josephina Huguet	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1174c	12-in.	approximately May 1907	Cigno gentil	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with chorus and orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1175c	12-in.	ca. May 1907	Romanza del fiore	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	1443c	12-in.	May 1908	Prendi, l'anel ti dono	Fernando De Lucia ; Maria Galvany	Vocal duet (soprano and tenor), with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	2861b	10-in.	Nov. 1902	L'ideale	Fernando de Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	2863b	10-in.	Nov. 1902	La donna è mobile	Fernando de Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	2864b	10-in.	Nov. 1902	Il barbiere di Siviglia : Aria	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	2868b	10-in.	Oct. 1903	Recondita armonia	Fernando de Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	2870b	10-in.	Nov. 1902	Il sogno	Fernando de Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	10513b	10-in.	approximately May 1907	Obbligato, obbligato	Ernesto Badini ; Fernando De Lucia	Vocal duet (tenor and baritone), with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	10515b	10-in.	May 1907	Il sogno	Fernando De Lucia ; Carlo Sabajno	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	11167b	10-in.	1908	Serenata il mio nome	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	13331b	10-in.	5/21/1909	Sulla bocca amorosa	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	13332b	10-in.	5/21/1909	Era di maggio	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	13336b	10-in.	5/21/1909	'O sole mio	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with mandolin, violin, and piano	vocalist, tenor vocal
Gramophone	13337b	10-in.	5/21/1909	Carmela mia	Fernando De Lucia	Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra	vocalist, tenor vocal

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "De Lucia, Fernando," accessed November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103715.

De Lucia, Fernando. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/103715.

"De Lucia, Fernando." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.

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