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Reno Andreini (also spelled Remo) (c. 1875–1880 in Florence – after 1924) was an Italian operatic tenor who had an active international career from 1902 to 1924. A specialist in the Italian repertoire, he was frequently heard in the
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operas of Bellini, Donizetti, and Rossini, and in the verismo operas of Leoncavallo, Mascagni, and Puccini. He was notably the first singer to make a complete recording of the role of Rodolfo in Puccini's '' La boheme'' in 1917. He also recorded duets from ''
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'' with
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and one duet from Massenet's ''
Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...
'' with Riccardo Tegani with the Gramophone Company.


Life and career

Born in Florence, Andreini studied at the
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in his native city. He made his debut at the Teatro Nicolini in Florence in 1902 as Arturo to Luisa Tetrazzini's Elvira in Vincenzo Bellini's '' I puritani''. Later that year he portrayed Elvino in Bellini's '' La sonnambula'' at the
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in Trieste. In 1903 he sang the title role in Offenbach's '' The Tales of Hoffmann'' at the Teatro del Corso in Bologna, and appeared in roles at the
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in Bari. In 1904 Andreini was committed to the Teatro Massimo in Palermo, where he notably portrayed Turiddu opposite
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's Santuzza and Pasquale Amato's Alfio in a lauded production of Pietro Mascagni's '' Cavalleria rusticana''. Other roles he sang at Palermo that year included Edgardo in Donizetti's '' Lucia di Lammermoor'' and Almaviva in Rossini's '' The Barber of Seville''. In 1905, he sang Hoffmann for his debut at the
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in Rome and in 1906 he toured Russia, where he was seen as the Duke of Mantua in
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's '' Rigoletto'' at both the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg and the
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in Moscow. In 1907 Andreini returned to Italy to join the roster of artists at the Politaema Parma where he made his debut as Canio in Ruggero Leoncavallo's ''
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''. This was followed by performances of Milio Dufresne in Leoncavallo's ''
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'' and Donizetti's Edgardo di Ravenswood later that year. Andreini later sang Milio for his debut at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 1910. He was also seen at the Teatro del Giglio in Lucca in 1910 as Chevalier des Grieux in Giacomo Puccini's ''
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''. In 1911 Andreini was committed to the Teatro Regio in Turin, where he made his debut as Walter in
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's '' Loreley''. In Turin, he also created the role of Luciano in the world premiere of Raffaele De Miero's ''
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'' on February 16, 1911. In 1915, he returned to Palermo to sing Cavaradossi in Puccini's '' Tosca''. In 1916, he was committed to the Havana Opera in Cuba, where he performed Alfredo in ''
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'' to
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's Violetta for his debut with the company. He also was Galli-Curci's partner in productions of ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' and in ''La Sonnambula'' in Havana that year. In 1917 Andreini returned to Italy to once again join the roster of singers at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome. Roles he sang in Rome over the next two seasons included Dick Johnson in Puccini's '' La fanciulla del West'', Don José in Bizet's ''
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'', and Pinkerton in Puccini's ''
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''. That same year, he became the first person to record the role of Rodolfo in '' La boheme'', singing the role on disc with the Orchestra and Chorus of
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under conductor
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.March '' et al.'' (2009) p. 806 In 1924 gave his last known performances in the Netherlands as Alfredo and Don Jose to
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's Violetta and Carmen. His activities and whereabouts are unknown after this point.


References


Sources

*March, Ivan; Greenfield, Edward; Czajkowski, Paul; and Layton, Robert (2009). '' The Penguin Guide to Recorded Classical Music''. Penguin. {{DEFAULTSORT:Andreini, Reno 19th-century births Year of death unknown Italian operatic tenors 20th-century Italian male opera singers Musicians from Florence