Vittorio Arimondi by Guilio Rossi

VITTORIO ARIMONDI
(Saluzzo 1861 - Chicago 1928)
Italian Bass
Studied with Cima in Milan . Made his debut (1883) at Varese in Gomes's ‘’Il Guarany’’. First La Scala appearance (1893) as Sparafucile in ‘’Rigoletto’’. In that same year he created the role of Pistol in the world premiere of Verdi's ‘’Falstaff’’. He then traveled to London to appear for three seasons at Covent Garden (1894-96). He sailed to New York and made his Metropolitan Opera debut (7 Dec 1896) as Ferrando in ‘’Il Trovatore’’. He spent several seasons at Hammerstein's Manhattan Opera where he was Arkel in the American premiere of ‘’Pelléas et Mélisande’’. He spent the last twenty years of his life in the United States but during that time he made appearances in Poland and in Russia, where this postcard originates.