Gaetano Pini-Corsi Autograph

Goro in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ Puccini CREATOR La Scala Milan 17/2/1904

Gaetano Pini-Corsi
1860-1935
Italian Tenor

debuted probably in 1881 in Empoli as Ernesto in ‘’Don Pasquale’’ of Donizetti. In 1886 at the Teatro Comunale in Catania he appeared as Elvino in Bellini’s ‘’La Sonnambula’’. Later he specialized in comprimario roles and was known as a Mime, David and Cassio. From 1892 to 1906 Pini-Corsi appeared frequently as a guest at La Scala. In 1899 he sang there as David in ‘’Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg’’ and also created the role of Mime in the Italian première of ‘’Siegfried’’. On 17. 2. 1904 he sang the role of Goro at La Scala in the premiere of Puccini’s ‘’Madame Butterfly’’, In 1907 he took part at the Teatro Comunale in Bologna in the premiere of I. Montemezzi’s ‘’Paolo e Francesca’’. In 1912 he appeared at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Still in 1923 he performed at the Teatro Regio in Parma as Goro in ‘’Madama Butterfly’’ and sang at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo as Mime in ‘’Siegfried’’.

(bio information from forgotten opera singers.)