Mario Sammarco

Mario Sammarco
1868-1930
Italian Baritone
Studied in Palermo with Antonio Cantelli. Debut as Valentine “Faust” by Gounod at Palermo in 1888.He sang throughout Italy Creating Gerard in “Andrea Chenier” by Giordano at Teatro alla Scala Milan in 1896, and Cascart in “Zaza” by Leoncavallo at Teatro Lirico di Milano 1900 . He visited London and sang at Covent Garden perioditcly between 1904-1919 , and travelled to the US and sang with the Manhattan,Chicago and Philadelphia Opera’s 1908-1913.His last appearance was at San Carlo opera Naples in 1919.His many roles included Scarpia ‘Tosca” by Puccini,Rigoletto “Rigoletto” by Verdi , Marcello ‘La Boheme” by Puccini and Germont ‘La Traviatta” by Verdi