Giuseppe Anselmi

As Des Grieux in “Manon” Massenet

Giuseppe Anselmi
(Antonio Giuseppe Anselmi)
1876 -1929
Italian tenor.

He studied violin and piano at the Naples Conservatory as a teenager, and then joined an operetta troupe. Studied voice with Luigi Mancinelli, one of Italy's leading conductors.Debut in Genoa in 1900, He appeared at the Teatro San Carlo, Naples 1900, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden London 1901. La Scala, Milan 1904, Monte-Carlo Opera 1908, . He sang at Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Brussels, Berlin and Vienna prior to World War I.His greatest triumphs, however, occurred in the cities of St Petersburg Warsaw and Madrid, His operatic career tailed off at the end of World War I. He spent his remaining years teaching and composing in Italy. He also gave the odd concert.