Compilation of Odysseus Lappas 1888 -1971 the LEGENDARY greek spinto tenor

MY FAVORITE GREEK TENOR!!!! 0:00 Un dì all'azzurro spazio From Giordano's Andrea Chénier 4:14 Come un bel dì di maggio From Giordano's Andrea Chénier 7:11 Celeste Aida From Verdi's Aida 11:21 Cielo e mar from Ponchielli's La Gioconda 15:45 La fleur que tu m'avais jetée From Bizet's Carmen sung in italian 20:27 E lucevan le stelle from Puccini's Tosca 23:32 Ch'ella mi creda From Puccini's La fanciulla del West 26:02 Vesti la giubba from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci 29:03 No Pagliaccio non son from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci 32:08 Core 'ngrato by Cardillo sung in greek 35:01 Si vous l’aviez compris by Denza 37:46 O yero Demos from Carrer's Markos Botsaris 42:02 Exomologissis by Samara 44:47 Manna kai yios by Samara 47:18 Den tha xehasso by Psaroudas 50:20 Essena pou agapessa by Xanthopoulos 52:57 I kardia tes mannas by Hadjiapostolou 55:32 Pantrevoun ten agapi mou by Lavdas 59:16 To Paramythi tes neraidas by Sakellarides 01:02:01 Yiati metho by Triantaphyllou THE END :) His real name was Odysseus Lappas. He studied with Giuseppe Mandolini in Milan. In 1914 he made his debut as Enzo in ‘’Gioconda’’ at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. In the same year, he also appeared there as Canio in ‘’Pagliacci’’. Already in 1917 Lappas performed at La Scala in the premiere of the opera ‘’Il Macigno’’ of Victor de Sabata. in 1918 he sang at the Teatro Politeama Reinach of Parma in the performanceof Puccinis ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’. Since 1919 Lappas began his real international career appearing at the opera house of Monte Carlo in ‘’Ruy Blas’’. In 1919 he made guest appearance at Covent Garden. The next year, he went to Cairo, where he performed in ‘’Francesca Da Rimini’’. In 1920 Lappas repeated his success in Monte Carlo appearing with Elvira De Hidalgo in ‘’Pagliacci’’. In 1925 he was to be found again at Covent Garden, now as a partner of Maria Jeritza in ‘’Fedora’’. From 1921-22 and 1928-29 he was a soloist of the Chicago Opera. He made his debut there in ‘’La Fanciulla del West’’. During his career he appeared in different italian opera houses (Venice. La Fenice, Genova. Politeama Genovese, Milan. Dal Verme, Brescia. Grande, Pisa. Verdi, Bari. Petruzzelli etc.). In 1934 he sang at La Scala in the première of the opera ‘’Don of Giovanni’’ of Felice Lattuada. Probably he retired in 1940.