La Cumparsita - Tito Schipa, 1930

Tito Schipa -- La Cumparsita, Victor 1930 The most passionate tango ever composed and one of the most wonderful lyric tenors ever born on this planet, have met in this one record to leave us breathless. I think, this divine tune could never find a more fabulous interpreter - and vice versa. Therefore - being aware of artistic quality of this jewel - I decided to upload it again in spite of a few earlier uploadings in this place. I was not happy about sound quality of som eof them so, I worked a bit on my own version and - here it is. Lana, enjoy it!!! NOTE: Tito (Raffaele Attilio Amedeo) SCHIPA (1888 -- 1965) was Italian tenor, one of the finest tenore di grazia in operatic history. He was endowed with a natural, sensuous voice which he deployed with great intelligence and taste. He studied in Milan and made his operatic debut at age 21 in 1910 at Vercelli. He subsequently appeared throughout Italy and in Buenos Aires in Argentina. In 1917, he created the role of Ruggiero in Puccini’s La rondine. In 1919, Schipa travelled to the United States, joining the Chicago Opera Company. He remained with the Chicago company until 1932, whereupon he appeared at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1932 to 1935, and again in 1941. He also sang at the San Francisco Opera, beginning in 1924. From 1929 to 1949 he performed regularly in Italy, including at La Scala, Milan and the Rome Opera. He returned to Buenos Aires to sing in 1954. In 1957, he toured the USSR. Although some critics considered Schipa’s voice to be small in size and slightly husky in timbre, he was capable of provoking his legion of fans. These fans were enthralled by Schipa’s superior musicianship, as well as by his winning personality and his ability to breathe life into even the most trite song or hackneyed aria. Schipa retired from the operatic stage in 1958, he died from diabetes in 1965 in New York City, while teaching there.