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Raffaele Cardone (1960) |
Following it is presented brief historical notes on the most significant events in Mr. Cardone's life as a singer and vocal teacher. His love and dedication to music and the Opera has been for him a great motivation to teach and transfer his experience and understanding of the vocal technique in the Art of Singing. |
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BIOGRAPHY: Raffaele Cardone initiated his musical and vocal studies at very early age in his native Bari, Italy. At the same time he was singing at local Churches and Cathedral as child soloist. As a teenager Raffaele took voice classes with Tenor Giuseppe Racalbuto and Delia Sanzio Montesanto until he was heard and accepted as student by Baritone Carlo Tagliabue in the City of Monza, Italy. Mr. Cardone studied repertoire with maestros Tommaso Yappelli and Rainaldo Zamboni from Alla Scala where he also received acting and Italian Chamber Opera classes. At the age of nineteen, Mr. Cardone joined an Opera Company traveling to South America headed by tenor Bruno Landi, making his first operatic appearance at "Teatro El Circulo" in the City of Rosario, Argentina in the role of Duca di Mantova of Verdi's Rigoletto. With the same Company he was alternating with Bruno Landi in Barbiere di Siviglia and La Traviata singing both Operas for the first time in Rosario and in Montevideo, Uruguay. Back to Italy, Raffaele continued his vocal studies and made his Italian debut at “Teatro Verdi”of Genova as Alfredo in Verdi's LaTraviata. Later he won an audition and engaged for almost two Months tour, to perform at different cities of Yougoslavia with Elisisr D’Amore and Il Barbiere di Siviglia. Following Mr. Cardone was engaged to sing for the first time Mascagni’s Amico Fritz in San Marino and soon after in Malta Island and his native Bari at Teatro Petruzzelli. In 1959 Raffaele won a Lyric Opera Contest organized by the “Teatro Municipale” in Bologna after which he was engaged to sing in several theaters in Emilia Region, first roles in Rigoletto, Barbiere, and Elisir. As young singer Mr. Cardone was engage to cover Gianni Raimondi, Alfredo Kraus and occasionally Giuseppe Di Stefano in different Opera Houses in Italy, Switzerland and Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1961 he sang for the first time Arturo in I Puritani at Teatro Avenida, Buenos Aires while covering Gianni Raimondi in the same Opera and Rigoletto to be performed at the Teatro Colon where he alternated with Rigoletto. From the years fifties to 1970, Mr. Cardone has performed opera and concerts, in several countries such as Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Yugoslavia, Malta, San Marino, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Costa Rica, United States and Mexico. His first appearance in US was at Brooklins’s Accademy of Music in New York, after which he was engaged with Lyric Opera of Chicago to cover and to alternate with Alfredo Kraus in Rigoletto and Mefistofele. Raffaele was forced to make a parenthesis in his career to take care of a serious health situation after which he and decided to retire in Mexico. Fully recuperated, few years later, Mr. Cardone reinitiated his singing activities participating in several Official Seasons at “Teatro de Bellas Artes” in Mexico City in Rigoletto, Butterfly, I Puritani and other. He also appeared in different Opera performances and Concerts in Mexican cities such as Guadalajara, Puebla. Chihuahua, Aguascalientes, Mérida, Monterrey, etc. During the years in Mexico, Mr. Cardone was invited by almost every existing Symphonic and Philharmonic Orchestra in the Country included the famous of the time "Filarmónica de Las America" directed by Luis Herrera De La Fuente. Mr. Cardone participated for three consecutives years in Festival Cervantino in Opera and Concerts, some of latest directed by Eduardo Mata a great talented Director of Dallas Symphony Orchestra who prematurely died in a plane crash. Mr. Cardone performed in most of the Opera Houses and Concert Halls in Mexico including the modern “Sala Neztzahualcoalt” and performed Masters Classes and Conferences at local and US Conservatory and Universities including De Paul University and Northwestern in Chicago and Evanston respectively. In 1980 sang his last Arturo in Bellinis' I Puritani at “Bellas Artes” and made his last appearance as Almaviva of Barbiere at modern Teatro Los Heroes, Chihuahua in 1982 in a special Season organizes by the Goverment of Chihuahua State. After that he decided to sing only in concerts and recitals and dedicate more in voice teaching and conduct operatic workshop to initiate young singers in the operatic profession. Among many fine Conductors who have directed Mr. Cardone are Maestros Assermet, Bartoletti, Benintende Neglia, Cillario, De Almeida, Diaz Muñoz, Farina, Herrera de La Fuente, La Rotella, Lozano, Magiera, Mata, Ochoa, Previtali, Quadri, Silipigni, Tauriello, Votto, Zamboni, Veltri and other fine musicians. Presently Mr. Cardone resides in Miami, Florida dedicated in teaching voice, the art of singing and conducting opera workshops. As Artistic Director of Miami Lyric Opera Circle, Mr. Cardone has presented La Traviata, Rigoletto and Marina at Teatro Artime of Miami while engaging himself to promote the Opera and Classical Music in the area. In 2004, Mr. Cardone has founded the Miami Lyric Opera Company (MLO) and became its Artistic Director, in that tenure he has produced and directed Verdi's La Traviata, Mascagni's Cavalleria, Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, Donizetti's Don Pasquale and two Gala Concerts in the City of Miami, Florida. Mr. Cardone's experience as an opera singer, vocal teacher and Artistic Director is a great contribution to the development of the opera in Miami and to those who love the opera. |
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Carlo Tagliabue and Raffaele Cardone in Concert(1961) |
Raffaele Cardone in I Puritani (1961) |