Narciso Del Ry

When he was twelve years old, Del Ry sang in recitals for children. He made his debut at that age in a small opera written by Cosimo Leoncini and Arturo Briga, Il piccolo zingaro, and immediately became the idol of young people.

Later Del Ry was employed as a typographer at Orsolini in Pisa. After attending a performance of Ballo in maschera at the Politeama Pisano, Del Ry remembered that he had a good voice and started to sing some selection from Ballo in maschera. All his friends recommended him to audition with the baritone Lelio Casini. Casini accepted him as a student in his school. With the help of his friends, Del Ry went to Milan to study with him, meanwhile he was employed at the printing company where the Rivista Melodrammatica was printed.

He made his debut in 1901 at the Guillaume in Brescia in Ballo in maschera with the bass Gaetano Monti who helped him.

Looking at his chronology, because of his large repertory, we can call him a tenor for all opera seasons. His repertory included: Riccardo, Faust, Rodolfo, Duca, Fernando, Faust (Mefistofele), Alfredo, Edgardo, Elvino, Almaviva, Gérald, Arturo, Wilhelm Meister, Fra Diavolo, Ernesto, Brier (Bretagna), Pinkerton, Hagenbach, Enzo, Turiddu, Canio, Dimitri, Werther, des Grieux (Manon), Cavaradossi, ? (Biondello), ? (Marcella), ? (Aglaia), Manrico, Cavaliere di Ripafratta (Mirandolina), des Grieux (Manon Lescaut), Salvator Rosa, Loris, ? (La figlia di Jorio), Radames, Osaka, José, Piccolo Marat, Erland (Frida), Johnson, Nadir. Alvaro, Maurizio, Fritz, Ernani, ? (La lampada), ? (La via della finestra), Pollione, ...

Not only did he sing all over Italy, but he sang abroad: Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Havanna, Mexico City, Puebla, Marseille, Alexandria, Cairo, Lisbon, Barcelona, São Paolo, Tucuman, Córdoba, Malta, Port Said, Athens, Lausanne, ...

He retired around 1936 due to grave illness, dying in 1939.

Discography

Columbia
	Rigoletto: Questa o quella              	11030, D4280, D607
	Rigoletto: La donna è mobile            	11031, D4280, D607
	Manon: Il sogno                         	11032, D4279
	Manon: Ah dispar                        	11033, D4279
	Un ballo in maschera: Non sai tu        	74711, D16315, D17301
	Un ballo in maschera: M'ami, m'ami      	74712, D16315, D17301

Fonotipia/Odeon
Xph3672 La favorita: Una vergine                	92362, 59245 (Odeon)
Xph3671 La favorita: Spirto gentil              	92363, 59246 (Odeon)
Xph3673 Rigoletto: Ella mi fu                   	92364
Xph3674 Rigoletto: Parmi veder                  	92365
Xph3679 Il barbiere di Siviglia: Ecco ridente   	92366
Xph3680 Il barbiere di Siviglia: Oh sorte       	92367
        Lucia di Lammermoor: Tomba degli        	92368
        Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco           	92369
Xph3694 Lucia di Lammermoor: Tu che a dio       	92370, 59253 (Odeon)
Xph3686 Don Pasquale: Cercherò                  	92371, 59254 (Odeon)
        La Gioconda: Cielo e mar                	92372
        Rigoletto: La donna è mobile            	92373
Xph3690 L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva           	92374, 92257 (Odeon)
Xph3678 I puritani: A te o cara                 	92375, 59258 (Odeon)
UNP     Tess (d'Erlanger): Romanza p. I° La notte	 
UNP     Tess (d'Erlanger): Romanza p. II° Il sogno	 
UNP     Tess (d'Erlanger): Ariosa	 
UNP     Tess (d'Erlanger): Portami via	 
UNP     Martha: M'appari	 
UNP     Zazà: Mai più Zazà

I wish to thank Richard J Venezia for the recording (Gioconda).