Alois Pennarini

Pennarini was born Aloys Federler. He studied with Joseph Gänsbacher and Johannes Ress in Vienna.

His career developed as follows:
Debut 1893 Stadttheater Pressburg (Bratislava) as Turiddu in Cavalleria rusticana
1895/96 Stadttheater Olmütz (Olomouc)
1896/97 Stadttheater Elbersfeld
1898–1900 Stadttheater Graz, now in Wagner roles
1900-1913 Stadttheater Hamburg
1904 Savage Opera Company in North America – Parsifal tour

He made guest appearances at Covent Garden, in Amsterdam and Den Haag (probably wrong).

He recorded for Odeon.

Pennarini was also a theater director:
1913–20 at the Nürnberg Stadttheater, where he was also still a singer
from 1920 at the Stadttheater in Reichenberg (Liberec)

He performed, as an actor of course, in three silent films:
"Banditen", Germany 1920/21, directed by Max Agerty. Actors: Alois Pennarini as Santanello, head of the bandits; Karl Gepper, Vera Schreiber, Erner Hübsch, Harry Ensor, Melitta Klefer, Werner Stein, Emil Stammer, Juana del Soto, Anneliese Körner. Production: Sing Film GmbH, Berlin
"Heinrich Heines erste Liebe", Germany 1922, directed by Eva Christa. Actors: Alois Pennarini as Heinrich Heine, Margarete Lanner, Vera Nordegg, Peter Kreuder. Production: Vera Filmwerke AG, Hamburg
"Mabel und ihre Freier", Germany 1922, directed by Eva Christa. Actors: Alois Pennarini as a Kammersänger, Emil von Dollen, Arnold Risch, Phylax Luedecke, Friedrich Kurth, Vera Nordegg, Aida Montes, Peter Kreuder, Wilhelmine They. Production: Vera Filmwerke AG, Hamburg

Pennarini was first married to soprano Ella Appelt, then to Clary Antoniette Nisser in 1909 (with whom had four children: Heinz, Toni-Juliana, Isolde and Mathias) and eventually to Paula Weidenslaufer.
Reference 1
Reference 2: The Opera Quarterly, vol. 19, 2003
Reference 3: pennarini.dnsdojo.com (defunct)

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

Discography

Odeon,  Berlin, June 1906
xB1256   Königin von Cypern (d'Albert): Venus-Hymne                               50048
xB1258   Heimliche Aufforderung (R Strauss)                                       50050
?        Liebesfeier (Weingartner)                                                50046
?        Ja, du bist mein (Heymann)                                               50051

Odeon,  Berlin, August 1906
xB1498   Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana                               50129
xB1500   Aida (Verdi): Holde Aida                                                 50130
xB1497-2 Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Jetzt spielen                                   50119

Odeon,  Berlin, October 1906
xB1709   Carmen (Bizet): Blumenarie              				  50164
xB1758   Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Am stillen Herd                     50176
xB1759   Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Wagner): Preisleid                           50177, 51710
xB1789   Lohengrin (Wagner): Atmest du nicht                                      50208, 51711
xB1790   Juive (Halévy): Recha. als Gott dich einst                               50193

Odeon,  Berlin, April 1907
xB2643   Evangelimann (Kienzl): Selig sind, die Verfolgung leiden                 50318
xB2651   Walküre (Wagner): Liebeslied                                             50322
xB2652   Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni): Siciliana                               50320
xB2653   Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Hüll dich in Tand nur                           50317

Odeon,  Berlin, August 1909
xB4612 Lohengrin (Wagner): Wenn ich im Kampfe für dich siege (w. Hummel)          50635