Signorini studied at the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
He made his debut in 1882 at the Politeama in Firenze. At the beginning, he had problems getting recognition due to his technique that
he kept perfecting
with a maestra who became his wife.
In 1884, he sang at the Teatro Umberto in Roma.
1885 Montevideo: Teatro Solis, Il trovatore on 28 May, 25 June, 2 August with Tetrazzini, Pessina, Falconis and Vecchioni;
Faust on 30 May (total 2) with Pattini/Tetrazzini, Vecchioni, Pessina, Falconis;
Rigoletto on 24 June, 16/23 July, 22 August, 13/20 October with Pattini/Ferretti, Menotti, Falconis, Donati/Vecchion, Sampieri
1886 Modena: Teatro Municipale in October, Don Carlo with Maria Peri De Stefani, Eugenia Mantelli, Agostino Gnaccarini, Alfonso Mariani,
and Eugenio Berberat
1887 Modena: Teatro Municipale in February, Gli ugonotti with Anna Pettigiani, Maria Peri De Stefani, Eugenia Mantelli,
Agostino Gnaccarini and Alfonso Mariani
1887 Genova: Teatro Carlo Felice in December, Don Carlo, with Concetta Bordalba, Irma De Spagny, Lhérie Paul (creator of José),
Aristodemo Sillich and Augusto Dadò
1888 Lisbon: Teatro São Carlos in October, Il trovatore with Eva Tetrazzini, Renée Vidal, Emilio De Bernis, Ettore Borucchia
1889 Montevideo: Teatro Cibils in August, Il trovatore with Elvira Colonnese, Guerrina Fabbri, Ramon Blanchart and Giulio Rossi;
as well as I lituani with Eva Tetrazzini and Blanchart
1889 Parma: Teatro Regio, Don Carlo on 25/26/28/29 December, 1/5/6/11/18/19/28 January 1890, 1/4/15 February 1890
with Giovanni Beltramo, Giuseppe Kaschmann, Vittorio Coda/Nilde Gabbi, Emma Leonardi, Adele Florio,
Maria Bronzo, Tommaso Barbieri and Arnaldo Conti conducting
Only in 1890, he had great success in Firenze as Turiddu at the Teatro Pagliano in December, with Medea Borelli, Raimonda Da
Costa and Lelio Casini.
This really started his career.
1890 Parma: Teatro Regio, Aida on 8/9/12/14/15 (Eugenio Salto replaced him)/19/22/23/25/26/29/30 January, 7/10/17 February
with Vittorio Coda/Ubaldo Ceccarelli, Emma Leonardi, Nilfa Gabbi, Vincenzo Ghilardini, Giovanni Beltramo/Vittorio Coda,
Mario Sammarco/Carlo Pasini and Arnaldo Conti conducting; Ernani on 8/9/11/13 February with
Giuseppe Kaschmann/Mario Sammarco, Giovanni Beltramo, Luisa Negroni, Adele Florio, Carlo Pasini,
Ugolino Ferzari and Arnaldo Conti conducting
1890 La Spezia: Politeama Duca di Genova in August, Gli ugonotti with Teresina Rastelli Parodi, Carolina Buglione Di Monale,
Angelica Nava, Giovanni Giannini Sisco, Ugo Meloncelli and Baldo Travaglini
1891 Firenze: Teatro Pagliano in January, Il trovatore with Medea Borelli, Ernestina Riso, Lelio Casini and Ervino Villelmi
1891 Palermo: Politeama in March, Cavalleria rusticana (sharing with Fernando Valero) with Romilda Pantaleoni, Carolina Zawner/Carolina Genovese Del Bosco,
Tieste Wilmant/Arturo Pessina
1891 Roma: Teatro Nazionale in July, Il trovatore with Augusta Cruz, Maria Giudice, Virgilio Blasi and Costantino Caldani
1892 Berlin: Krolloper in May, Otello with Maria De Macchi and Mario Sammarco
1892 Firenze: Politeama Fiorentino in June, Il trovatore (sharing with Carlo Vincentelli/Cesare Sodi) with Adelaide Magi,
Lina Parpignoli Bonheur, Silvio Arrighetti and Mariano Baldelli
1892 Pesaro: Teatro Rossini, Guglielmo Tell on 17 July with Bonner, Menotti, Navarini and Mascheroni
1892 Fermo: Teatro dell'Aquila in August, Guglielmo Tell with Bonner, Pelegalli-Rossetti, Menotti?, Navarini, Fiorini
1893 Bucharest: Opera Theater in November, Gli ugonotti with Isabella Svicher, Lina Cerne Wulman, Gualtiero Pagnoni, Remo
Ercolani and Eraldo Coda
1894 Bucharest: Opera Theater in January, Lohengrin with Lina Cerne Wulman, Irma De Spagni, Mario Sammarco, Remo Ercolani,
Gualtiero Pagnoni
1894 Genova: Politeama Genovese in February, Cavalleria rusticana (sharing with Dario De Romanis and Carlo Dari), with
Romilda Pantaleoni/Eugenia Haertel, Alessandro Modesti; in March, Carmen (sharing with Emanuele Morales and Angelo Angioletti),
with Emilia Locatelli/Lina Bonheur, Maria Grisi/Giulia Biondelli, Alessandro Modesti
1894 Ciudad de Mexico: Teatro Nacional, Guglielmo Tell on 16 October with Pettigiani, De Anna
1894 Havana: Teatro Tacon in December, Guglielmo Tell with De Anna
1895 Buenos Aires: Teatro de la Opera in May, Otello, with Emilia Corsi and Edoardo Camera; as well as Il trovatore with
Carmen Bonaplata Bau, Virginia Guerrini, Cesare Cioni and Giuseppe De Grazia
1895 Montevideo: Teatro Solis, Aida on 11 August, with Bonaplata, Guerrini, Camera, Vecchioni, Appiani; and Lucia di
Lammermoor on 15 August, with Pinkert, Camera, De Grazia
1895 Montevideo: Nuovo Politeama in September, Il trovatore with Rosa Caligaris, Saffo Bellincioni, Giuseppe Pacini
and Francesco Spangher
1895 Trieste: Teatro Verdi in December, Don Carlo with Maria De Macchi, Concetta Mas, Edoardo Camera, Giovanni Scarneo
and Ettore Conti
1896 Trieste: Teatro Verdi in January, Aida, 13 performances with Maria De Macchi, Concetta Mas, Edoardo Camera with Gaetano Cimini
conducting
1896 Santiago de Chile: Teatro Municipal in June, Otello with Eva Tetrazzini and Antonio Magini Coletti; and in July, Gli
ugonotti with Josefina Huguet, Eva Tetrazzini, Antonio Magini Coletti, Giovanni Scarneo and Giovanni Balisardi
1897 Milano: La Scala, Don Carlo on 6 February with Carmen Bonaplata Bau, Maria Giudice, Corti, Edoardo Camera,
Giovanni Scarneo and "Leopoldo Spivacchini" (i. e. Lev Sibirjakov). (Pompeo Cambiasi in his book describes the performance as cattiva)
1898 Odessa: Opera Theater in January, Otello with Ines De Frate and Mario Sammarco; as well as Gli ugonotti with
Luisa Tetrazzini, Rosa Caligaris, Irma Monti Baldini, Giovanni Polese, Antonio Sabellico and Sebastiano Cirotto; and in February,
Andrea Chénier with Rosa Caligaris and Mario Sammarco
1899 Trieste: Teatro Verdi, Il profeta with Anita Occhiolini, Armida Parsi Pettinella, Ernmanno De Filippi
and Giuseppe De Grazia
1899 Napoli: Teatro San Carlo in February, Gli ugonotti with Maria Cavallini, Nina Rosini, Anita Torretta,
Pietro Giacomello/Pippo Conti, Agostino Lanzoni, Luigi Nicoletti Korman; in March, Il trovatore (sharing with Vincenzo De Salvin), with
Nina Rosini/Lina Montuschi, Anita Torretta, Giovanni Albinolo/P. Conti and Luigi Nicoletti Korman
1899 Alessandria: Teatro Municipale, Guglielmo Tell on 26 November with Calderazzi, Rubirato, Gutierrez and Guerrera
1899 Parma: Teatro Regio, Ernani on 8/9/11/13/16 February with Giuseppe Kaschmann/Mario Sammarco, Giovanni Beltramo,
Luisa Negroni, Adele Florio,Carlo Pasini, Ugolino Ferzari and Arnaldo Conti conducting
1900 Firenze: Teatro Pagliano in November, Ernani with Rosa Caligaris, Giuseppe Pacini, Giuseppe De Grazia; as well as Il
trovatore with Rosa Caligaris, Elvira Ceresoli, Giuseppe Pacini, Giuseppe De Grazia
1901 Piacenza: Municipale in January 1901, Guglielmo Tell with Santarelli, Pacini, Cacialli, Cimini
1901 Firenze: Pagliano in February, Il trovatore with Isabella Paoli/Rosa Caligaris, Alice Cucini,
Giuseppe Pacini and Ruggero Galli
1901 Praha: German Opera House in May, Il trovatore with Maria De Macchi, Edwige Ghibaudo, Vittorio Brombara, Ferdinando Fabro
1901 Roma: Teatro Adriano in November, Guglielmo Ratcliff (sharing with Michele Mariacher), with Amelia Melani, Virginia Guerrini/Alice Cucini,
Giuseppe Pacini, Francesco Navarini and Umberto Cocchi
1902 Trieste: Teatro Verdi in February, 16 performances of Aida with Carmen Bonaplata, Giannina Lukacewska, Riccardo Stracciari and
Gialdino Gialdini conducting
1902 Berlin: Krolloper in May, Ernani with Maria De Macchi, Mario Sammarco, Vittorio Arimondi
1902 Parma: Teatro Regio, I vespri siciliani on 25/27/28 December, 1 January 1903 with Marino Aineto, Salvatore Greggio,
Tommaso Barbieri, Michele Riera, Celestina Boninsegna, Emma Decima, Roberto Bonesini, G. Caselli and Arnaldo Conti conducting
1903 Parma: Teatro Regio, Il trovatore on 3/4/6/8/10/11/13 January 1903 with
Isidoro Barettin/Marino Aineto, Celestina Boninsegna, Emma Leonardi/Marta Curellich, Alfonso Mariani, Scolastica Rappini,
Roberto Boncini and Arnaldo Conti conducting
1903 Madrid: Teatro Real, Guglielmo Tell on 25 February with Clasenti, Menotti, Vidal, Verdaguer, Mugnone
1903 Palermo: Politeama Garibaldi in November, Il trovatore (sharing with Filippo D'Ottavi) with Maria Santoliva Villani,
Elisa Bruno, Arturo Romboli, Silvio Becucci
1904 Alexandria: Teatro Alcazar in January, Il trovatore with Ines De Frate, Anna Berti Cerratelli and Nicolò
Fossetta; as well as La Gioconda with Isabella De Frate, Anna Berti Cecchini, Giulio Marri
1904 Roma: Teatro Costanzi in March, Gli ugonotti with Fanny Torresella, Maria De Macchi, Teresina Ferraris, Mario Sammarco,
Luigi Rossato, Ruggero Galli, Ettore Trucchi Dorini, Roberto Bisciani, Augusto Nannetti, Giuseppe Gironi,
Aristide Parasassi, Angelo Filippini, Adele Morganti and Assunto Bucciantini
1904 L'Aquila: Teatro Comunale in August, Il trovatore with Adalgisa Gabbi, Carli, Francesco Nicoletti
and Giuseppe De Grazia
1904 Firenze: Teatro Verdi in November, Il trovatore with Maria Grisi, Regina Alvarez, Isidoro Barettin and Berardo Berardi
1905 Lisbona: Teatro São Carlos in February, Don Carlo with Elena Bianchini Cappelli, Emma Leonardi, Mario Ancona,
Giuseppe De Grazia and Alfonso Mariani
1906 Livorno: Politeama in June, La Gioconda (sharing with
Remo Sangiorgi/Piero Gubellini) with Maria Santoliva Villani, Tina Farelli, Vittoria Paganelli, Arturo Romboli and Oreste Carozzi
1907 Istanbul: Teatro Petit Champs in March, Il trovatore (sharing with Alessandro Scalabrini) with Silvia Vecchione,
Paolina Govoni/Tina Alasia, Attilio Belletti/Davide Carnevali and Luigi Lizza; in May, Otello with Isabella Garlato and
Davide Carnevali
1907 San Francisco: Chutes Theater in September, Pagliacci, with Lina Bertozzi, Giuseppe Pimazzoni and Angelo Antola
1907 Berkeley: Hearst Greek Theater in November, Pagliacci, with Lina Bertozzi and Giuseppe Pimazzoni
1907 Los Angeles: Mason Auditorium in November, Otello, with Alessandro Arcangeli
1907 Oakland: Ye Liberty Playhouse in November, Il trovatore, with Maria Gonzales and Giuseppe Pimazzoni
1908 St Louis: Odeon Theater in January, Otello
1909 Bari: Teatro Petruzzelli in February, Il trovatore (sharing with Antonio Paoli) with Anna De Revers, Linda Monti
Brunner, Isidoro Barettin and Italo Picchi
1909 Firenze: Politeama Nazionale in April, Il trovatore (sharing with Franco Burroni), with Ida Giacomelli, Ines Vannini,
Ettore Foggi and Espattero Palazzi
1909 Torino: Teatro Vittorio Emanuele in October, La Gioconda, with Paola Koralek, Juliette de Marsan Berriel, Vittoria Paganelli,
Giuseppe Bellantoni, Franco Fabbri Boesmi/Antonio Sabellico
1910 Roma: Teatro Costanzi in January, Don Carlo (sharing with Amedeo Bassi), with Giannina Russ, Luisa Garibaldi,
Giuseppe De Luca/Giuseppe Kaschmann, Carlo Walter and Sebastiano Cirotto
1910 Roma: Teatro Adriano in October, Don Carlo with Maria Viscardi, Maria Voluntas, Domenico Viglione Borghese,
Giuseppe Quinzi Tapergi and Paolo Argentini
1911 Venezia: Teatro La Fenice in January, Ernani (sharing with Carlo Gislon) with Magda Dorini, Domenico Viglione
Borghese/Amleto Barbieri/Giacomo Rimini, Ruggero Galli/Giulio Zoni
1911 Napoli: Teatro San Carlo in March, Ernani with Elvira Magliulo, Riccardo Stracciari, Oreste Luppi
He retired while still in full voice, and taught singing in Rome.
Reference: Kutsch & Riemens
Timaclub Le voci di Roma liner notes
Archivio Storico del Teatro Regio di Parma (1829–2001)
Juan Dzazópulos' research on Teatro Cibils
