Charles Hackett
Charles Hackett (November 4, 1889 – January 1, 1942) sometimes referred to as Carlo Hackett, was an American
lyric tenor
.
Biography
He was born on November 4, 1889, in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Hackett studied first at the
New England Conservatory in Boston with Arthur J. Hubbard, and later with Vincenzo Lombardi in Florence. He made his stage debut in Genoa, as Wilhelm Meister in Mignon
, in 1914.
He sang in
Des Grieux. He also sang at the Lyric Opera of Chicago
from 1923 until 1934. He returned to the Metropolitan on February 3, 1934, as Roméo, and performed there for another five years.
Hackett made a number of recordings for Edison and Columbia, notably duets with Maria Barrientos and Rosa Ponselle, in which one can appreciate a singer with a fine technique and a certain elegance.
He died on
Manhattan, New York City
Sources
- The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia, edited by David Hamilton, (Simon & Schuster, New York, 1987) ISBN 0-671-61732-X
- Metropolitan Opera Database Archived 2018-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Charles Hackett.
External links
- Charles Hackett recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
- History of the Tenor – Sound Clips and Narration
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