Albanese's contemporary baritone Ugo Savarese (1912-1997) was also a
Neapolitan. After studying at the Conservatory there he appeared at the San
Carlo in 1940 as Schaunard in La Bohème. Like Albanese he sang
at many important Italian opera houses. His repertory included Germont, Enrico
in Lucia di Lammermoor, Rigoletto, Tonio in Pagliacci, Marcello,
Gerard in Andrea Chénier, Don Carlo in La forza del destino,
Amonasro, Escamillo, Valentin, Alfio, di Luna, Telramondo in Lohengrin,
David in L'amico Fritz, Alfonso in La favorita, Carlo in Verdi's
Giovanna d'Arco, Barnaba in La Gioconda, Zurga in I pescatori
di perle, the carpenter in Mascagni's Il piccolo Marat, Belcore in
L'elisir d'amore, Sharpless, Giacomo in Verdi's Giovanna d'Arco
and Simone in Paisiello's Il duello comico. He made a number of other
recordings for CETRA, including Rolando in Verdi's La battaglia di Legnano.