Anselmi, Oscar G 13.feb.1872-19?? Italy, Naples - ?, ?
pianist, conductor, 1891 graduated in piano under Giuseppe Martucci and composition under Paolo Serrao from Conservatorio S Pietro a Majella in Naples, 1892 toured the Philippines and Indonesia (theatre Colon in Batavia) with an Opera Company of impressario Balzofiore, 21.aug.1898 conductor at Teatro Donizetti in Bergamo, 17.nov.1898 premiered Giordano's Fedora at Teatro Lirico in Milan, 14.may.1899 with Enrico Caruso at the Opera of Buenos Aires, 17.jan.1901 at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, 19.apr.1902 at Teatro San Carlo in Naples, 10.jun.1905 at Teatro Marrucino in Chieti, 30.dec.1905-26.feb.1906 Carnevale at Casa della Musica in Parma, [feb.1908] conducting Puccini's Butterfly at Teatro S Joao in Porto Portugal, 1.nov.1909 arrival at New York, 23.nov.1909-12.mar.1910 conductor at the Manhattan Opera House, 11.jan.1910 at the Philadelphia Opera House, 1910 residing in Celle Ligure, 1920 at Teatro Rossini in Ravenna, 1930 as teacher voice residing in Milan, 1932 one of his students was baritone Robert Weede and earlier he had been coach of coloratura Luisa Tetrazzini