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With nothing beats Tito Gobbi’s incisive voice and cunning histrionic ability, Giuseppe Taddei’s sumptuous sound and witty personality, or Ettore Bastianini’s bronzed vocal instrument, Aldo Protti non-etheless managed a substantial career in the Italy from the 1950s and 1960s. Essentially a residence baritone for London/Decca Information before the firm obtained …

Bass Cesare Siepi was, seeing that mezzo-soprano Giulietta Simionato seen in Lanfranco Rasponi’s reserve THE FINAL Prima Donnas, “the ruler from the bassos, a grand seigneur for the stage.” For 23 periods, he was the Metropolitan Opera’s leading basso cantante, as adept in the style of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and …

Giuseppe di Stefano begun to research tone of voice as he trained for the priesthood within a Jesuit seminary in Milan; his instructors included Luigi Montesanto and Mariano Stabile. Mobilized in to the Fascist military at age 19, di Stefano helped pay the bills by singing well-known music beneath the …

With Ciro Monteiro, Roberto Silva was among the developers from the richly syncopated melodic division of samba singing launched by Luís Reis and Vassourinha. A few of his biggest strikes are “Maria Tereza” (Altamiro Carrilho), “Normélia”, “Mandei Fazer um Patuá” (both by Raimundo Olavo/Norberto Martins), “Perdi Você” (Raimundo Olavo/Silva Júnior), …

The stentorian dramatic tenor of Mario del Monaco was heard across the world through the 1950s and 1960s. While frequently berated by critics for his unsubtle vocal creation, del Monaco was a preferred of viewers who valued his power and sincerity of strategy while tackling the heaviest functions in the …

In the annals of opera, the comprimari singers are rarely celebrated. They are the character stars from the genre: dependable singers, actually or vocally not really celebrities, but with the flexibleness and professional achievement to appear on a single stage using the Carusos, Callases, Pavarottis and Frenis in functions like …