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Although, within an era of several outstanding baritones, Antonio Scotti’s had not been the richest or the most magnificent in timbre, it had been nonetheless an outstanding instrument whose owner yielded absolutely nothing to his contemporaries in musicality and dramatic acuity. As his tone of voice declined, he focused for …

Titta Ruffo (given birth to Ruffo Cafiero Titta) was among the best Italian baritones of the first twentieth century. He previously a robust, dark performing voice, however his higher register acquired a ring generally characteristic of the tenor; these characteristics embodied the full-blooded operatic baritone that is in vogue since. …