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Italian operatic tenor (1885–1969)
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2024-04-19 18:31:25
Chile, in South America, has produced a handful of operatic singers in the last century, like Sofia del Campo, Carlo Morelli and Ramón Vinay. Among these, stands out the name of Renato Zanelli who enjoyed a fine career in the most important opera houses in the world during a period full of rivals—baritones Giuseppe De Luca, Pasquale Amato, Giuseppe Danise and tenors Aureliano Pertile, Giovanni Martinelli, Giacomo Lauri-Volpi. Zanelli was considered the best Otello in his time and was heir […] The post appeared first on Serenade.
2023-11-03 10:00:56
On this night in 1924 Tullio Serafin made his Met debut conducting Elisabeth Rethberg and Giovanni Martinelli in Aida.
2020-04-30 12:00:08
On this day in 1928 Rosa Ponselle and Giovanni Martinelli graced the boards of Public Hall, Cleveland in a Met touring performance of Aida.
2019-12-10 22:00:00
GOUNOD: FAUST GEDDA - HARPER - GHIAUROV - GAVAZZENI - TEATRO COLON 1971
[…] opera at the old Teatro Colon, in 1866, that inspired poet Estanislao del Campo´s famous drama "El Fausto Criollo". At the new Teatro Colon, the first perfomance took place in 1914, conducted by Tullio Serafin. It was starred by Alessandro Bonci, Nazareno de Angelis and Linda Canetti. Two years later Ninon Vallin was in charge of the role of Marguerite, a role she sang again in 1921. The role of Faust was sang by great tenors such as Giovanni Martinelli (1921), Georges Thill (1929) and Mario Fillipeschi (1949). As for Mephistopheles, the list is no less spectacular: Marcel Journet (1916, 1918 and 1929), Vanni Marcoux (1919), Adam Didur (1921), Ezio Pinza (1927) and Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1956), besides the aforementioned Boris Christoff. The 1971 season was the 12th season in which Gounod´s opera was included. Up until then, one of the most acclaimed version of Faust had been the one performed in 1949: Tullio Serafin conducted an all-star cast, […]
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