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Showing posts with label Donizetti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Donizetti. Show all posts
16 March 2020

Enrico Tamberlik – tenor

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Imposing king of the high C sharp At the height of his career, Enrico Tamberlik was Italy's most admired tenore robusto Opera si...
17 February 2019

Giovanni Pacini – opera composer

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Works of overshadowed musician have enjoyed recent revival Giovanni Pacini found himself overshadowed first by Bellini and Donizetti, ...
18 January 2019

Katia Ricciarelli - operatic soprano

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Star whose peak years were in ‘70s and ‘80s Katia Ricciarelli was at her peak for about two decades The opera singer Katia Ricciarel...
28 December 2018

Francesco Tamagno - operatic tenor

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19th century star was first to sing Verdi’s Otello Francesco Tamagno was a world-renowned star of 19th century opera The operatic te...
22 December 2018

Giovanni Bottesini - double bass virtuoso

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Musician was also a composer and conductor Giovanni Bottesini took up the double bass so he could attend Milan Conservatory The comp...
17 October 2018

Giovanni Matteo Mario - operatic tenor

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Disgraced nobleman became the toast of London and Paris Giovanni Matteo Mario became a singer after fleeing to France The operatic t...
22 April 2018

Fiorenza Cossotto - operatic mezzo-soprano

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Career overshadowed by story of ‘row’ with Maria Callas Fiorenza Cossotto is considered among the finest mezzo-sopranos of the 20th ce...
5 March 2018

Marietta Piccolomini – soprano

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Popular star who found fame as Violetta Marietta Piccolomini had to persuade reluctant parents to let her sing The operatic sopr...
13 January 2018

Renato Bruson – operatic baritone

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Donizetti and Verdi specialist rated among greats Renato Bruson, pictured not long after his debut in the 1960s. The opera singe...