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Showing posts with label Verdi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Verdi. Show all posts
9 May 2019

Carlo Maria Giulini - conductor

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Boy violinist who became a maestro of the baton Giulini conducted some of the world's great orchestras in a long career Carlo Ma...
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...
16 January 2019

Renzo Mongiardino - interior and set designer

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Favourite of wealthy clients known as the ‘architect of illusion’ Renzo Mongiardino in his studio, where he created designs for some o...
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...
17 November 2018

Calisto Tanzi - disgraced businessman

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Man at the centre of the Parmalat scandal  Calisto Tanzi took over his father's grocery store when he was 22 years old Calisto ...
22 October 2018

Giovanni Martinelli – tenor

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Singer made his fame abroad Giovanni Martinelli was seen as the successor to Enrico Caruso One of the most famous tenors of the 20th...
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...
28 March 2018

Anselmo Colzani - opera star

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Baritone who had 16 seasons at the New York Met Anselmo Colzani in his signature role, Scarpia in Puccini's Tosca Anselmo Colzan...
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...