Franco Ventriglia is an opera singer who sang bass in every major European opera house for over twenty years during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto An opera house is a theater building used for Opera performances that consists of a stage an orchestra pit audience seating and backstage facilities for costumes The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive The 1960s decade refers to the years from the beginning of 1960 to the end of 1969 This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. He returned to the U. S. in 1978 and continued performing there (including Carnegie Hall) and in southeast Asia until his retirement at age 79. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Carnegie Hall (generally ˌkɑrnɨgi ˈhɔːl is a concert venue in Midtown Manhattan in New York City located at 881 Seventh Avenue, occupying the east
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Biography
Franco Ventriglia was born in 1922 in Fairfield, Connecticut. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Fairfield is a town located in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. He grew up on a truck farm and was graduated from high school there in 1941. Vegetable farming is the growing of Vegetables for human consumption Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He enlisted in the Marine Corps serving in the First Marine Aircraft Wing in the South Pacific during World War II. The Pacific War was the part of World War II —and preceding conflicts—that took place in the Pacific Ocean, its islands and in East Asia, between After returning from the war, he was working at his brother's filling station in Easton, Connecticut when Mario Pagano, a maestro de Canto at the American Theatre Wing Professional School heard from one of Ventriglia's coworkers about his singing talent. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including A filling station, fueling station, gas station, service station, petrol station, or gasbar, Retail Outlet Easton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. Mario Pagano ( December 8[[ 748]]- October 29[[ 799]] was an Italian controversial author Jurisconsult and man of letters The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting Ventriglia passed an audition and went on to attend ATW's Professional School on the G.I. Bill, crossing paths with fellow classmate Marlon Brando, among others. The GI Bill (officially titled Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 PL346 58 Statutes at Large 284 provided for college or vocational education for returning Marlon Brando Jr (April 3 1924 – July 1 2004 was an Academy Award -winning American Actor, whose body of work spanned over half a century
Singing career
Ventriglia worked as an inspector at Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation in Stratford, CT and sang in local concerts. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation is an American Aircraft manufacturer Stratford is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, located on Long Island Sound at the mouth of the Housatonic After attending a few of Ventriglia's concerts in Bridgeport, CT, Igor Sikorsky, a music lover, granted Ventriglia permission to take one day off from work each week to continue his voice studies in New York City. Igor Sikorsky (25 May 1889 &ndash 26 October 1972 was born Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky (Игорь Иванович Сикорский The City of New York After Pagano's untimely death, Ventriglia and his wife Jean boarded the ocean liner SS Constitution for Italy. An ocean liner is a ship designed to transport people from one Seaport to another along regular long-distance Maritime routes according to a schedule The SS Constitution was an Ocean liner owned by American Export Lines. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest On board, after singing "Ol' Man River" for a group in first class, he met a businessman who asked him to contact Toti Dal Monte, a great coloratura soprano who also taught voice in Rome. " Ol' Man River " (music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II) is a song in the 1927 musical Show Boat, that tells Antonietta Meneghel ( 27 June 1893 – 26 January 1975) better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 She gave him free lessons and he eventually made his operatic debut in Palermo, singing in the Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg. Palermo ( Sicilian: Palermu, Greek: Panormus, al-Madinah during Muslim rule is a historic City in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an Opera in three acts written and composed by Richard Wagner He later sang with Luciano Pavarotti in La Bohème and Rigoletto. WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes. Thank you--> Luciano Pavarotti, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI ( October 12, Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based He performed in Samson and Delilah at La Scala, a performance he considered the highlight of his career. Samson et Dalila ( English: Samson and Delilah) is a grand opera in three acts by Camille Saint-Saëns to a French The Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is known in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous Opera houses The theatre was
Retirement
Opera singers, namely tenors, usually retire when they are in their 50s, but basses can perform longer; Ventriglia's last concert was at the age of 79. The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice He has since retired and is living in a retirement community in Wallingford, Connecticut with his wife Jean. A retirement home is a multi-residence housing facility intended for the Elderly. Wallingford is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States.
External links and sources
- Record-Journal.com interview with Franco Ventriglia
- Successful opera career was destiny, a December 2004 article from a Connecticut newspaper
- Recordings by Franco Ventriglia from Amazon.com
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