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Gianni Raimondi (born April 17, 1923) is an Italian lyric tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice

Born in Bologna, Italy, Raimondi studied at the Music Conservatory of his native city, with Melandri and Barra-Caracciolo, and made his debut there in 1948, as Ernesto in Don Pasquale. Bologna (boloɲa from Latin Bononia, Bulåggna in Bolognese dialect is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Don Pasquale is an Opera buffa, or comic Opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti.

After singing throughout Italy, notably in Florence, in a revival of Rossini's Armida, opposite Maria Callas, in 1952, he made guest appearances in Nice, Marseille, Monte-Carlo, Paris, and London. Armida is a beautiful enchantress in Torquato Tasso 's Jerusalem Delivered, who bewitched Rinaldo one of the Crusaders by her charms as Circe He made his debut at La Scala in Milan, in 1955, as Alfredo in La Traviata, opposite Callas, in the famed Luchino Visconti production, he took part in another famous Visconti-Callas production, as Percy in Anna Bolena, in 1957. 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 La traviata is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Count of Lonate Pozzolo ( November 2, 1906 - March 17, 1976) was an Italian Anna Bolena is a tragedia lirica, or Opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. He participated in many important revivals at La Scala, including Mosè in Egitto, in 1958, and Semiramide, opposite Joan Sutherland, in 1962. Mosè in Egitto (known in the French version as Moïse et Pharaon ou Le passage de la Mer Rouge) ( Moses and Pharaoh or The Passage to the Red Semiramide is an Opera in two acts by Gioacchino Rossini. The Libretto was written by Gaetano Rossi, based on Voltaire 's WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Dame Joan Alston Sutherland, OM, AC, DBE (born 7 November 1926

Raimondi was much appreciated in high-lying lyric tenor roles such as Arnoldo in Guglielmo Tell, Arturo in I puritani, Fernando in La Favorita, Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, the Duke in Rigoletto, etc. Guillaume Tell ( William Tell) is an Opera in four acts by Gioachino Rossini to a French Libretto by Etienne de Jouy I puritani ( The Puritans) is an Opera in three acts by Vincenzo Bellini. La Favorita redirects here For the Donizetti opera please see La favorite. Lucia di Lammermoor is a dramma tragico (tragic Opera) in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based

His American debut was at the San Francisco Opera in 1957. San Francisco Opera (SFO is the second largest Opera company in North America. He also appeared at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, in 1959. The Teatro Colón ( Spanish) ( Colón Theatre) in Buenos Aires, Argentina, is one of the world's major Opera houses He made his Metropolitan Opera debut on September 29, 1965, as Rodolfo in La bohème, opposite another debutante, Mirella Freni. The Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880 is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. Mirella Freni (born 27 February 1935 as Mirella Fregni is an Italian Opera Soprano much admired for the youthful Other roles at the Met included: Edgardo, Faust (opera), Cavaradossi in Tosca, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly. Faust is an opera in five acts by Charles Gounod to a French libretto by Jules Barbier and Michel Carré from Carré's play Tosca is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on

In the 1970s, Raimondi expanded his repertory and added roles such as Pollione in Norma, Gennaro in Lucrezia Borgia (opera), which he sang opposite Leyla Gencer and Montserrat Caballé, he also sang in many Verdi operas such as, I masnadieri, I Vespri Siciliani, Simon Boccanegra, etc. Lucrezia Borgia is a Melodramma, or Opera, in a prologue and two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Leyla Gencer, or Ayşe Leyla Çeyrekgil (b October 10, 1928 in Istanbul, Turkey – d Maria de Montserrat Viviana Concepció Caballé i Folc, better known as Montserrat Caballé (born April 12 1933) is a Spanish Catalan I masnadieri ( The Bandits) is an Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Andrea Maffei, based on Les vêpres siciliennes ( The Sicilian Vespers) is an Opera in five acts by the Italian romantic Composer Giuseppe Simon Boccanegra is an Opera with a prologue and three acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, based

Gianni Raimondi made few commercial recordings, the most famous is probably La Traviata, oppsosite Renata Scotto and Ettore Bastianini. Renata Scotto (born February 24, 1934) is an Italian Soprano. Ettore Bastianini ( September 24, 1922 &ndash January 25, 1967) was an Italian Opera singer who began his professional career He also appeared in a film version of La bohème with Mirella Freni, conducted by Herbert Von Karajan. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Herbert von Karajan ( April 5

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