Sergio Franchi (April 6, 1926 – May 1, 1990) was an Italian tenor. Events 46 BC - Julius Caesar defeats Caecilius Metellus Scipio and Marcus Porcius Cato in the Battle of Thapsus Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 305 - Diocletian and Maximian retire from the office of Roman Emperor. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) The tenor is the highest male voice within the Modal register, just above the Baritone voice
He was born in Cremona, Italy. Cremonese redirects here For the football team see US Cremonese Cremona is a City in northern Italy, situated Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest His sister is singer Dana Valery. Dana Valery (born 1944 in Milan Italy) (also known as Dana Valery Catalano is a singer actress and television performer who started her career in the entertainment industry His father wanted him to become an electrical engineer, so he studied both music and engineering simultaneously.
The family moved to South Africa in 1952, where Sergio worked part-time as a draftsman, while continuing to study music. The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa He later returned to Italy to study with Rossi Masetti in Milan. Milan (Milano Milan (listen) is one of the largest cities in Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy.
He toured extensively in Europe, and, in 1962, he undertook an American tour. In 1972, he became an American citizen. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Naturalization is the acquisition of Citizenship or Nationality by somebody who was not a citizen or national of that country when he or she was born
Franchi made his New York City Broadway mark by being chosen by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim to take the part of Renato De Rossi opposite Elizabeth Allen as Leona Samish, in the Rodgers/Sondheim musical Do I Hear a Waltz? The show was not well received at first but managed to run 200 performances beginning March 18, 1965. The City of New York Richard Charles Rodgers ( June 28, 1902, Arverne Queens, New York City &ndash December 30, 1979, New York Stephen Joshua Sondheim (born March 22 1930 is an American musical and film composer and lyricist winner of an Academy Award, multiple Tony Awards (seven Elizabeth Allen or Allan may refer to Elizabeth Allen (director Elizabeth Anne Allen, actress perhaps best known for portraying Do I Hear A Waltz? is a musical, with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Arthur Laurents. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The title song has become popular in the repertoire.
After his death from brain cancer in Stonington, Connecticut at the age of 64, a foundation was formed in his name to give out scholarships to talented singing students of limited means. A brain tumor is any intracranial Tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either in the Brain itself ( Neurons The Town of Stonington is in New London County, Connecticut in the southeastern corner of that U [1]
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