- Piero de Palma
Piero de Palma (b. 1925 ?) is an Italian operatic
tenor , particularly associated withcomprimario roles.He began his career in 1948 by singing on Italian radio (
RAI ) and made his stage debut in 1952 at theSan Carlo in Naples, where he was to performed regularly until 1980. The same year saw his debuts at theRome Opera and theMaggio Musicale Fiorentino , he then went on singing throughout Italy, appearing inGenoa ,Palermo ,Catania ,Trieste ,Bergamo , etc., he also appeared at theBaths of Caracalla and theVerona Arena , and made his debut atLa Scala in Milan in 1958.He made a specialty of character roles and became perhaps the finest and most famous of all postwar comprimario artists. He possessed a fine voice and was an outstanding actor, and sang an estimated 200 roles throughout his career, amongst his most famous were Dr. Cajus in "Falstaff" and Pong in "
Turandot ". Other notable roles included Basilio, Normanno, Malcolm, Borsa, Gastone, Cassio, Edmondo, Goro, Spalanzani, etc.elected recordings
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Puccini - "La Rondine " -Anna Moffo (Magda),Daniele Barioni (Ruggero),Graziella Sciutti (Lisette), Piero de Palma (Prunier),Mario Sereni (Rambaldo) - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra,Francesco Molinari-Pradelli -RCA Victor (1966)ources
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