Dano Raffanti

Dano Raffanti (born April 5, 1948) is an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian baroque and bel canto repertory.

Life and career

Born in Lucca, Raffanti trained in Milan with Celletti, and made his debut at La Scala in 1976, as Rodrigo in Otello.

The following year, he appeared at the Festival della Valle d'Itria, in Antigone by Traetta, he was to return there regularly, singing in Traetta's Le serve rivali, I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Fra Diavolo, Il barbiere di Siviglia, etc. He sang Medoro in Vivaldi's Orlando furioso, in Verona, opposite Marilyn Horne, in 1978. He also appeared at the Pesaro Festival in La donna del lago, opposite Katia Ricciarelli, in 1983, and made his debut at the Royal Opera House in London, as Tebaldo in I Capuleti e Montecchi, in 1984, opposite Agnes Baltsa and Edita Gruberová, under Riccardo Muti. His debut at the Paris Opéra in 1985, was as Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia.

Raffanti made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1981, as Alfredo in La traviata, and later sang there, the Duke in Rigoletto, Rodolfo in La bohème, and most notably Goffredo in Handel's Rinaldo. He also sang in Dallas, in La donna del lago, opposite Frederica von Stade and Marilyn Horne.

Raffanti is widely regarded as having one of the most attractive voices and being one of the most stylish singers of his generation in Italian baroque and bel canto operas. He is married to soprano Maria Rosa Nazario.

Sources

• Le guide de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique, R. Mancini & J-J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986), ISBN 2-213-01563-6

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