- Giacinto Prandelli
Giacinto Prandelli (
February 8 ,1914 ) is an Italian operatictenor , particularly associated with the Italian and French repertories.Born in
Lumezzane ,Italy , Prandelli sang as a boy in a church choir. He studied in Rome with Fornarini, and in Brescia with Grandini, and made his stage debut at the Teatro Donizetti inBergamo , as Rodolfo, in 1942.He made his debut at the
Rome Opera in 1943, as Alfredo, he then appeared in Bologna, Genoa, Florence, Cagliari, Palermo, Catania, and made his debut inMilan , at the Teatro Lirico, as Rinuccio, in 1944. He sang the solo tenor part inBeethoven 'sNinth Symphony , underArturo Toscanini in 1946.In the early 1950s, he began an international career, appearing in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Lisbon, Buenos Aires. He made his
Metropolitan Opera debut in 1951, hisSan Francisco Opera debut in 1954, and hisLyric Opera of Chicago in 1956.He excelled in Italian and French lyric roles, such as; Edgardo, Duca di Mantua, Alfredo, Enzo, Rodolfo, Pinkerton, Cavaradossi, des Grieux, Werther,
Gounod 's andBoito 's Faust, etc. He also sang in many contemporary works byAlfano ,Wolf-Ferrari ,Menotti ,Respighi .Prandelli retired from the stage in 1970, he can be heard in a number of recordings, notobly; "
La bohème ", "Fedora ", "Adriana Lecouvreur ", "Francesca da Rimini ". He appeared in a television (RAI ) production of "Manon Lescaut", oppositeClara Petrella in 1956.ources
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