- Scipio Colombo
Scipio Colombo (
May 25 ,1910 -April 13 ,2002 ) was an Italian operaticbaritone , who sang a wide range of roles.Born in
Vicenza , Italy, Colombo first studied philosophy at the University ofPadua , before turning to music. He studied in Milan with Venturini and in Rome withGiuseppe de Luca , and made his debut inAlessandria , as Marcello in "La bohème ", in 1937.Throughout the second World War, he sang at most of the major opera houses of Italy, including
La Scala in Milan. In 1947, he sang there in the premiere ofProkofiev 's "The Love for Three Oranges ", and ofBritten 's "Peter Grimes ", and later took part in the creation of Poulenc's "Dialogues of the Carmelites ", as the Marquis de la Force, in 1957, he also sang in Mussorgski's "Khovantchina " in 1949. He created roles in contemporary Italian works, notably inDallapiccola 's "Il prigioniero " (Florence, 1950), andPizzetti 's "Cagliostro", (Milan, 1953).He made guest appearances at the
Vienna State Opera and theRoyal Opera House in London, as well as theAix-en-Provence Festival and theBregenz Festival .He also sang all the great baritone roles of the Italian repertory; Rigoletto, di Luna, Germont, Count Almaviva, Don Giovanni, Guglielmo, Lescaut, Marcello, Cavaradossi, etc.
On discs, he can be heard in complete recordings of "
Don Pasquale ", "Luisa Miller ", "Fedora", "Tosca ".Beginning in 1963, he taught at the
Musikhochschule inKarlsruhe . He died inGernsbach , Germany.Sources
* [http://www.operissimo.com/ Operissimo.com]
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