- Giulio Fioravanti
Giulio Fioravanti (
October 17 ,1923 ,Ascoli Piceno -May 3 ,1999 ,Milan ) was an Italian operaticbaritone , particularly associated with the Italian repertory.He studied first
jurisprudence and work one year as a jurist in his native city before turning to music studies at theAccademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome, with famed baritoneRiccardo Stracciari . He made his stage debut inTurin , as Germont in "La traviata ", in 1951. He sang throughout Italy and in 1957 made his debut at both theSan Carlo in Naples andLa Scala in Milan.He established himself in the standard Italian repertory, singing all the great baritone parts from
bel canto toverismo . He also took part in several creations of contemporary works such as "Rappresentazione e Festa" byGian Francesco Malipiero , "Alamistakeo" by Giulio Viozzi, "Vivì" byFranco Mannino , "Suocera Rapita" by Lidia Ivanova, and "La regina delle nevi" by Giuseppe Zanaboni.On records, he can be heard in "Manon Lescaut", opposite
Maria Callas , and "Adriana Lecouvreur ", oppositeRenata Tebaldi . He appeared as Scarpia in a TV production of "Tosca ", oppositeMagda Olivero , and Enrico in a film version of "Lucia di Lammermoor ", oppositeAnna Moffo , both recently released on DVD.ources
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