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Giulio Crimi (Tenor) (Paterno 1885 – Rome 1939)
He studied in Catania with Aderno and made his debut in Palermo, as Manrico in ‘’Il trovatore’’, in 1910, later appearing in Treviso as Hagenbach in ‘’La Wally’’. He sang throughout Italy, Rome, Milan, etc., and created in Turin the role of Paolo in Zandonai's ‘’Francesca da Rimini’’ in 1914. That same year saw his debut in London, where he sang the role of Avito in the local premiere of ‘’L'amore dei tre re’’, at the Royal Opera House. In 1916, he made his debut at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, and at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. His Metropolitan Opera debut took place in November 1918, as Radames in ‘’Aida’’, the following month (on December 14) he created the roles of Luigi and Rinuccio in the Puccini operas ‘’Il tabarro’’ and ‘’Gianni Schicchi’’. He remained at the Met until 1922, singing Rodolfo, Alfredo, Turiddu, Canio, Chenier, Milio. Other notable roles included; des Grieux, Alvaro, Walther, Vasco, etc. He retired from the stage in 1927, and taught in Rome, where he died. Amongst his pupils was Tito Gobbi.
Il Trovatore: Di quella pira Vocalion 60049
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