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Alberto De Bassini (Baritone) (Firenze 1847 - ?)
He was the son of a famous italian baritone Achille De Bassini (1819-81), who appeared in 1849 in the premiere of Verdi’s ‘’Luisa Miller’’ and in 1862 at St. Petersburg in ‘’Forza del Destino’’. His mother was a famous soprano Rita Gabussi (1816-91). He was trained by his father and debuted in 1870 at Venice in Donizetti’s ‘’Belisario’’ together with his father. in 1881 he sang at the Teatro Paganini in Genoa, then at the Teatro Malibran in Venice as Almaviva in ‘’Barbiere di Siviglia’’. In 1883 De Bassini appeared at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. In 1890 he made his second debut, this time as baritone, at the Teatro Filodramatico, Milan. As baritone he was not very successful in Italy, and in 1898 he emigrated to the North America, where he appeared at different opera societies, especially in French repertoire. Later he was a song pedagogue in New York. Chronologhy of some appearances 1890 Milano Teatro dei Filodrammatici Barbiere di Siviglia (Almaviva) RECORDINGS FOR SALE
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