1850–1905, Italian The Italian tenor Francesco Tamagno was idolized for his powerful voice and dramatic delivery. Tamagno thrilled his many admirers with his effortless top C, which not all tenors were able to reach, and his passionate on-stage performances. His voice was described as ‘enduring brass’. Otello, the eponymous hero of Verdi’s penultimate opera, which he ...
del destino and Aida, sang in the first performance of the Manzoni Requiem. In the revised version of Simon Boccanegra at La Scala in 1881, the tenor Francesco Tamagno sang Gabriele Adorno, while the French baritone Victor Maurel sang Boccanegra. Eight years later, Tamagno created Otello and Maurel created Iago. Both singers took part in the British ...
Zigeunerbaron (‘The Gypsy Baron’, 1885) achieved a comparable popularity. Introduction | High Romantic | Opera Major Operas | Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss II | High Romantic Personalities | Francesco Tamagno | High Romantic | Opera Techniques | Operetta | Turn of the Century | Opera ...
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