Francesco Albanese
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| Born | 13 August 1912 Torre del Greco, Naples, Kingdom of Italy |
| Died | 11 June 2005 (aged 92) Rome, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Occupation | Operatic tenor |
| Years active | 1940–2005 |
Francesco Albanese (13 August 1912 – 11 June 2005) was a
lyric tenor
, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.
Albanese studied in Rome with Francesco Salfi, and made his stage debut in 1940, at the
.In 1942, he made his debut at
Teatro alla Scala
in Milan, as Fenton.
After the war, he began appearing abroad, notably at the
Hungarian Opera House in Budapest
.
His roles included; Nemorino in Mathis il pintore, Avito in Italo Montemezzi's L'amore dei tre re, Giasone in Luigi Cherubini's Medea, Pilade in Christoph Willibald Gluck's Iphigénie en Tauride and Rinaldo in Gioachino Rossini's Armida, etc.
Albanese had a fine, well-schooled voice. He can be heard on record in Armida (1952), La traviata (1953) and Iphigénie en Tauride (1957), in each of these opposite Maria Callas.
Sources
- Grove Music Online, Elizabeth Forbes, Oxford University Press, April 2008.
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