Piero de Palma
Piero de Palma | |
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| Born | 31 August 1925 |
| Origin | Italy |
| Died | 5 April 2013 (aged 87) |
| Genres | Opera |
| Occupation(s) | Tenor |
Piero de Palma (31 August 1925 – 5 April 2013) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with comprimario roles.[1]
After choral and concert work, he began his operatic repertoire career in 1948 by singing on Italian radio (
He made a specialty of character roles and became perhaps the finest and most famous of all postwar comprimario artists. He possessed a fine voice and was an outstanding actor and sang an estimated 200 roles throughout his career, amongst his most famous were Dr. Cajus in Falstaff and Pong in . He sings on over 130 opera recordings from the 1950s to the 1980s, including multiple recordings of operas in different roles, e.g., Pong, Pang, and the Emperor, in various recordings of Turandot.
He died on 5 April 2013.[2]
Selected recordings
- RCA Victor(1966)
References
- ^ Boaretto, Danilo (8 April 2013). "E' morto Piero De Palma, "Principe dei comprimari"" (in Italian). OperaClick. Retrieved 8 April 2013.
- ^ Piero De Palma
External links
- Piero de Palma at IMDb
- Piero de Palma at AllMusic
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