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Italian opera singer
- tenor
- Italy, Kingdom of Italy
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Norman Lebrecht - Slipped disc
2021-04-23 09:09:57
Tomorrow, the 100th birthday of Luigi Infantino, his... The post Italian town streams a tenor’s centenary appeared first on Slipped Disc.
2019-01-31 05:54:00
O Solo Mio: Song of Italy (CD review)
[…] is Giuseppe Di Stefano (1921-2008), who displays his usual penchant for dramatics, not an undesirable trait in the world of opera. Then there is Joseph Schmidt (1904-1942), who is something of an enigma. He provides perhaps the most expressive, if not the strongest, voice of all; yet his diminutive size (he was not quite five feet tall) kept him from appearing in opera on stage. Bad luck. Finally, represented by only one number is Luigi Infantino (1921-1991), a singer known as much for his phonograph recordings in the forties and fifties as for his personal appearances. The disc includes a generous selection of twenty-three songs, including the expected "O Solo Mio" done in three different renditions--by Bjorling, Gigli, and Schmidt. I preferred Bjorling by a hair over Gigli, and Schmidt a distant third. Other songs include "Torna a Surriento," "Santa Lucia," "Maria, Mari," "Piscatore e Pusilleco," "Casarella," and many others. […]
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