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Mario Del Monaco
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Mario Del Monaco
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1915-07-27,Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Gender
Male
Biography
Mario Del Monaco (27 July 1915 – 16 October 1982) was an Italian operatic tenor. Del Monaco was born in Florence, into a musical upper-class family, to a Neapolitan father and to a mother of Sicilian descent. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with Renata Tebaldi, with whom he would form something of an operatic dream team of the 1950s. His early mentors as a singer included Arturo Melocchi, his teacher at Pesaro, and Cherubino Raffaelli, who recognized his talent and helped launch his career. That career began in earnest with Del Monaco's debut on 31 December 1940 as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. (His initial appearance in an opera had occurred the previous year, however, in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana in Pesaro.) He sang in Italy during the Second World War and married, in 1941, Rina Filipini. In 1946, he appeared at London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, for the first time. During the ensuing years he became famous not only in London but also across the operatic world for his powerful voice and heroic acting style. It was almost heldentenor-like in scope but Del Monaco was no Wagnerian, confining his activities overwhelmingly to the Italian repertoire. He sang Wagner in concerts, from Lohengrin and Die Walküre. Del Monaco sang at the New York Metropolitan Opera from 1951 to 1959, enjoying particular success in dramatic Verdi parts such as Radamès. He soon established himself as one of four Italian tenor superstars who reached the peak of their fame in the 1950s and '60s, the others being Giuseppe Di Stefano, Carlo Bergonzi and Franco Corelli. Del Monaco's trademark roles during this period were Giordano's Andrea Chénier and Verdi's Otello. He first tackled Otello in 1950 and kept refining his interpretation throughout his career. It is said that he sang Otello 427 times. However, the book published by Elisabetta Romagnolo, Mario Del Monaco, Monumentum aere perennius, Azzali 2002, lists only 218 appearances by him as Otello, which is a more realistic figure. He was buried in his Otello costume. Although Otello was his best role, throughout his career, Del Monaco sang a number of other roles with great acclaim, for example: Canio in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo), Radames in Aida (Verdi), Don Jose in Carmen (Bizet), Chenier in Andrea Chénier (Giordano), Manrico in Il trovatore (Verdi), Samson in Samson and Delilah (Saint-Saëns), and Don Alvaro in La forza del destino (Verdi). Del Monaco made his first recordings in Milan in 1948 for HMV. Later, he was partnered by Renata Tebaldi in a long series of Verdi and Puccini operas recorded for Decca. On the same label was his 1969 recording of Giordano's Fedora, opposite Magda Olivero and Tito Gobbi. His ringing voice and virile appearance earned him the nickname of the "Brass Bull of Milan". ... Source: Article "Mario Del Monaco" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

Beautiful But Dangerous

5.931

Beautiful But Dangerous
1955-10-21

The Young Caruso

7.5

The Young Caruso
1951-10-13

The Man with the Grey Glove

10

The Man with the Grey Glove
1948-11-11

5.683

First Love
1978-11-10

6.8

Giuseppe Verdi
1953-12-22

House of Ricordi

6.333

House of Ricordi
1954-12-01

9

Schlussakkord
1960-12-23

0

Il Trovatore
1957-04-08

6.5

Guai ai vinti
1954-09-15

Mario Del Monaco: Pagliacci

0

Mario Del Monaco: Pagliacci
1961-01-01

Del Monaco: Andrea Chenier

0

Del Monaco: Andrea Chenier
1961-01-15

7.667

Il nero
1966-01-01

10

Otello
1958-01-01

Immortal Melodies

6

Immortal Melodies
1952-12-16

The Ed Sullivan Show

6.848

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948-06-20

Le Grand Échiquier

8

Le Grand Échiquier
1972-01-12

Vergißmeinnicht

9

Vergißmeinnicht
1964-10-09

9

Midi Première
1975-01-06

Eurovision Song Contest

7.2

Eurovision Song Contest
1956-05-24