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Tancredi Pasero (
January 11,
1893,
Turin -
February 17,
1983,
Milan) was an Italian
bass, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, he enjoyed a long and distinguished career largely based in Italy.
Pasero studied with the baritone Arturo Pessina in Turin, and made his debut there, in 1917, as Ramphis in
Aida, although he always considered his official operatic debut to have been in
Vicenza, on December 15, 1918, as Rodolfo in
La Sonnambula.
He made guest appearances at London, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, Brussels, Buenos Aires. However
La Scala in Milan, where he made his debut in 1926, would remain his main artistic anchor throughout his career.
He was a member of the
Metropolitan Opera from 1929 until 1933, his roles there included:
Oroveso,
Raimondo,
Miller,
Ferrando,
Fiesco,
Padre Guardiano,
Alvise, etc.
Pasero also enjoyed considerable success in
Wagner 's roles (sung in Italian) such as
Heinrich,
Marke,
Pogner,
Hagen,
Gurnemanz, as well as
Mussorgski 's
Boris.
He also participated in the creation of several operas, notably,
Mascagni 's
Nerone in Milan, and
Pizzetti 's
Orseolo in
Florence.
Pasero retired from the stage in 1950, he was widely regarded as having
one of the most beautiful bass voices of his period, alongside
Ezio Pinza. He can be heard in two historical complete recordings;
Norma (1937) and
La forza del destino (1941).
Sources
- D. Hamilton (ed.),The Metropolitan Opera Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to the World of Opera (Simon and Schuster, New York 1987). ISBN 0-671-16732-X
- Roland Mancini and Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (orig. H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, French edition), Guide de l’opéra, Les indispensables de la musique (Fayard, 1995). ISBN 2-213-01563-6
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