Ettore bastianini autograph turn

His last performance was almost 12 years to the day after his first. During that span he sang 87 times at the Met, most often between and The last part of his career was marred by the effect of throat cancer which he kept hidden from colleagues and the public. He died from this disease at age Cancer robbed him and his audience of what should have been his best years.

In addition to the effects of illness, the reason that he sang relatively few performances at the Met was the competition he faced there. At his best, however, he could keep up with the most distinguished Verdi baritones — which is, of course, what he was. The voice is bright and subtle with a dark and rich sound. The subtlety diminished in his latter years as did the richness of his middle voice.

Ettore bastianini autograph turn

How much was due to time and how much was the result of his disease and its precursors is not known to me. The Count is driven mad by sexual jealousy which is why Bernard Shaw said the baritone portraying him should never — never — sit down. Next time you see Il Trovatore keep your eye out for a chair. One never gets to hear the soprano-baritone duet from Cavalleria Rusticana with an outstanding baritone.

The economics of any opera house require that a second rank baritone be engaged for this part. In character he was virile and authoritative. Signed postcard photograph, shown as himself. Signed photograph, shown as himself, young, inscribed. Stamped on verso by Lumachi photo studio, Florence. Size is 5 x 7 inchessmall bullet holes at the bottom and mounting traces on verso, otherwise in very good condition.

Beautiful black-and-white informal photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment, shown in rehearsal as Tonio in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci, shown with two other people. Fine black-and-white photograph signed and inscribed by him with a short sentiment, shown as Renato in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera ; ink-stamped on verso by photographer Marchiori Firenze.

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