Aureliano Pertile

Aureliano Pertile ( born November 9, 1885 in Montagnana, Italy, † January 11, 1952 in Milan, Italy ) was an Italian opera singer (tenor ).

Pertile was over 20 years as the star tenor La Scala in Milan, where he worked 1916-1937.

The vocal talent Pertiles already fell on the children's choir, where he sang regularly in his native parish. From 1906 he studied in the near Padua, then in Milan. Pertiles Opera debut in February 1911 in Vicenza (as Lyonel in the opera Martha by Friedrich von Flotow ) was a sensational success. In the aftermath of the rapidly become a celebrity tenor extended his repertoire and has performed in various opera houses in Italy and in Buenos Aires.

With the beginning of the season 1916 Pertile at La Scala in Milan was appointed, but it has been closed a short time later as a result of the turmoil of the First World War. Aureliano Pertile For this was the occasion for a total of two year stint at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In late 1922 he returned to Milan and joined the Scala ensemble to Arturo Toscanini at, where he served until 1937. In addition to his appearances in Milan guested Pertile at all major stages in Europe and over again in the Arena of Verona.

Aureliano Pertile is regarded as the ideal embodiment of the operatic style of Arturo Toscanini and its extreme, sometimes bordering on choleric emotionality while absolute musical precision.