Ettore Bastianini

Ettore Bastianini (* September 24, 1922 in Siena, † January 25, 1967 in Sirmione ) was an Italian baritone.

Life

Born in Siena, he studied with Flamio Contini in Florence. He made his debut in 1945 as Bass ( Colline ) in Ravenna. In 1952, he began his career as a baritone.

In 1953 he was appointed to the Met, where he sang until 1965. 1952-1962 he was also celebrated at La Scala. In Vienna and Salzburg he sang often under Herbert von Karajan. Above all, Verdi was his domain. His favorite game was the Gérard in Andrea Chénier. Renata Tebaldi With he sang in Chicago; in Naples, he was hailed as Figaro, though his dark-colored baritone for this game really is not easy enough. As Rodrigo in Verdi's Don Carlos certified him criticism in 1956 after a stint in Florence " highest vocal intelligence and musicality ." With Maria Callas sang at La Scala and the festival in Verona; as Count di Luna in Il Trovatore and as Nabucco its services are regarded as benchmarks for the present.

Gifted with one of the timbre most beautiful and most expressive baritone voices of Italian opera, he traveled the world, singing in Milan, Rome, Vienna, Salzburg, Berlin and New York, in France, Spain, England, Egypt and South America, to inevitable fatigue and tear in 1962 resulted in Milan for scandal: on the occasion of a performance of Rigoletto at La Scala, there was a chorus of whistles. Only slowly recovered Bastianini from this crisis, but was then again to its shape and the famous "black" voice shine back, the to in his opera recordings of Andrea Chénier, La forza del Destino, Don Carlos Un Ballo in Maschera and Il Trovatore development comes.

With 44 years, he died of a tumor, which had two years earlier ended his career.