Renato Bruson
Renato Bruson ( born January 13, 1936 in Granze near Padua in Veneto ) is an Italian opera singer in the vocal range baritone, who is mainly known for his Verdi and Donizetti interpretations.
Life
Bruson sang as a child in the church choir and studied singing at the Conservatory of Padua with Elena Fava Ceriati with a scholarship, hardly supported by his dismissive of the family standing. He had in the role of Count di Luna in Verdi's opera Il Trovatore at the " Teatro Lirico Sperimentale " in 1961 in Spoleto, where he previously won the competition made his operatic debut. The following year he sang Riccardo in Bellini's opera I Puritani at the Opera in Rome.
In 1969 he made his debut as Enrico in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor Gaetano at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he also sang in Il trovatore. In 1970 he began his decades- long collaboration with the conductor Riccardo Muti in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera at the Teatro Comunale in Florence. His debut at La Scala in Milan was only in 1972 when Antonio in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix. When auditioning 1963 you rejected him, saying that he could indeed sing well, but have no personality. Also in 1972 he gave the Ezio in Verdi's Attila at the Edinburgh International Festival and made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1975 with the Renato ( Count René Ankerstrom ) in the opera A Masked Ball under Claudio Abbado, where he replaced with great success Piero Cappuccilli.
With his London Falstaff by Verdi under Carlo Maria Giulini he appeared also in Florence and Los Angeles. His debut at the Vienna State Opera, he had in 1977 with the opera The Force of Destiny by Verdi. In 1978 he sang the title role in Verdi's opera Macbeth. In Vienna he had such great success that he was appointed chamber singer. He appeared there almost every year. In the 1980s he began his repertoire that had made him until then primarily as a performer of Verdi and Donizetti known to add: He sang Mozart's Don Giovanni and in the area of verismo in Umberto Giordano's opera Andrea Chénier.
Among critics, he is considered one of the best interpreters of the title role of the opera Rigoletto since Tito Gobbi and is also valued for its elegant and expressive phrasing, his velvet tone as for his portrayal of Arts and his musical intelligence.
Bruson is known for its collegial and unpretentious behavior, being uncompromising when working with directors and no far-fetched experiments participates, which has earned him the reputation of being difficult. As the singer rejects routine, he was always willing to learn new and rarely played roles for a few performances, such as the Cristoforo Colombo for a CD production of the Hessischer Rundfunk in 1992 in the eponymous opera by Alberto Franchetti or Stankar in Verdi Stiffelio, he re- choreographed especially for performances at the Vienna State Opera in 1996. In addition to his opera career, he has also appeared as recitalist. He is one of the last representatives of the great Italian baritone and bel canto tradition of the 20th century.
Renato Bruson is married to set designer Tita Tegano.
Honors and Awards
- Honorary Doctor of the University of Urbino
- Honorary citizen of Parma, Ortona ( the birthplace of Francesco Paolo Tosti, of which he interpreted many works ), Palmi ( birthplace of Francesco Cilea )
- Honorary membership of the Donizetti Society of London
- Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Republic of Italy
- Kammersänger title of the Vienna State Opera and Honorary Membership (1996 after his 150th appearance there)
- Orphée d'or of the French Académie du Disque Lyrique for his Luisa Miller on Deutsche Grammophon in 1980.