Tancredi Pasero

Tancredi Pasero ( born January 11, 1893 in Turin, † February 17, 1983 in Milan ) was an Italian opera singer in the bass voice. Considered together with Ezio Pinza and Nazzareno de Angelis as one of three outstanding bass player of the 20th century.

Pasero received his training from Arturo Pessina and debuted in 1917 as Ramfis in Aida, 1918, he sang the role of Rodolfo in La sonnambula. In 1926 he made ​​his debut as King Philip in Don Carlo under Toscanini at La Scala, where he gave 435 performances in his career. This was followed by further debuts in 1929 as the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden Opera in 1931 and 1935, the Paris Opera. Other roles have included Don Basilio Paseros ( The Barber of Seville ), Lothario (Mignon), Mephistopheles ( Gounod ), FIESCO (Simon Boccanegra ), Walter ( Luisa Miller), Ferrando ( Il Trovatore ), Alvise (La Gioconda ), Escamillio ( Carmen ), Sarastro ( Die Zauberflöte), Assyria ( Semiramide ), or the title roles in Boris Godunov and Mefistofele; as Wagner roles, among other brand ( Tristan and Isolde ) and Gurnemanz ( Parsifal ). 1951 Pasero retired at the age of 58 years from the stage and was then still working as a singing teacher.

Jürgen Kesting holds Pasero for a "central singer " His voice " was rich and full, vibrant intense and unusually extensive.. Pasero could sing both Sarastro and Escamillio because its scope from the low E ranged up to an effortless Fis " Jens Malte Fischer falls a differentiated judgment about Pasero: " Compared to de Angelis one must, however, also stated that Paseros singing when you get used to the richness of the vocal stream, in the long run affects monotonous and monochrome, it lacks art of characterization and differentiation will to lend his role portraits, the final sharpness of the contour, vocal richness and soothing lines, however, lined him among the very great bass players. "