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Artist Biography For Giuseppe Taddei

Giuseppe Taddei 26 June 1916 – 2 June 2010 Was An Italian Baritone Who Performed Mostly The Operas Of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart And Giuseppe Verdi.
Taddei Was Born In Genoa Italy And Studied In Rome Where He Made His Professional Debut In 1936 As The Herald In Wagner's Lohengrin. He Sang At The Rome Opera Until He Was Conscripted Into The Army In 1942. After The War He Resumed His Opera Career And Appeared For Two Seasons At The Vienna State Opera. He Made His Debut In London In 1947 At The Cambridge Theatre. The Following Year 1948 Saw His Debut At The Salzburg Festival La Scala In Milan And The Teatro Di San Carlo In Naples.
His American Debut Took Place At The San Francisco Opera In 1957 Followed By His Appearance With Lyric Opera Of Chicago In 1959. He Sang Regularly At The Royal Opera House In London From 1960 To 1967.
Taddei Was Equally Effective In Comedy And Drama. His Acting Repertoire Included The Two Figaros From The Marriage Of Figaro And The Barber Of Seville Both Leporello And Don Giovanni In Don Giovanni Both Belcore And Dulcamara In L'elisir D'amore As Well As Ernani Macbeth Rigoletto Amonasro In Aida Iago In Otello Falstaff Barnaba In La Gioconda Gérard In Andrea Chénier And Scarpia In Tosca Among Others.
His Vocal Longevity Allowed Him To Continue Singing Into Old Age Including A Debut At The Metropolitan Opera On 25 September 1985 In The Title Role Of Falstaff At The Age Of 69.
Taddei Left Many Recordings Notably As Figaro In The Marriage Of Figaro And Leporello In Don Giovanni In The Carlo Maria Giulini Versions As Macbeth Opposite Birgit Nilsson Conducted By Thomas Schippers And As Scarpia In Tosca And As Falstaff Both Conducted By Herbert Von Karajan.

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