Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Alessandro Bonci (Valenti-Ferro, pp. 29ff)

Alessandro Bonci -- tenore.

His debut in the Teatro Colon was in 1909 as the Duca ("Rigoletto"). He also sang in that season as Nemorino ("Elisir d'amore"), Almaviva ("Barbier"), and Rodolfo ("Boheme").

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Bonci came back in 1911. He did Elvino ("Sonnambula"), Alvamaviva, Rodolfo, Arturo ("I puritani"), Fernando ("Favorita") -- and Paolino ("Matrimonio segreto").

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His last season in Buenos Aires was in 1914. He sang Fausto (Gounod), Ernesto ("Don Pasquale"), Don Ottavio ("Don Giovanni"), Herio ("Il sogno di Alma"), Des Grieux ("Manon").

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