Alessandro Polonini [SEP] voice type
Alessandro Polonini
Alessandro Polonini (1844, Crema – 1920, Crema) was an Italian bass-baritone. He created the roles of Benoît and Alcindoro in Puccini's opera "La bohème", as well as Geronte de Ravoir in his "Manon Lescaut". Polonini also created the role of the surgeon in Verdi's "La forza del destino". 
Career.
During his career Polonini sang throughout Italy, and also appeared in Barcelona (Gran Teatre del Liceu), Saint Petersburg (Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre)
addition to his performances there in the world premieres of "Manon Lescaut" (1893) and "La bohème" (1896), he sang in the world premieres of two now forgotten Italian operas – Antonio Cagnoni's "Francesca da Rimini" (1878) and Gaetano Luporini's "I dispetti amorosi" (1894). Polonini was also Beckmesser in the Teatro Regio's first performance of Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" (1893).
Eutimio Polonini.
Alessandro Polonini's father, Eutimio Polonini (