Mirto Picchi [SEP] voice type
Mirto Picchi
Mirto Picchi (March 15, 1915, San Mauro, near Florence - September 25, 1980, Florence) was an Italian dramatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, and with contemporary works.
Picchi studied in Milan with Giulia Tess and Giuseppe Armani, and made his debut there as Radamès in "Aïda", in 1946.
In 1947, he appeared in Vienna, as Don José in "Carmen", and in London, at the Cambridge Theatre, as the Duca di Mantua
in 1958, when the performance was cancelled after Callas sang Act I and felt unable to continue; she kept the role partnering Anita Cerquetti, who replaced Callas for the remaining performances.
She appeared at the Teatro alla Scala in 1951, as Maffio Orsini in "Lucrezia Borgia", opposite Caterina Mancini, Mirto Picchi, and Nicola Rossi Lemeni.
Another of Pirazzini's roles was of the Princesse de Bouillon in "Adriana Lecouvreur", which she often sang with Magda Olivero in the title role, in Brescia (