Carlo Meliciani [SEP] voice type
Carlo Meliciani
Carlo Meliciani (born 1929) is an Italian operatic baritone who had an active international career from the mid-1950s through the late 1970s. From 1959-1979 he was on the roster of singers at La Scala in Milan. Although he sang a wide repertoire, he was particularly known for his portrayal of roles from the operas of Giuseppe Verdi. He notably recorded the part of Don Carlo in "Ernani" in 1969 with Plácido Domingo in the title role.
Career.
Meliciani began his career in the
voice was described by a New Monthly Magazine reviewer in 1824 as follows:
Her voice type was what could be called a soprano sfogato. It was described by Stendhal as follows:
In 1829 named "cantante delle passioni" by Carlo Ritorni, one of the most erudite critics of the period, he described her as such because her voice was directed "towards expressing the most intense passions, accompanying it with expressions of physical action, unknown before her in the lyric theatre".
In modern times Susan Rutherford has