Giulio Gari [SEP] voice type
Giulio Gari
Giulio Gari (September 9, 1909 - April 15, 1994) was a versatile and internationally known tenor who performed on both the opera and concert stages. He sang more than fifty-five lyric and dramatic roles. He performed with the New York City Opera from 1945 to 1952 and with the Metropolitan Opera from 1953 to 1961.
Early life.
Gari was born "Samu Gyula" in 1909 in Mediasch, Nagy-Küküllő County, Austria-Hungary (now Mediaş, Romania), the
In 1945, he made his official debut with a leading American opera company when he appeared at the New York City Opera for the first time as the Steersman in Richard Wagner's "Der fliegende Holländer". Composer Virgil Thomson, then music critic of the "New York Herald Tribune", wrote "the vocal treat of the evening was Giulio Gari, who sang with beauty of voice, easy command of the heroic style and no hesitancy about the high notes."
He wed Lela Mae Flynn in New York