Frank Guarrera [SEP] voice type
Frank Guarrera
Frank Guarrera (December 3, 1923 – November 23, 2007) was an Italian-American lyric baritone who enjoyed a long and distinguished career at the Metropolitan Opera, singing with the company for a total of 680 performances. He performed 35 different roles at the Met, mostly from the Italian and French repertories, from 1948 through 1976. His most frequent assignments at the house were as Escamillo in Georges Bizet's "Carmen", Marcello in Giacomo Puccini's "La Bohème", Valentin in Charles Gounod
Pertile.
Giannini's sister, Eufemia Giannini-Gregory, was a respected voice teacher at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and taught Frank Guarrera, Judith Blegen and Anna Moffo.
Giannini died, aged 83, in Zurich.
Sources.
- "Le Guide de l'opéra, les indispensables de la musique", R. Mancini & J.J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1986),
- "Grove Music Online", Max de Schauensee, Oxford Press University, April 2008.