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Paolo Montarsolo
Paolo Montarsolo (16 March 1925 – 31 August 2006) was an Italian operatic bass particularly associated with buffo roles.
Biography.
Montarsolo was born in Portici. After vocal studies in Naples and Milan, he made his debut at the Teatro San Carlo in 1949 and at La Scala in 1951, first singing small roles but quickly established himself in buffo roles in operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gioachino Rossini, and taking part in many revivals of 18th-century operas by composers such as 
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(Official Website), Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara, Paolo Montarsolo. DVD: DGG 0440 073 4039 4
- Rossini: "La Cenerentola" ♦ (IMSLP). Conductor - Claudio Abbado, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Singers: Frederica von Stade, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini, Francisco Araiza, Claudio Desderi, Paolo Montarsolo, Paul Plishka. DVD: DGG 0440 073 4096 7
- Verdi: "Rigoletto" ♦ (IMSLP). Conductor - Riccardo Chailly, Wiener Philharmoniker