Dano Raffanti [SEP] voice type
Dano Raffanti
Dano Raffanti (born April 5, 1948) is an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian baroque and bel canto repertory.
Life and career.
Born in Lucca, Raffanti trained in Milan with Celletti, and made his debut at La Scala in 1976, in Bussotti's "Nottetempo".
The following year, he appeared at the Festival della Valle d'Itria, in "Antigone" by Traetta, he was to return there regularly, singing in Traetta's "Le serve rivali",
having one of the most attractive voices and being one of the most stylish singers of his generation in Italian baroque and bel canto operas. He is married to soprano Maria Rosa Nazario.
References.
- Notes
- Sources
- Elizabeth Forbes, "Raffanti, Dano", in Stanley Sadie (ed.), "The New Grove Dictionary of Opera", Grove (Oxford University Press), New York, 1997, III, p. 1215,
- R. Mancini & J-J. Rouvereux,