Aureliano Pertile [SEP] place of death
Aureliano Pertile
Aureliano Pertile (9 November 1885, Montagnana - 11 January 1952, Milan) was an Italian lyric-dramatic tenor. Many critics consider him one of the most exciting operatic artists of the inter-war period, and one of the most important tenors of the 20th century.
Life and career.
Pertile was born in Montagnana, Northern Italy, 18 days after the birth of another celebrated tenor, Giovanni Martinelli, in the same town. He studied with Giacomo Orefice in Padua, and Gaetano Bavagnoli
until his death in 1952.
Recordings.
Pertile made recordings from 1922 to 1942 (the final three items consisting of excerpts from "Otello" with Gina Cigna as Desdemona). Numerous CDs containing selections of Pertile's solo recordings and examples of his work in complete operas have been issued by various record companies since the 1980s.
In 1995, a comprehensive anthology of his recordings were issued in an album (with the accompanying monograph, "La voce e l'arte di Aureliano Pertile") from TIMAClub. His three