Giuseppe Valdengo [SEP] voice type
Giuseppe Valdengo
Giuseppe Valdengo (May 24, 1914, Turin – October 3, 2007, Aosta) was an Italian operatic baritone. "Opera News" said that, "Although his timbre lacked the innate beauty of some of his baritone contemporaries, Valdengo's performances were invariably satisfying — bold and assured in attack but scrupulously musical."
Biography.
Valdengo first studied the cello and oboe before turning to vocal studies with Accoriti in his native Turin. He made his operatic debut as Figaro in "Il barbiere di
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She can be heard in a few Cetra recordings; "Don Giovanni", opposite Giuseppe Taddei, Italo Tajo, Cesare Valletti, "Un ballo in maschera", opposite Ferruccio Tagliavini and Giuseppe Valdengo, "Aida", opposite Franco Corelli, Miriam Pirazzini and Giangiacomo Guelfi.
When the old Metropolitan Opera House closed in 1966 and the company relocated to Lincoln Center, Verna decided to take the position of Head of the Voice Department at the University of Washington School of Music in 1969. She retired