Tino Folgar [SEP] voice type
Tino Folgar
Tino Folgar (1892–1983) was a Spanish operatic tenor, primarily active in Spain and Italy.
Born Juventino Folgar Ascaso in Barcelona, on 25 January 1892, he studied in his native city with Esteban Pasqual and made his stage debut at the Liceu as Rodolfo in "La bohème", in 1922. He made his debut in Italy in Acqui Terme, as Almaviva in "Il barbiere di Siviglia", in 1925.
He went on appearing in Genoa, Turin, Cremona, and scored a
City where he worked as a teacher, later moving to Buenos Aires, where he remained until his death in January 1983.
A stylish and refined artist, Folgar possessed a rather small but attractive voice, which he passed to posterity through his 1927 recording of the Duke of Mantua in a complete "Rigoletto", opposite Luigi Piazza, Lina Pagliughi, and Salvatore Baccaloni.
Sources.
- Operissimo.com, "Folgar, Tino"
- "Enciclopèdia Catalana", "Juventí Folgar i Ascaso"