Mario Filippeschi [SEP] voice type
Mario Filippeschi
Mario Filippeschi (June 7, 1907 in Montefoscoli – December 25, 1979 in Florence) was an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, renowned for his ringing upper register.
Filippeschi studied the clarinet for two years as a teenager, before joining military service. After military discharge he began studying voice with a Neapolitan teacher, Mr. Vicidomini, and with an orchestra conductor and composer, Mr. Cataldi-Tassoni, in Milan, and later with Mr. Pessina, in Florence. He made his professional
Pollione in "Norma", opposite Maria Callas, and Carlo in "Don Carlos", opposite Tito Gobbi and Boris Christoff.
Filippeschi also appeared in film versions of "Lucia di Lammermoor" and "Rigoletto", in 1946.
Sources.
- Roland Mancini and Jean-Jacques Rouveroux, (orig. H. Rosenthal and J. Warrack, French edition), "Guide de l’opéra", Les indispensables de la musique (Fayard, 1995).
External links.
- Mario Filippeschi biography on Opera