Armando Borgioli [SEP] voice type
Armando Borgioli
Armando Borgioli (19 March 1898 – 20 January 1945) was an Italian operatic baritone. He made his début in 1923, and appeared at Teatro alla Scala from 1927. In four seasons from 1931 he appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Borgioli made studio recordings of "Aida" in 1928, where he sings Amonasro, together with Giannina Arangi-Lombardi and in 1938 as Scarpia in "Tosca" with Maria Caniglia and Beniamino Gigli.
Sources.
- Metropolitan Opera, Performance record:
Pavoncelli, maestro Franco Ghione and 7 lyrical singers: Galliano Masini, Bruno Landi, Armando Borgioli, Filippo Romito, Giacomo Vaghi and Duiliu Baroni, who were to give a performance at the Teatro Colón. The ship managed to return to Europe in the first days of June from Buenos Aires, via Montevideo, Rio de Janeiro and Salvador, evading British vigilance vessels, who had been ordered to detain her.
The Italian government requisitioned the "Vulcania" in 1941 to carry troops to North Africa. In March 1942 she