Giacomo Roppa [SEP] voice type
Giacomo Roppa
Giacomo Roppa was an Italian operatic tenor who was active career in Italy's most important opera houses from the 1830s through the 1850s. He also made appearances at the Liceu in Spain. He is best remembered for creating the role of Jacopo Foscari in the world premiere of Giuseppe Verdi's "I due Foscari" in 1844.
Career.
In 1832 Roppa portrayed the role of Guelfo in the world premiere of Giuseppe Fournier-Gorre's "Francesca da Rimini" at the Regio Teatro degli Avvalorati di Livorno
– Kōichi Yamadera, voice actor
- July 14 – Keiko Saito, actress
- August 16 – Urara Takano, voice actress
- September 21 – Yumi Takada, voice actress
- October 20 – Michie Tomizawa, voice actress and singer
- November 21 – Maria Kawamura, voice actress
- December 24 - Eriko Kitagawa, screenwriter and director
Deaths.
- January 16 – Roppa Furukawa, film actor (b. 1903)
- July 23 – Shigeko Higashikuni, previously "Shigeko, Princess Teru"