Rolando Panerai
In a career spanning over 60 years, the venerable Rolando Panerai not only was one of the most admired and popular baritones of his time but one of the most versatile.
Panerai was born in the Italian town of Campi Bisenzio, near Florence, on October 17, 1924. After studying with Vito Frazzi in Florence and with Giulia Tess in Milan, he won first prize in the Spoleto-based Adriano Belli Competition. He debuted in 1946 in Florence, singing Enrico Ashton from Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor. Panerai's La Scala debut came in 1951 when he sang the High Priest with great success. In his early career, Panerai not only distinguished himself with memorable performances, but he took chances: when he sang Ruprecht from Prokofiev's The Fiery Angel at the 1955 Venice music festival, it was the first stage performance of the opera, a work virtually unknown at the time, even in Russia. Other important debuts followed, including at Salzburg (1957), San Francisco (1958), and Covent Garden (1960). By 1970, he was a well-known recording artist and had worked with numerous celebrated conductors like Serafin, Sabata, Giulini, and Karajan, and would sing under Muti, Sawallisch, and many others from the younger generations.
Though he lacked a measure of power in his voice, he always possessed an attractive tone and excellent dramatic skills. Panerai appeared in most of the major operatic venues in the world and on numerous recordings, again in varied repertory that bespoke his seemingly inherent versatility. Witness the disparate roles he sang: the High Priest from Saint-Saëns' Samson et Dalila, Paolo (Verdi's Simon Boccanegra), Ford (Verdi's Falstaff), Svejk (Guido Turchi's Il buon soldato Svejk), Mathis (Hindemith's Mathis der Maler), and many more, including Mozart's and Rossini's Figaro. He sang in more than 150 operas and, not surprisingly, with many of the operatic greats, including Callas, Tebaldi, Corelli, Bergonzi, di Stefano, Pavarotti, and countless others. As Panerai entered the new century, he was not as active as in the past, but still appeared regularly on the stage, including at the Paris Opera, Glyndebourne, and Frankfurt Staatsoper. In June 2000, the indefatigable Panerai appeared in the Zubin Mehta-led international television broadcast production of Verdi's La Traviata singing Giorgio Germont. Even later, he performed Gianni Schicchi in Genoa at the age of 87.
Panerai died at the age of 95 in late 2019, while still living near Florence. His recorded legacy is on a variety of labels, including EMI and Decca. Older performances have been reissued on Opera d'Oro, Urania, Andante, and several other labels.
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Discografía
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Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Sir John Barbirolli, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna Di Stasio, Rolando Panerai
Ópera - Editado por Warner Classics el 17 feb. 2023
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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Zaccaria, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Rias Sinfonie Orchester Berlin
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1953
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Rossini : L'Italiana in Algeri
Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Fernando Corena, Orchestre du Mai Musical Florentin , Silvio Varviso
Integrales de ópera - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 1964
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Puccini - Madama Butterfly
Sir John Barbirolli, Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Rolando Panerai, Anna Di Stasio, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 17 feb. 2023
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Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore
Tullio Serafin, Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei, Angela Vercelli
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 1 ene. 1959
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I Puritani - Bellini
Maria Callas, Tullio Serafin, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Angelo Mercuriali
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 22 abr. 1997
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Leoncavallo - I Pagliacci/ Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Ebe Ticozzi, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai, Nicola Monti
Clásica - Editado por Warner Classics el 9 may. 2005
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Pavarotti – The Opera Collection 4: Massenet: Manon (Live in Milan, 1969)
Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Peter Maag
Clásica - Editado por Decca Music Group Ltd. el 1 ene. 2000
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Rolando Panerai
Clásica - Editado por Bongiovanni el 1 mar. 2014
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Rossini · Il barbiere di Siviglia
Rolando Panerai, Teresa Berganza, Carlo Maria Giulini, Royal Opera House Orchestra
Clásica - Editado por G.O.P. el 31 may. 2022
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Verdi: Le trouvère, extraits (Mono Version)
Maria Callas, Rolando Panerai, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Varios - Editado por BNF Collection el 1 ene. 1960
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Menotti: Amelia Al Ballo
Margherita Carosio, Rolando Panerai, Giacinto Prandelli
Ópera - Editado por Urania el 1 ene. 2006
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