Ferruccio Tagliavini
Nearly any time opera lovers discuss inherently beautiful voices, Tagliavini's name is sure to come up. His smooth lyric tenor had a luxurious timbre, reminiscent of Tito Schipa's, and was also warm and extremely expressive. In another resemblance to Schipa, he had a particular gift for vocally caressing a phrase without making it sound like a studied effect, and could sing piano and pianissimo without crooning. He excelled in the lighter, lyric repertoire, and for many was the definitive Nemorino, Nadir (Les Pêcheurs de Perles), Ernesto (Don Pasquale), and Fritz (L'Amico Fritz) of his generation, or for some, even the century. He and composer Pietro Mascagni became close friends, and Mascagni claimed that Tagliavini was instrumental in making L'Amico Fritz a success. During his early years, he focused on this lyric repertoire, but as his career advanced, he added heavier roles, such as Loris Ipanov in Giordano's Fedora, Riccardo in Verdi's Un Ballo in Maschera, and Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca. These roles were not as well-suited to his voice, and after taking these on, he showed definite signs of vocal wear.
As a young man, he played and sang along with Melba and Caruso recordings, and several local opera lovers, including his father, urged him to consider a musical career. He himself preferred the idea of becoming an engineer and studied for that, and then spent a year overseas in Africa as part of the Fascist army there, and so it was not until he was 24 that he let himself be persuaded to enter the Parma Conservatory. There, he studied with Branucci, and later in Florence with Amadeo Bassi. His opera debut was in Florence as Rodolfo in La bohème in 1938. After World War II, he gathered a wide following among American GIs still based in Italy. His La Scala debut was in 1942, also as Rodolfo, as was his United States debut in Chicago in 1946, and his Met debut in 1957. In addition to his stage performances and recordings, he also appeared in many popular films, mostly of the light and sentimental type. He retired from the stage in 1965, but gave annual performances at Carnegie Hall through 1981. He was married to soprano Pia Tassinari, whom he met in 1940, (they later divorced), and during their marriage they frequently appeared together, as their repertoire was very often complementary. Their recording of L'Amico Fritz, conducted by the composer (Fonit Cetra CDO 18) is a classic.
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Ferruccio Tagliavini
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Canzoni
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Ferruccio Tagliavini
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ferruccio Tagliavini
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Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ferruccio Tagliavini (Vol.2)
Classical - Released by Preiser Records on 27 Feb 2001
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Ferruccio Tagliavini - Cetra Recordings 1940-1948
Opera - Released by Urania on 30 Sep 2001
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Mascagni: L'ami Fritz (Mono Version)
Pia Tassinari, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pietro Mascagni, Orchestra dell'EIAR di Torino
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1953
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Donizetti: Airs de Nemorino extraits de L'élixir d'amour (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1952
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Ferruccio Tagliavini 1964
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TAGLIAVINI, Ferruccio / TASSINARI, Pia: Arias and Duets (1949)
Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari, San Francisco Opera Orchestra, Gaetano Merola
Classical - Released by Naxos on 16 Mar 2001
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Puccini: Madame Butterfly, extraits (Mono Version)
Clara Petrella, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Torino, Angelo Questa
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1963
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Recital No. 2 (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1958
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Puccini: Airs de Cavaradossi extraits de Tosca (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1952
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The Cherry Duet And Other Love Duets
Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari
Opera - Released by Everest Records on 16 May 1965
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Il mito dell'opera: Ferruccio Tagliavini
Opera - Released by Bongiovanni on 1 May 2014
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Puccini - La Bohème
Rosanna Carteri, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Gabriele Santini, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI
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Puccini: La bohème, extraits (Mono Version)
Rosanna Carteri, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI di Torino, Gabriele Santini
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1957
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Airs d'opéras (Mono Version)
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1952
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Duos d'opéras célèbres (Mono Version)
Pia Tassinari, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Artist Unknown
Classical - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1953
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Tagliavini and Tassinari sing "Love Duets" (Remaster)
Mario Rossi, Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Pia Tassinari
Classical - Released by Nar Classical on 26 Feb 2024
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