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Aldo Bertocci (9 May 1915 – 2 May 2004)〔Washington University, Gaylord Music Library. ("Necrology: B" ) (referenced to ''Opera'', Opera, Vol. 55, No. 11, November 2004). Retrieved 28 January 2013.〕 was an Italian operatic tenor who sang both comprimario and leading roles in a career spanning the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. He sang in the world premieres of nine 20th century operas, most of them in performances broadcast on the RAI, Italy's national public-service radio. His discography includes live recordings of several rarities such as Mascagni's ''Silvano'' and Leoncavallo's ''Zingari''. Bertocci was born in Turin and from 1974 lived in Cassano Valcuvia where he died shortly before his 88th birthday. ==Life and career== Bertocci was born in Turin and began appearing in operas shortly after the end of World War II. In 1946 he was the tenor soloist in the world premiere in Rome of Malipiero's cantata, ''Vergilii Aeneis''. The following year he appeared as Rinuccio in ''Gianni Schicchi'' at the Teatro Carignano in his native city. From 1949 to 1966, he sang in the world premieres of nine 20th century operas, several of them in concert performances at the RAI Auditoriums in Turin, Milan and Rome. In 1953, he appeared at La Scala as the Sentinel in the first staged performance Pizzetti's ''Cagliostro'', a role he had sung in its world premiere as a concert performance the previous year. He continued to perform on the main stage at La Scala and in its associated chamber theatre, Teatro della Piccola Scala, throughout his career, appearing in variety of roles including Prince Shuysky in ''Boris Godunov'', Mefistofele in ''Doktor Faust'', Grande inquisitore in ''Il prigioniero'', Jack O'Brien in ''Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny'', Filka Morozov in ''From the House of the Dead'', Agrippa in ''The Fiery Angel'', Gabriele Adorno in ''Simon Boccanegra'', and Elézer in ''Mosè in Egitto'' (a role which he also performed in New York in a 1966 concert performance by the American Opera Society).〔''Saturday Review'' (1966), Volume 49, p. 94〕 Bertocci sang in several other Italian opera houses, including the Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi in Trieste as Bacchus in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' and La Fenice in Venice as Uldino in ''Attila'', Valerio in the first staged performance of Malipiero's ''Don Tartufo Bacchettone'', and Lukà in the world premiere of Flavio Testi's ''L'albergo dei poveri''. Although the majority of his roles were in mid-20th century works and the lyric tenor repertoire of older, but at the time, infrequently performed operas, he also assayed (to sometimes mixed reviews) the mainstream spinto tenor roles of Don José in ''Carmen'', Des Grieux in ''Manon Lescaut'', and the title role in ''Otello'', the latter in a 1960 Canadian Opera Company production.〔〔''The Canadian Music Journal'' (1960), Vol. 5, p. 31〕〔Robertson, Alec (1954). ("Radio Notes" ), ''The Musical Times'', Vol. 95, No. 1339 (September 1954), pp. 480-482. Retrieved 28 January 2013 .〕 In 1974, Bertocci settled in the northern Italian town of Cassano Valcuvia and retired from the stage shortly thereafter. He lived there until his death in 2004, one week before his 88th birthday. In 2011, his adopted city organized a festival in his honour with concerts at the Teatro Comunale and an exhibit documenting his career.〔Fontana, Chiara (13 July 2011). ("Un festival per ricordare Aldo Bertocci" ). Varese News. Retrieved 28 January 2013 .〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aldo Bertocci」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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