Titta Ruffo
Opera, Opera singer
1877 – 1953
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Who was Titta Ruffo?
Titta Ruffo, born as Ruffo Titta Cafiero, was an Italian opera star who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone", he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle", and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard. Indeed Walter Legge, the prominent classical record producer, went so far as to call Ruffo "a genius".
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- Born
- Jun 9, 1877
Pisa - Also known as
- Ruffo Titta
- Nationality
- Italy
- Profession
- Lived in
- Pisa
- Died
- Jul 5, 1953
Florence
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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