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Tito Schipa

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Also known as Tito Skipa, Tito Shipa, Tito Skipu, Titus Schipa, Titto Shippa, Titto Skipa, Raffaele Schipa

Italian tenor (1889-1965)

Person · Open Library

Born
1946
Works
2

Top works

  • Orfeo 9 il making
  • Tito Schipa

via Open Library + Wikidata

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active from
1888-12-27
Active to
1965-12-16

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9,433
Total plays
52,975

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Tito Schipa (Lecce, 27 dicembre 1888 – New York, 16 dicembre 1965) was an Italian tenor. He is considered one of the finest tenore di grazia (lyric tenors) in operatic history. He was endowed with a natural, sensuous voice which he deployed with great intelligence and taste. Schipa was born Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa in Lecce in late 1888. (His birthday was recorded years later as January 2 for conscription purposes.) [1] He studied in Milan and made his operatic debut at age 21 in 1910 at

via Last.fm · Tito Schipa

Works in European collections

11 objects attributed to Tito Schipa, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana