Titta Ruffo
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1877
- Died
- 1953
- Works
- 2
Top works
- Ruffo, my parabola
- La mia parabola
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- 1,161
- Total plays
- 6,241
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Titta Ruffo (June 9, 1877 - July 5, 1953), was an Italian opera star who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), 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" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "...which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. <a href="https://www.last
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Pisa
- Place of death
- Florence
- Occupation
- opera singer
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Titta Ruffo LCCN2014715163.jpg
- Voice type
- baritone
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- Commons category
- Titta Ruffo
- date of death
- 1953-07-06
- place of burial
- monumental cemetery of Milan
- name in native language
- Titta Ruffo
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- writing language
- Italian
- date of birth
- 1877-06-09
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