Big Italian baritone is gone

Big Italian baritone is gone

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norman lebrecht

February 10, 2012

Giangiacomo Guelfi has died in Bolzano, aged 87.

A pupil of Tito Ruffo, he performed all over Western Europe and, in the US, at the Met and Chicago Lyric. He was probably the loudest male singer of his time, always with volume to spare.

Here’s how he sounded:

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