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Rolando Panerai
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Rolando Panerai (Campi Bisenzio, Tuscany, Italy, 17 October 1924 – 23 October 2019) was an Italian operatic baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory. He was born in Campi Bisenzio near Florence, Italy and studied with Frazzi in Florence and Armani and Giulia Tess in Milan. Panerai made his stage debut in 1947 in Naples at the Teatro di San Carlo as the pharaon in Rossini's Mosè in Egitto. Other debuts, both in 1951, were as Simon Boccanegra in Simon Boccanegra in Bergamo and as Sharpless in Madama Butterfly at La Scala in Milan. He sang in many rarely performed Verdi operas on radio broadcast for RAI in 1951 (to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Verdi's death), such as Giovanna d'Arco, La battaglia di Legnano, and Aroldo. Later roles included most of the great Verdi baritone roles, particularly the title character in Rigoletto, The Count of Luna in Il trovatore, Giorgio Germont in La traviata, Marquis of Posa in Don Carlos, Amonasro in Aida. Panerai had more than 150 operas in his repertory, although he is best known for comic roles: Ford in Falstaff (his signature role), Gianni Schicchi, Figaro in Nozze di Figaro, Leporello in Don Giovanni, and both Guglielmo and Alfonso in Così fan tutte; also, Figaro in Il barbiere di Siviglia, both Belcore and Dulcamara in Elisir d'amore, and Malatesta and the title role in Don Pasquale. He was once an exponent of Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini for many years, singing the role in Genova as late as 2011, at the
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La Bohème - Act 1: Si Puo? - Chi E La?
1402Il trovatore, Act I, Scene Two: Tace la notte! (Conte)
1103La Bohème - Act 2: Quando Men' Vo
1094Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème, Act I: Questo Mar Rosso mi ammollisce e assidera
825La Bohème - Act 3: MIMI?! - Speravo DI Trovarvi Qui
776Il trovatore, Act I, Scene Two: Il Trovator! lo fremo!...Deserto sulla terra (Conte/Manrico)
757Il trovatore, Act I, Scene Two: Di geloso amor sprezzato (Conte/Leonora/Manrico)
738Il trovatore, Act I, Scene Two: Anima mia!....Piu dell'usato (Leonora/Conte/Manrico)
719Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème, Act I: Abbasso, abbasso I'autore!
6910Il trovatore (2004 - Remaster), Act I, Scene Two: Tace la notte! (Conte)
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