Giovanni Malipiero

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Giovanni Malipiero (April 20, 1906 - April 10, 1970) was an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory.

Born in Padua, Italy, where studied voice, and made his debut in Cremona, as the Duke of Mantua.

He was quickly singing throughout Italy, making his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Ramiro, in 1937, and took part in the concert for its reopening in 1946, under Arturo Toscanini.

Much admired in lyric roles of the bel canto composers, Rossini-Donizetti-Bellini, and in Verdi 's Rigoletto and La traviata, but also in the French repertory notably as Gounod 's Faust and Roméo, he also won considerable acclaim for his characterization of Jean in Le jongleur de Notre-Dame by Jules Massenet.

Malipiero possessed a clear, well-trained voice which Italians recognized as being of the old school. He can be heard on a complete recording of Lucia di Lammermoor, opposite Lina Pagliughi.

He died in his native Padua, ten days short of his 64th birthday.

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• Grove Music Online, J.B. Steane, Oxford University Press, April 2008.