Luigi Infantino
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Luigi Infantino (April 24, 1921, Racalmuto) is an Italian operatic tenor, particularly associated with the lyric Italian and French repertories.
Luigi Infantino made his debut in 1943, at the Teatro Regio in Parma, as Rodolfo in La Bohème, which was also his debut role at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, in 1945. With that company he appeared in London, as the Duke in Rigoletto, and Rodolfo.
In 1948 he made his debut at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, as Nadir in Les pecheurs de perles, later singing Ramiro in La cenerentola, which he also sang that same year at the Verona Arena. He sang regularly in Naples and Bologna, and made guest appearances at the New York City Opera in 1949, as Ramiro. He then went on a concert-tour of England and Australia.
At the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, he created Amleto, by Mario Zefred, in 1961, and La stirpe di Davide by Franco Mannino, in 1962.
He was also active throughout his career singing on Italian Radio (RAI), where he gave his last performance in 1973, in Franco Mannino's Il diavolo in giardino.
A stylish lyric tenor with an attractive voice, Infantino can be heard in complete recordings of La traviata (Columbia) and Il barbiere di Siviglia (Cetra), opposite Giuseppe Taddei and Giulietta Simionato. There is also a live recording of Die Meistersinger von Nurmberg, sung in Italian (Melodram).
