The son of an innkeeper, Tamagno studied at Turin as a pupil of Pedrotti.
Tamagno retired in 1904 and moved to his villa at Varese (an 18th century building he had bought in 1885 and radically remodeled- even building a private theatre).
Along with Roberto Stagno, Angelo Masini and Sebastian Gayarre, Tamagno was one of the great tenors of the last 30 years of the 19th century.
Tamagno was very good as Otello, and displayed his powerful voice to the best advantage.
Signor Tamagno'sOtello was made known to this public in 1890 as a vivid and powerful interpretation which justly entitled the tenor to the name of artist.
This is very high praise, for while Signor Tamagno'sOtello has lost some of the dignity that the severe restraint of the master [Verdi] imposed upon it in earlier years, it has lost none of its tremendous power, its sweeping expression of fierce, over-mastering passion, and its superb vitality of declamation.
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