Mario del Monaco (Florence July 27, 1915 - October 16, 1982 in Mestre) was an Italian tenor. Location within Italy Giglio di Firenze - symbol of the city Florence (Italian, Firenze) is a city in the center of Tuscany, in central Italy at 43°46′ N 11°15′ E. The city on the Arno River has a population of around 400,000, plus a suburban population in excess... July 27 is the 208th day (209th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 157 days remaining. ... 1915 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... 1982 is a number and represents a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar Events January January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the freeway killer. January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself of twenty-two subdivisions January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of the British Prime... In music, a tenor is a male singer with a high voice (although not as high as a countertenor). ...

Mario was born to a musical upper-class Florentine family. As a young boy he studied the violin but had a passion for singing. He graduated from the Rossini Conservatory at Pesaro, where he first met and sang with Renata Tebaldi. Maestro Raffaelli recognized his talent and helped start his career. He married Rina Filippini in 1941. The violin is a stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart. ... The Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi February 1, 1922 - December 19, 2004) was one of the most famous sopranos of the post-war period. ... 1941 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

His main career began with his debut on December 31, 1940, as Pinkerton at the Puccini Theater in Milan. and he retired in 1975. He was famous for his role of Verdi's Otello which he first tackled in 1950 and kept refining through his career. It is said that he performed this opera a remarkable 427 times. He was buried in his Otello costume. He was partnered with Renata Tebaldi in a long series of Verdi and Puccini operas recorded for Decca. Madama Butterfly (or sometimes Madame Butterfly in English) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set in Japan. ... Location within Italy Piazza della Scala Milan (Italian: Milano; Milanese dialect: Milán) is the main city in northern Italy, and is located in the plains of Lombardy, the most populated and developed of Italian regions. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Otello is the name of operas by Gioacchino Rossini (1816) and Giuseppe Verdi (1887). ... The Italian opera singer Renata Tebaldi February 1, 1922 - December 19, 2004) was one of the most famous sopranos of the post-war period. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (October 10, 1813 – January 27, 1901) was one of the great composers of Italian opera. ... Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini (December 22, 1858 – November 29, 1924) is regarded as one of the great operatic composers of the late 19th and early 20th century. ... Decca Records is a record label that was established in 1929. ...

He was handsome and powerful, a natural actor with perfect idiomatic phrasing and a ringing voice, the "Brass Bull of Milan."

External link

• Official international site (http://www.mariodelmonaco.net/index3.html)