Riccardo Stracciari 1875 - 1955 A compilation of the Absolutely legendary italian baritone!!!

0:00 Per me giunto, O carlo ascolta from Verdi's Don carlo 7:07 Oh deh verda'anni miei from Verdi's Ernani 10:14 O sommo carlo from Verdi's Ernani 14:07 In braccio alle dovizie from I Vespri Siciliani 17:28 O vecchio cor from Verdi's I due foscari 20:06 Cortigiani vill razza dannata from Verdi's Rigoletto 24:27 Alla vita che t'arride from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera 27:25 Eri tu che macchiavi from Verdi's Un ballo in maschera 31:58 Suo padre, Anch'io Pugnai from Verdi's Aida 34:12 Di provenza il mar il soul from Verdi's La traviata 37:26 Si può, si può from Leoncavallo's Pagliacci 41:54 Largo al factotum from Rossini's il barbiere di siviglia 45:59 Vien leonora from Donizetti's La Favorita 48:57 A tanto amor from Donizetti's La Favorita 52:32 Cruda funesta smania from Donizetti's Lucia di lammermoor 55:09 Core'ngrato by Salvatore Cardillo 59:11 O sole mio by Di capua 01:02:08 La paloma by Sebastien Yradier THE END :) Riccardo Stracciari (June 26, 1875 – October 10, 1955) was a leading Italian baritone. His repertoire consisted mainly of Italian operatic works, with Rossini's Figaro and Verdi's Rigoletto becoming his signature roles during a long and distinguished career which stretched from 1899 to 1944. Life and career Born in Casalecchio di Reno near Bologna, Italy, Stracciari first sang in an operetta chorus during 1894. He then entered the Bologna Conservatory, undertaking vocal studies with Umberto Masetti. He made his professional debut in 1899, at the Teatro Communale in Bologna, in Pesori's sacred work La risurrezione di Christo. The following year he made his operatic debut as Marcello in Puccini's La bohème in Rovigo. After appearing in various Italian opera houses, he made his debut at Italy's leading operatic venue, La Scala, Milan, in 1904. Stracciari's career quickly became international, with debuts at the Royal Opera House in London in 1905, followed by his first appearance at the New York Metropolitan Opera on December 1, 1906, as Germont in La traviata with Marcella Sembrich and Enrico Caruso. During his two seasons at the Met, his roles included: Rigoletto, Ashton, Amonasro, Nélusko, Valentin, Marcello, Sharpless, Lescaut, Alfio, Tonio, and Di Luna. He also appeared with the Chicago Opera, the San Francisco Opera, the Paris Opéra, the Teatro Real in Madrid and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. Stracciari performed widely, too, in his native Italy and retired from the stage in 1944. He is above all associated with Rossini's great comic creation Figaro, in Il barbiere di Siviglia, which he sang an estimated 1000 times, and Rigoletto, in Verdi's tragic opera of the same