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Name
  
Mario Sereni


Albums
  
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Died
  
July 24, 2015, Perugia, Italy

Education
  
Accademia Musicale Chigiana

Similar People
  
Thomas Schippers, Cesare Valletti, Antonietta Stella, Hermann Uhde, Anna Moffo

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Mario Sereni (March 25, 1928 – July 24, 2015) was an Italian baritone, who sang leading roles at the New York Metropolitan Opera for many years.

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Mario Sereni Mario Sereni Italian baritone obituary Telegraph

Sereni was born in Perugia, Italy. He attended the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rome and the Accademia Chigiana in Siena where he was a pupil of Mario Basiola. His professional career began in 1953, at the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino and within four years he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera on November 9, 1957, as Gérard in Andrea Chénier.

Mario Sereni Mario Sereni Cortigiani Rigoletto Nueva York 1977 YouTube

Sereni enjoyed a long and steady career at the Metropolitan Opera. In twenty-seven seasons, he sang most of the important baritone roles of the Italian repertory in opera such as Ernani, Luisa Miller, Il trovatore, La traviata, Un ballo in maschera, La forza del destino, Don Carlo, and Aida. He also sang in La Gioconda, Cavalleria rusticana, Manon Lescaut, La bohème, and Madama Butterfly, as well as L'elisir d'amore and Lucia di Lammermoor.

Sereni was also a regular guest at the opera houses of Chicago, San Francisco and Dallas. He also enjoyed a successful international career appearing frequently at the Vienna State Opera, La Scala in Milan and the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires.

Despite his success, Sereni always remained in the shadow of the more charismatic baritones of his time, principally Leonard Warren, Robert Merrill, Ettore Bastianini, Rolando Panerai and Piero Cappuccilli, yet his many recordings reveal a singer and musician of considerable distinction, with a handsome voice, a solid technique, and a fine sense of style.

Mario Sereni The Opera Lenz Mario Sereni RIP

Sereni sang Germont in two famous performances of La traviata. The first, with Maria Callas and Alfredo Kraus in 1958, became known as the "Lisbon Traviata". The second, from La Scala in 1964, with Anna Moffo and Renato Cioni, became known as the "Karajan Traviata".

Mario Sereni retired in 1986. He died in Perugia in 2015.

Mario sereni last public performance august 1986


Studio recordings

  • Donizetti - L'elisir d'amore - Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Renato Capecchi - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - EMI (1966)
  • Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor - Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Ezio Flagello - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Georges Prêtre - RCA (1965)
  • Verdi - Ernani - Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi, Ezio Flagello - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Thomas Schippers - RCA (1967)
  • Verdi - La traviata - Victoria de los Ángeles, Carlo del Monte - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Tullio Serafin - EMI (1959)
  • Verdi - Aida - Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Zubin Mehta - EMI (1967)
  • Giordano - Andrea Chénier - Franco Corelli, Antonietta Stella - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini - EMI (1963)
  • Puccini - La bohème - Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Mariella Adani - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Thomas Schippers - EMI - (1963)
  • Puccini - Madama Butterfly - Victoria de los Ángeles, Jussi Björling, Miriam Pirazzini - Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini - EMI (1959)
  • Puccini - La Rondine - Anna Moffo, Daniele Barioni, Graziella Sciutti, Piero de Palma - RCA Italiana Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli - RCA (1966)
  • Puccini - Turandot - Birgit Nilsson, Renata Tebaldi, Jussi Björling, Giorgio Tozzi - Rome Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf - RCA (1959)
  • References

    Mario Sereni Wikipedia


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