Enzo de Muro Lomanto (11 April 1902 in

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– 15 February 1952 in

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) was an Italian operatic

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

, particularly associated with the lyric repertory.

Biography

Born Vincenzo De Muro, he studied in Naples, and added his mother's maiden name "Lomanto" to his name to avoid confusion with another tenor,

Bernardo de Muro Bernardo De Muro (November 3, 1881 – 27 October 1955) was a Sardinian operatic tenor. Biography Bernardino de Muro was born on November 3, 1881, in Tempio Pausania, Sardinia, to Antonio Maria and Jeanne-Marie Demuro. His father was a smal ...

. He made his debut at

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, as Alfredo in '' La traviata'' in 1925. Shortly afterwards, he appeared at the San Carlo in Naples, as Cavaradossi in ''

Tosca ''Tosca'' is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It premiered at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome on 14 January 1900. The work, based on Victorien Sardou's 1887 French-language drama ...

''. He made his La Scala debut in 1928 as Tonio in ''

La fille du régiment ' (''The Daughter of the Regiment'') is an opéra comique in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti, set to a French libretto by Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges and Jean-François Bayard. It was first performed on 11 February 1840 by the Paris Opéra ...

''. He would sing there until 1943. He also appeared at the

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in 1936, as Duca di Mantua in ''

Rigoletto ''Rigoletto'' is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based on the 1832 play '' Le roi s'amuse'' by Victor Hugo. Despite serious initial problems with the Austrian censors who had co ...

'', and at the

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in Florence, in ''

The Tales of Hoffmann ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' (French: ) is an by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was written by Jules Barbier, based on three short stories by E. T. A. Hoffmann, who is the protagonist of the story. It was Offenbach's final work; he died i ...

'', in 1938. He also took part in the creation of Giordano's ''

Il re ''Il re'' (''The king'') is a novella or opera in one act and three scenes by composer Umberto Giordano to an Italian libretto by Giovacchino Forzano. The opera premiered at La Scala in Milan on 12 January 1929.Julian Budden: "Il re", ''Grove Musi ...

'', at La Scala, in 1929. De Muro Lomanto made a number of records and can be heard in the first complete recording of ''

Lucia di Lammermoor ''Lucia di Lammermoor'' () is a (tragic opera) in three acts by Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Sir Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel '' The Bride of Lammermoo ...

'', opposite Mercedes Capsir. He married the lyric soprano

Toti Dal Monte Antonietta Meneghel (27 June 189326 January 1975), better known by her stage name Toti Dal Monte, was a celebrated Italian operatic lyric soprano . She may be best remembered today for her performance as Cio-cio-san in Puccini's ''Madama Butter ...

in Sydney, Australia, during a 1928 operatic tour. The wedding party created international headlines when, according to some sources, it gave the

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on the steps of St Mary's Cathedral."The Melba – JC Williamson Tour of 1928"
andrewsopera.blogspot.com, 17 July 2006; accessed 4 June 2015. This was disputed when the original article about the wedding was republished

republication of an article from 24 August 1928 in ''

The Sydney Morning Herald ''The Sydney Morning Herald'' (''SMH'') is a daily compact newspaper published in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and owned by Nine. Founded in 1831 as the ''Sydney Herald'', the ''Herald'' is the oldest continuously published newspaper ...

'', 23 August 2020 He died in 1952, aged 49, in Naples, from undisclosed causes.

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