|
Stefano Ballarini
Istvan Balla, better known by the names Stefano Ballarini, Stephen Ballarini, and Stephan Ballarini (19 October 1902 – 26 May 1979) was a Hungarian-born American baritone. A native of Budapest, he was trained in Germany and made his stage debut at the Oper Breslau in 1925. He had a career at opera houses in Europe for the next eleven years, performing leading roles at La Scala, the Berlin State Opera, and the Vienna State Opera among other places. He made multiple appearances at the Teatro Colón from 1931-1934. He relocated to the United States where he made his American debut at the Chicago City Opera Company in October 1936. After marrying an American woman in 1938, he became a naturalized American citizen in 1939. He performed with multiple opera companies in Philadelphia during the 1930s and 1940s, and was a regular performer with the San Carlo Opera Company from 1938-1949. On Broadway he portrayed Mr. Martini in the world premiere of Walter Damrosch's ''The Opera Clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baritone
A baritone is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the bass (voice type), bass and the tenor voice type, voice-types. It is the most common male voice. The term originates from the Greek language, Greek (), meaning "low sounding". Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second F below C (musical note), middle C to the F above middle C (i.e. Scientific pitch notation, F2–F4) in choral music, and from the second G below middle C to the G above middle C (G2 to G4) in operatic music, but the range can extend at either end. Subtypes of baritone include the baryton-Martin baritone (light baritone), lyric baritone, ''Kavalierbariton'', Verdi baritone, dramatic baritone, ''baryton-noble'' baritone, and the bass-baritone. History The first use of the term "baritone" emerged as ''baritonans'', late in the 15th century, usually in French Religious music, sacred Polyphony, polyphonic music. At t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
