Angelo Veccia (21 March 1963) is an Italian operatic

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Biography

Angelo Veccia began his musical studies in the Academy of St Cecilia in Rome, the city of his birth, with his father, tenor Luigi Veccia who won in 1964 the important Spoleto Competition for young singers.Profile

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After winning the Battistini Competition in 1983 and in 1984 he had his debut as a bass first in the United States of America in the role of Grenvil in '' La traviata'' and then as Colline in a production of ''

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'' which allowed him to sing in many theaters of central Italy. Thanks to a scholarship he continued his studies in New York in the prestigious

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in the class of

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. As a

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, he debuted many roles, often in English, like, among others, Figaro in Mozart's ''

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'', Basilio in Rossini's ''

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'', Raimondo in ''

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'' and Don Profondo in the American première of ''

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''. After the discovery and the development of the

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of a baritone, in 1988 he had his debut as Silvio in ''

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'' and Belcore in ''

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'' and in 1990 he performed for the first time the role of Figaro in Rossini's opera, character which he interpreted for a long time in Italy and abroad. As a baritone, Veccia began a career which brought him to sing in many halls and theaters of all the world (

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in Amsterdam). His brother is the conductor Simone Veccia], founder of Piccola Orchestra '900 in Rome.

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Discography

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'' (

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, Gösta Winbergh, Giorgio Surian,

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, Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, 1993)

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* Puccini: ''

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, Angelo Veccia,

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;

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, 1992)

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DVD

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, Juliette Galstian, Angelo Veccia;

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Orchestra, 1998)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Veccia, Angelo 1963 births Living people Italian operatic baritones Singers from Rome