José Oxilia, also known in Italy as Giuseppe Oxilia (
Montevideo
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, 3 June 1861 - 18 May 1919) was a Uruguayan operatic
tenor
A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below m ...
.
He enjoyed great success in both
Uruguay
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and Italy.
Giuseppe Oxilia
References
1861 births
1919 deaths
Uruguayan opera singers
Operatic tenors
19th-century Uruguayan male singers
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