Tito Luigi Giovanni Michelangelo Schipa (born 18 April 1946), better known as Tito Schipa Jr., is a Portuguese-born Italian composer, singer-songwriter, producer, writer and actor.

Career

Born in

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, Schipa is the son of the Italian tenor

Tito Schipa Tito Schipa (; born Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa; 2 January 1889 in Lecce16 December 1965) was an Italian tenor. Biography Schipa was born as Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa on 27 December 1888 in Lecce in Apulia into an Arbëreshë famil ...

. He studied singing and piano and made his professional debut in 1967 with a musical based on songs by

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, ''Then an Alley''.Massimo Cotto. "Tito Schipa Jr.". Gino Castaldo (ed.). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990. In 1970 he composed and directed ''Orfeo 9'', which is considered the first Italian

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. It was adapted into a film directed by the same Schipa in 1973, while a double album based on the opera was released in 1972. In 1975 he founded the Teatro in Trastevere. In 1980 he released ''Er Dompasquale'', the first triple album ever produced in Italy, which was a rock adaptation of

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's opera ''

Don Pasquale ''Don Pasquale'' () is a Gaetano Donizetti opera buffa, or comic opera, in three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano Pavesi's oper ...

''. In 1988 Schipa released ''Dylaniato'', an album of

's cover songs adapted in Italian and

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. Between 1989 and 1990 he published for the editor Arcana the translations of

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's poetries and of Bob Dylan's complete works. Schipa's varied career include credits as actor, radio and television writer and stage director.

Discography

;Albums * 1972 – ''Orfeo 9'' (Fonit Cetra, LPX 16/17) * 1974 – ''Io ed io solo'' (Fonit Cetra, LPX 31) * 1980 – ''Er Dompasquale'' (RCA Italiana, PL 31445) * 1983 – ''Concerto per un primo amore'' (Gattocicova, LP 33604) * 1988 – ''Dylaniato'' (IT, ZL 71804)

References

External links

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schipa, Tito Jr. 1946 births Living people Singers from Lisbon 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century male composers Italian male composers Italian male singer-songwriters 20th-century Italian singer-songwriters Italian male stage actors Italian theatre directors Italian male film actors 20th-century Italian male actors Italian record producers People of Apulian descent