Del Monaco, Mario b. July 27, 1915 d. October 16, 1982 Opera Singer. Called, either in admiration or in derision, the "Brass Bull of Milan", he was considered his generation's leading dramatic tenor and its premiere exponent of Giuseppe Verdi's tragic Moor "Otello". Initially a violin student he trained in Pesaro and later at the Rome Opera School, early-on forming a professional partnership with soprano Renata Tebaldi that was to last for many years. Del Monaco made his operatic debut at Milan's Teatro Puccini on December 31, 1940, as LT Pinkerton...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford) Cimitero Centrale di Pesaro, Pesaro, Provincia di Pesaro e Urbino, Marche, Italy
b. October 15, 1682 d. December 11, 1779