Bastianini, Ettore b. September 24, 1922 d. January 25, 1967 Opera singer. Originally trained as a bass, but his voice teacher recognizing the tremendous ease, power, and beauty if his upper range, convinced him in 1951 to retrain as a baritone. In 1953 he sang in Turin in his first appearance as 'Gerard' in Giordano’s "Andrea Chenier" and then, in December of that same year, he was heard at the old Metropolitan Opera in New York as the elder Germont in Verdi’s "Traviata." He had a very short but intense career (just over 10 years), at the Teatro alla...[Read More] (Bio by: tkejumbo) Church of San Domenico, Siena, Provincia di Siena, Toscana, Italy
Berio, Luciano b. October 24, 1925 d. May 27, 2003 Composer. He was considered Italy's foremost composer of the late 20th century. He also conducted many of the major orchestras in Europe, the United States, Israel and Japan. He was particularly noted for innovations in electronic music. Upon winning the 1990 Wolf Prize for the arts, the selection committee hailed him as "one of the greatest composers of our generation whose new ideas, in an age of devaluation of human values, help to unify nations, cultures and generations." (Bio by: Ron Moody) Radicondoli Cemetery, Radicondoli, Provincia di Siena, Toscana, Italy
b. September 24, 1922 d. January 25, 1967