Umberto Borsò (La Spezia 1923 - Roma 2018)

Followed by their debut with Manon Lescaut by ...

Umberto Borsò (La Spezia 1923 - Roma 2018)

Followed by their debut with Manon Lescaut by Giacomo Puccini in Turin (September 18, 1953), then with Tosca at Gran Teatro La Fenice in Venice with Maria Caniglia and Tito Gobbi. In 1953 and 1954 he performed in the role of tutor in the world premiere of Medea directed by Pietro Canonica by Ottavio Ziino with Maria Pedrini at the Teatro dell'Opera in Rome on 12 May 1953 and at the Teatro Massimo of Palermo. The decisive debut on 8 May 1956 when it replaces Mario Del Monaco in Andrea Chénier with Renata Tebaldi. The press reports: We would not know think of a better hand, especially in the closed "Mom died, " who gave her applause, flowers and a ba .. [...] Full-scale success, with over forty calls. (The Messenger - May 19, 1956) An important event, which will mark his international success: the couple Borsò - Tebaldi Andrea Chenier repeat several times in America (Miami 1961), and performed in Manon Lescaut (Barcelona 1959), in Adriana Lecouvreur (Havana 1959 ) and Aida. Aida with Renata Tebaldi at the Liceu in Barcelona (December 1956) had implications in the history of opera: on stage a young man was impressed by the interpretation of Borsò couple - Tebaldi, and knew that one day he trod the stage. That young man was José Carreras. In addition to the major Italian theaters, it found instant success in various US theaters USA (Boston, Philadelphia, Hartford, Miami, New Orleans, Pittsburgh) debut at the Metropolitan Opera with La Gioconda on April 16, 1962. The performances in South America led him from Mexico (Mexico City, Monterrey, Guadalajara), in Chile where culminate in Othello representation in Santiago in 1969 with Ramón Vinay in the role of Iago. In Europe, for many years the standard as required by the Gaiety in Dublin, and sings in London (Covent Garden), in various theaters in Germany (Augsburg, Hamburg, Mannheim, Cologne), in Vienna, at the Liceu in Barcelona, Excellent condition