biography
pronunciation:
[jeelyee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1890–1957)
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| biography:
| Tenor, born in Recanati, EC Italy. He won a scholarship to the Liceo Musicale, Rome, and made his operatic debut in Ponchielli's La gioconda in 1914. By 1929 he had won a worldwide reputation as a lyric-dramatic tenor of great vitality, at his best in the works of Verdi and Puccini. |
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