Filippo Coletti
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Filippo Andrea Francesco Coletti (11 May 1811 – 13 June 1894) was an Italian baritone associated with Giuseppe Verdi. Coletti created two Verdi roles: Gusmano in Alzira and Francesco in I masnadieri.[1] Verdi revised the role of Germont in La traviata for Coletti, whose interpretation re-defined the role as it is known today.[2][3] Coletti was, with Antonio Tamburini (1800–1876) and Giorgio Ronconi (1810–1890), one of the three leading baritones of 19th century Italy, an early model of a 'Verdi baritone'.[4]
Filippo Coletti | |
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Born | (1811-05-11)11 May 1811 Anagni, Italy |
Died | 13 June 1894(1894-06-13) (aged 83) Anagni, Italy |
Occupation | Opera singer (baritone) |
Years active | 1834–1869 |
Born in Anagni, a small town southeast of Rome, Coletti started his career singing baritone coloratura roles in Rossini, Donizetti and Mercadante operas before moving on to vocally substantial Verdi repertory.[5] Coletti gained notoriety in London for his unwitting role in the 1840 Haymarket Theatre riots, and later for his successful four-year London tenure, singing leading baritone roles.[6] Coletti travelled extensively, singing in all major European theatres. Numerous accounts describe his acting as well as the beauty of his voice, which retained an agility and elegance over a long singing career.[lower-alpha 1] Coletti performed until 1869.[7] Verdi considered casting Coletti in an unrealized King Lear opera-commission for Naples.[8] After Coletti's retirement from the stage he published an Album Melodico of songs, as well as essays on singing and on opera.[9]
For philosopher Thomas Carlyle Coletti was "by the cast of his face, by the tones of his voice, by his general bearing,... a man of deep and ardent sensibilities, of delicate intuitions, just sympathies; originally an almost poetic soul, or man of genius."[10]