Mario Filippeschi
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Mario Filippeschi (7 June 1907 in Montefoscoli â 25 December 1979 in Florence) was an Italian tenor, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, renowned for his ringing upper register. Filippeschi studied the clarinet for two years as a teenager, before joining military service. After military discharge he began studying voice with a Neapolitan teacher, Mr. Vicidomini, and with an orchestra conductor and composer, Mr. Cataldi-Tassoni, in Milan, and later with Mr. Pessina, in Florence. He made his professional debut in Colorno, near Parma, as Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor, in 1937. He quickly sang throughout Italy, France, Spain and Portugal, as well as Latin America. He first concentrated on lyrical roles such as the Duke in Rigoletto, Alfredo in La traviata, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Pinkerton in Madama Butterfly, etc., and was one of the few tenors of his generation to tackle with success such high lying roles as Arnold in Guglielmo Tell and Arturo in I puritani. After the war, he began adding more dramatic roles to his repertory. In 1950, he appeared to great acclaim in Mexico, as Radames in Aida, and as Cavaradossi in Tosca, opposite the young Maria Callas. Other notable roles included; Manrico in Il trovatore, Arrigo in I vespri siciliani, Alvaro in La forza del destino, Calaf in Turandot. Filippeschi made several recordings, notably Pollione in Norma, opposite Maria Callas, and Carlo in Don Carlos, opposite Tito Gobbi and Boris Christoff. Filippeschi also appeared in film versions of Lucia di Lammermoor and Rigoletto, in 1946.
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- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - Un di, se ben rammentomi featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - Bella figlia dellamore featuring Lina Pagliughi
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- Rigoletto: Zweiter Akt - No, vecchio, tinganni featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - La donna e mobile featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - Della vendetta alfin giunge listante featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - E amabile invero cotal giovinotto featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Dritter Akt - Che e mai, chi e qui in sua vece featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Zweiter Akt - Parmi veder le lacrime featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Riedo, perche? featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Zweiter Akt - Cortigiani, vil razza dannata featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Zweiter Akt - La ra la ra la ra featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Zweiter Akt - Tutte le feste al tempio featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Quel vecchio maledivami featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Figlia! featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Pari siamo featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Addio, addio, speranza ed anima featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Gualtier Malde featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - Deh! Non parlare al misero featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Rigoletto: Erster Akt - E il dellanima featuring Lina Pagliughi
- Don Carlos, Act IV: "Sì, per sempre!" featuring Plinio Clabassi
- Gioachino Rossini: Armida, Act I: Ecco il guerrier, il duce
- Don Carlos, Act II: "Trema per te, falso figliuolo" featuring Elena Nicolai
- Don Carlos, Act II: "Ed io, che tremava al suo aspetto!" featuring Elena Nicolai
