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Rolando Panerai
(17 October 1924 – 23 October 2019) was an Italian
baritone
. He was born in
Campi Bisenzio
, near
Florence
,
Italy
.
Panerai made his stage debut in 1947 in
Naples
at the
Teatro di San Carlo
. Other debuts, both in 1951, were as Simon Boccanegra in
Simon Boccanegra
in
Bergamo
and as Sharpless in
Madama Butterfly
at
La Scala
in Milan.
He sang in many rarely performed
Verdi
operas on radio broadcast for
RAI
in 1951 (to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Verdi's death), such as
Giovanna d'Arco
,
La battaglia di Legnano
, and
Aroldo
.
Later roles included most of the great Verdi baritone roles, particularly the title character in
Rigoletto
, the Count of Luna in
Il trovatore
, Giorgio Germont in
La traviata
, Marquis of Posa in
Don Carlos
,and Amonasro in
Aida
.
Panerai died on 23 October 2019 in Florence of a
heart attack
at the age of 95.
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