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Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

Singer details:

Voice: Bass
Nationality: Italian
Year of Birth: 1920
Year of Death: 1991

About Nicola Rossi-Lemeni:

Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (November 6, 1920 – March 12, 1991), was a basso opera singer of mixed Italian-Russian parentage.

Rossi-Lemeni was born in Istanbul, Turkey, the son of an Italian colonel and a Russian mother. In his prime he was one of the most respected bassos in Italy. The composer Ildebrando Pizzetti wrote the opera Assassinio nella cattedrale (1958) specifically for Rossi-Lemeni. He was also a prize-winning poet and a painter.

The basso made his debut as Varlaam in Boris Godunov at La Fenice, Venice, in 1946. He sang at the Teatro alla Scala from 1947 to 1960, the Teatro Colón (1949) and Covent Garden (1952). He appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, opening the 1953/54 season, in Faust (with Jussi Björling, Victoria de los Ángeles and Robert Merrill, conducted by Pierre Monteux and directed by Peter Brook in his Met debut), followed by the title roles of Don Giovanni and Boris Godunov.

He sang Don Giovanni to open the newly established Lyric Theatre of Chicago in February 1954 (renamed two years later as Lyric Opera of Chicago), and returned that fall for Norma with Callas in her American debut, and Basilio in The Barber of Seville. The following season he appeared in Puritani with Callas, Boheme with Tebaldi, Faust with Bjoerling, Elisir with Carteri, and L'amore dei tre re with Kirsten.

He created the roles of Thomas Beckett in Assassinio nella cattedrale (Murder in the Cathedral) by Ildebrando Pizzetti (based on the T.S. Eliot play), and Eddie Carbone in Uno sguardo dal ponte (A View from the Bridge) by Renzo Rossellini (based on the Arthur Miller play).

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Nr.Title scenePopularityOperaComposerActTypeVoicesLang.Roles
1Voi Regina! E fia pur vero Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.14-2

Type: recitativeVoice: T S B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Percy/Anna/Enrico/Rochefort
2Voga voga a terra a terra Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.09

Type: recitative,choirVoice: sopranoLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla
3Voci di giubilo Popularity:

Opera: Mose in EgittoComposer: RossiniAct: 2

Type: quintetVoice: B B T S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mosè/Faraone/Elézer/Sinaide/Amenofi
4Viva la guerra Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Preziosilla/Carlo/Mayor
5Viva la buona compagnia Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.07

Type: recitativeVoice: Br Mz B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo/Preziosilla/Mayor/Trabuco
6Vil seduttor infame figlia Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.07-2

Type: trioVoice: B T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Marquis/Alvaro/Leonora
7Vieni o Levita Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
8Vi ravviso o luoghi ameni Popularity:

Opera: Sonnambula, LaComposer: BelliniAct: 1.11-3

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodolfo
9Vado in traccia di una zingara Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.05

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Don Geronio
10Vada via si guardi bene di cercar Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.28

Type: recitative,ensembleVoice: S Mz B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles:
11Urna fatale del mio destino Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.09

Type: recitativeVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo
12Un vecchio far non puo maggior follia Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.18

Type: recitativeVoice: B S BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Don Geronio/Fiorilla/Prosdocimo
13Un marito scimunito Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.13

Type: trioVoice: Br B TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Prosdocimo/Don Geronio/Narciso
14Tu sul labbro dei veggenti Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
15Toh toh poffare il mondo Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.18

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Melitone
16Tace ognuno e ognun tremante Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.24

Type: recitativeVoice: B cALanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Smeton
17T'appellan le schiere Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.07-1

Type: duetVoice: Br TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Bruno
18Suoni la tromba Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.10

Type: duetVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
19Suon d'araldi? Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.11

Type: recitativeVoice: T S Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arturo/Elvira/Riccardo/Giorgio
20Sul profanato altar Popularity:

Opera: Vestala, LaComposer: SpontiniAct: 3.06

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: French

Roles:
21Stolta non sai Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.11

Type: recitativeVoice: B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Giovanna
22Sta bene Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 2.10

Type: recitativeVoice: B Mz BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Mayor/Preziosilla/Carlo
23Squilla il bronzo del Dio Popularity:

Opera: NormaComposer: BelliniAct: 2.10

Type: recitative,choirVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Oroveso
24Sposa a Percy pria che Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.09

Type: duetVoice: B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Giovanna
25Son la vite sul campo appassita Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.14

Type: trioVoice: S B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio/Prosdocimo
26Son imbrogliato io gia Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto
27Solenne in quest'ora Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 3.07

Type: duetVoice: Br TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Carlo/Alvaro
28Siete turchi non vi credo Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.15

Type: quartetVoice: B S S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Don Geronio/Fiorilla/Fiorilla/Selim
29Si mi e forza partir Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.13

Type: recitativeVoice: S B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Fiorilla/Don Geronio/Prosdocimo
30Serva ..servo Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.11

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Selim/Fiorilla
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