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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
1Nostra patria e il mondo intero Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.02

Type: recitativeVoice: Mz TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaida/Albazar
2Tu sul labbro dei veggenti Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
3Vieni o Levita Popularity:

Opera: NabuccoComposer: VerdiAct: 2.04-1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Zaccaria
4Ah! quanto mi sa male Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2.03

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto/Serpina
5Quest'è per me disgrazia Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.02

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto/Serpina
6Son imbrogliato io gia Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto
7Aspettare e non venire Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.01

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto
8Sempre in contrasti Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto
9Buona notte mia figlia Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 1.02

Type: recitativeVoice: B S MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Marquis/Leonora/Curra
10Vil seduttor infame figlia Popularity:

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

Type: trioVoice: B T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Marquis/Alvaro/Leonora
11Il grande inquisitor! Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 3.02-1

Type: recitativeVoice: B BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Inquisitor/Philip II
12Cavalier ti colse il Dio Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.09

Type: trio,choirVoice: Br B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio/Elvira
13Suoni la tromba Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.10

Type: duetVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
14E di morte lo stral non sara Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.04

Type: duet,choirVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
15Il rival salvar tu dei Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.07

Type: duetVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Giorgio
16Or dove fuggo io mai Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.05

Type: duetVoice: Br TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Bruno
17T'appellan le schiere Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.07-1

Type: duetVoice: Br TLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Bruno
18Ferma invan rapir pretendi Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.17

Type: trio,choirVoice: Br T MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo/Arturo/Enrichetta
19Ah! per sempre io ti perdei Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.06-1

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo
20Bel sogno beato Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.07-2

Type: ariaVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Riccardo
21Se tra il buio un fantasma vedrai Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.08

Type: duetVoice: B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Riccardo
22Riccardo Riccardo! Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.09

Type: duetVoice: B BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Riccardo
23Sai com'arde in petto mio Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 1.09-1

Type: duetVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio/Elvira
24Qual novella? Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.02

Type: recitativeVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio
25Cinta di fiori e col bel crin disciolto Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 2.03

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Giorgio
26Ferma crudele Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 4.03

Type: trioVoice: B T SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Silva/Ernani/Elvira
27Infelice e tuo credevi Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1.12

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Silva
28L'offeso onor Popularity:

Opera: ErnaniComposer: VerdiAct: 1

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Silva
29Lo conosco a quegli occhietti Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.07

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
30In somma delle somme Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.04

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
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