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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
151All idea di quel metallo portentoso Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.11-1

Type: duetVoice: T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Count/Figaro
152Or che reso ai patrii lidi Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.16

Type: recitativeVoice: B T S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Percy/Anna/Rochefort
153Questo di per noi spuntato Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 1.17

Type: ensembleVoice: S Mz T BLanguage: Italian

Roles:
154Fate la carita e un ora Popularity:

Opera: Forza del destino, LaComposer: VerdiAct: 4.01-1

Type: ensemble,choirVoice: Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Melitone/Guardiano
155Stolta non sai Popularity:

Opera: Anna BolenaComposer: DonizettiAct: 2.11

Type: recitativeVoice: B MzLanguage: Italian

Roles: Enrico/Giovanna
156Don Bartolo Don Bartolo Popularity:

Opera: Barbiere di Siviglia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.15-2

Type: ensembleVoice: B T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Basilio/Count/Figaro
157Alto la fedel drappello Popularity:

Opera: Puritani, IComposer: BelliniAct: 3.08-1

Type: recitativeVoice: T S Br BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Arturo/Elvira/Riccardo/Giorgio
158Aspettare e non venire Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.01

Type: ariaVoice: bassLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto
159Per te ho io nel core Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2.06

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
160Or che fatto ti sei dalla mia parte Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2.01

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
161Fermate..cosa ce Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 2.08

Type: recitativeVoice: B T BrLanguage: Italian

Roles: Don Geronio/Narciso/Prosdocimo
162Ho da fare ub dramma buffo Popularity:

Opera: Turco in Italia, IlComposer: RossiniAct: 1.03

Type: aria,choirVoice: baritoneLanguage: Italian

Roles: Prosdocimo
163Carlo che sol il nostro amore Popularity:

Opera: Don CarloComposer: VerdiAct: 1.09

Type: recitative,trioVoice: Br Mz SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Rodrigue/Eboli/Elisabeth
164Lo conosco a quegli occhietti Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.07

Type: duetVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
165In somma delle somme Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.04

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
166Sul profanato altar Popularity:

Opera: Vestala, LaComposer: SpontiniAct: 3.06

Type: aria,choirVoice: bassLanguage: French

Roles:
167Ah! quanto mi sa male Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2.03

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto/Serpina
168Quest'è per me disgrazia Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 1.02

Type: recitativeVoice: B SLanguage: Italian

Roles: Uberto/Serpina
169Favorisca, signor, passi Popularity:

Opera: Serva padrona, LaComposer: PergolesiAct: 2.05

Type: recitativeVoice: S BLanguage: Italian

Roles: Serpina/Uberto
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