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Mar 28, 1918 Budrio, Emilia Romagna, Italy Died on 19 Mar 2006 (aged 87)
Italian opera singer
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About Anselmo Colzani
- Anselmo Colzani (March 28, 1918, Budrio – March 19, 2006, Milan) was an Italian operatic baritone who had an international opera career from the late 1940s through 1980.
- He particularly excelled in the Italian repertory and was most associated with the works of Giuseppe Verdi and Giacomo Puccini.
- He began his career in Italy in 1947 where he quickly became a regular presence at that country's best opera houses, including La Scala.
- In the mid-1950s he began appearing at major opera houses throughout Europe and the United States.
- In 1960 he joined the roster at the Metropolitan Opera where he spent most of his time through 1978.
- Opera News commented that while his voice may have "lacked the sheer beauty [of other baritones], his performances had an Italianate urgency and forthright thrust that were unique, which established himself as a powerful, striking presence."
