Antonio Cotogni
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Antonio "Toto" Cotogni was an Italian baritone of the first magnitude. Regarded internationally as being one of the greatest male opera singers of the 19th century, he was particularly admired by the
Antonio Cotogni in the 1860s
Students from the Accademia di Santa Cecilia on a trip to Frascati, June 18, 1914. Antonio Cotogni (center row, center), tenor Beniamino Gigli (top row, right), teacher Enrico Rosati (seated in chair, 2nd from right), tenor Romeo Rossi (far left), baritone Ugo Donarelli behind Cotogni, accompanist and future coach Luigi Ricci (behind and to the left of Cotogni), future teacher/ coach/conductor Luigi Gerussi (seated on ground, far left).
Mattia Battistini
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Mattia Battistini was an Italian operatic baritone, referred to as the "King of Baritones" in multiple publications.
Battistini in the 1910s
Battistini in the 1910s
Battistini contemplates Yorick's skull as Ambroise Thomas's Hamlet. Photographed in 1911.