Ezio Fortunato Pinza was an Italian opera singer. Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass. He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appear
Pinza, c. 1949
Ezio Pinza (left) jokes with comedian Jimmy Durante as Pinza leaves his imprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, 1953.
The grave of Ezio Pinza at Putnam Cemetery, in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA
Ezio Pinza as Mefistofele, Teatro alla Scala, Milan, 1933-1934.
South Pacific is a musical composed by Richard Rodgers, with lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and book by Hammerstein and Joshua Logan. The work premiered in 1949 on Broadway and was an immediate hit, r
Ezio Pinza
…Covent Garden, London. After retiring from the Metropolitan Opera in 1948, Pinza enjoyed a fresh career on Broadway in musical theatre, most notably in South Pacific, in which he created the role of Emile de Becque. He was less successful in his appearances in Hollywood films. Ezio Fortunato Pinza was born in modest…
Original Broadway windowcard (1949)
Rodgers (left) and Hammerstein