Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
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Giacomo Lauri-Volpi was an Italian tenor with a lyric voice of exceptional range and technical facility. He performed throughout Europe and the Americas in a top-class career that spanned 40 years.
Giacomo Lauri-Volpi in the role of Pedro in Franco Vittadini’s opera Anima allegra, 1923
Signed drawing of Lauri-Volpi by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post 1924
Giacomo Lauri Volpi (photo with dedication)
Giacomo Lauri Volpi as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, teatro alla Scala, 1946
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).