Emilio Perea

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Emilio Perea (born May 25, 1884 in Milan ; † 1946 there ) was an Italian opera singer ( tenor ).

Perea began studying engineering, but then decided to study singing, which he completed at the Conservatorio Giuseppe Verdi and with Nino Cairone in Milan. In 1904 he made his debut at the Teatro Sociale of Varese in Gaetano Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix . This was followed by appearances in Brescia, in 1907 at the Teatro Massimo in Palermo and other major Italian theaters, at the Teatro Real in Madrid and at the Teatro Liceu in Barcelona. 1906-07 he undertook an extensive tour of Mexico and Cuba with a troupe that included Fausta Labia , the sister of the prima donna Maria Labia . In 1907 he married Fausta Labia. From the marriage, which was divorced in 1911, the singer Gianna Perea-Labia emerged.

In 1907 he appeared at the Teatro de São Carlos in Lisbon in Ruggero Leoncavallos Zazà , in 1910 at the Teatro Municipale in Piacenza in the title role of Charles Gounod's Faust . During a guest appearance at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples he sang Araquil in La Navarraise by Jules Massenet and Giorgio in Marcella by Umberto Giordano . In 1913 he appeared in Rio de Janeiro in the title role of Richard Wagner's Lohengrin and as Faust in Arrigo Boito's Mefistofele , and in 1914 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome as Parsifal .

At La Scala in Milan in 1916 Perea took part in a performance of César Franck's oratorio Les Béatitudes and in the same season sang Almaviva in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia . His last stage appearance was in 1926 as Elvino in Vincenzo Bellini's La sonnambula at the Teatro Carcano in Milan. He has recorded recordings from the labels G&T (from 1905), Fonotopia and Columbia.

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SURNAME Perea, Emilio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Milan
DATE OF DEATH 1946
Place of death Milan