Ezio Flagello
Ezio Flagello (born January 28, 1931 in New York , † March 19, 2009 in Palm Bay , Florida ) was an American opera singer ( bass ).
Life
Flagello studied at the Manhattan School of Music and at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome . He specialized in the Italian subject.
He made his debut at the Empire State Festival in Ellenville in 1955 as Dulcamara in Donizetti's love potion . Flagello sang at the Metropolitan Opera in New York from 1957 to 1984. He began as a turnkey in Tosca and continued his career as Leporello in Don Giovanni , Bartolo in The Barber of Seville , Rodolfo in La sonnambula , Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor , Silva in Ernani , Wurm in Luisa Miller , Sparafucile in Rigoletto , Fra Melitone in Die Macht des Schicksals , Philipp II in Don Carlos , Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg and Timur in Turandot .
Flagello has often performed successfully internationally in Vienna, Milan, Berlin, London and other cities.
In 1987 he ended his career. He was married to the writer Anna Mione , with whom he had four children. He died at his home in Palm Bay, Florida.
literature
- KJ Kutsch , Leo Riemens : Large singer lexicon . Unchanged edition. KG Saur, Bern, 1993, first volume A – L, Sp. 949, ISBN 3-907820-70-3
Web links
- Ezio Flagello at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Flagello, Ezio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American opera singer (bass) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | new York |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 2009 |
| Place of death | Palm Bay , Florida |