Renato Bruson

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Renato Bruson 1965
Renato Bruson in November 2008

Renato Bruson (born January 13, 1936 in Granze near Padua in Veneto ) is an Italian opera singer ( baritone ), who is best known for his Verdi and Donizetti interpretations.

Life

Bruson sang in the church choir as a child and studied singing at the Conservatory in Padua with Elena Fava Ceriati with a scholarship, hardly supported by his hostile family. He made his operatic debut in the role of Conte di Luna in Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore at the “Teatro Lirico Sperimentale” in Spoleto in 1961 , where he previously won the competition. The following year he sang Riccardo in Vincenzo Bellini's opera I puritani at the Opera in Rome.

In 1969 he made his debut as Enrico in Gaetano Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York, where he also sang in Il trovatore . In 1970 he began his decades-long collaboration with the conductor Riccardo Muti in Giuseppe Verdi's A Masked Ball at the Teatro Comunale in Florence. His debut at Scala in Milan only came in 1972 as Antonio in Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix . At the 1963 audition, he was turned down, saying that he could sing well but had no personality. Also in 1972 he gave the Ezio in Verdi's Attila at the Edinburgh International Festival and made his debut at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden in 1975 with Renato (Count René Ankerström) in the opera Ein Maskenball under Claudio Abbado , where he replaced Piero Cappuccilli with great success .

With his London Falstaff von Verdi under Carlo Maria Giulini , he also made guest appearances in Florence and Los Angeles . He made his debut at the Vienna State Opera in 1977 with the opera Die Macht des Schicksals von Verdi. In 1978 he sang the title role in Verdi's opera Macbeth . In Vienna he was so successful that he was appointed chamber singer . He performed there almost every year. In the 1980s he began to add to his repertoire, which until then had made him best known as the interpreter of Verdi and Donizetti: he sang Mozart's Don Giovanni and, in the field of verismo in Umberto Giordano's opera, Andrea Chénier .

Critics consider him to be one of the best interpreters of the title role in the opera Rigoletto since Tito Gobbi and is valued for his elegant and expressive phrasing, his velvety tone as well as for his performance skills and his musical intelligence.

Bruson is known for his collegial and unpretentious demeanor, being uncompromising when working with directors and not taking part in far-fetched experiments, which has also earned him a reputation for being difficult. Since the singer refuses routine, he was always ready to learn new and rarely played roles even for a few performances, such as the Cristoforo Colombo for a CD production by Hessischer Rundfunk in 1992 in the opera of the same name by Alberto Franchetti or the Stankar in Verdis Stiffelio , which he rehearsed for performances at the Vienna State Opera in 1996. In addition to his operatic activities, he has also emerged as a lieder singer. He is one of the last representatives of the great Italian baritone and belcanto tradition of the 20th century.

Renato Bruson is married to the set designer Tita Tegano.

Honors and prizes

literature

  • Tita Tegano: Renato Bruson: 40 anni di “Recitar cantando”. Pantheon, 2001, ISBN 88-7434-012-5 .
  • Tita Tegano: Renato Bruson: L'interprete ei personaggi. Azzali Editore, 1998.

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personal data
SURNAME Bruson, Renato
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian opera singer (baritone)
DATE OF BIRTH January 13, 1936
PLACE OF BIRTH Granze near Padua , Veneto