Sesto Bruscantini (Civitanova Marche 1919-2003)

From childhood, his theatrical talent ...

Sesto Bruscantini (Civitanova Marche 1919-2003)

From childhood, his theatrical talent "reciting" the Minuet by Luigi Boccherini at the age of eight. In 1939 he sang in the musical comedy The Geisha Sidney Jones at the Teatro Beniamino Gigli Civitanova Marche (now Teatro Rossini). While earning his law degree, dashed the hopes of a lawyer father and, encouraged by successes in small concerts, thanks to one music lover uncle, he continued his musical studies, making his debut in 1946 in the hometown as Colline in La bohème. He began his international activities at the Glyndebourne Festival in 1951, winning once as a refined interpreter of Mozart and later covering the role of a large number of celebrities of the seven-century comic repertoire: to remember in particular Dandini in La Cenerentola, Selim in The Turkish in Italy, Figaro, and Le nozze di Figaro from The Barber of Seville, as well as Don Pasquale and Dulcamara. He participated in the historic events: one for all, the first performance in modern times of the aforementioned Turkish in Italy, October 22, 1950 at the Teatro Argentina in Rome, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, with Maria Callas and Mariano Stabile. Since the sixties stood out even in brand bel canto repertoire and dramatic: remarkable were the Alfonso of Castile La Favorita, Zurga Les pêcheurs de perles and other Verdi characters. Just two years after its belated debut at the Metropolitan, he was the guest of honor, October 23, 1983, in a gala evening to mark the centenary of Max New York theater. Portrait autograph Italian low-dated 1967.Excellent condition