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BioGRaPHieS & CoMPoSiTioNS |
GUALTIERO NEGRINI
descends from a long line of operatic personae, his great-uncle Carlo
Negrini having premiered in the role of Gabriele Adorno in Simone
Boccanegra for Verdi himself. After being chosen as one of the winners
of the 1980 Lyric Opera of Chicago Auditions, at the tender age of 19, he
went on to make American operatic history with that company when, at the age
of 21, he replaced an ailing Gosta Windbergh as Ferrando in Cosi fan
tutte thereby becoming the youngest tenor to ever sing a leading role in
a major American opera house. Subsequently, the Italian-American tenor from
Los Angeles sang at least a dozen leading and secondary roles with that
company. Negrini has also performed leading roles with the Washington
Opera, Opera Columbus, Tulsa Opera, Long Beach Grand Opera and many others.
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