1. Renato Zanelli was an Italian-Chilean operatic baritone and later tenor, particularly associated with heroic Italian and German roles, notably Verdi's Otello.
15 Facts About Renato Zanelli
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Renato Zanelli, nom d'art of Renato Zanelli Morales, was born in Almendral, Los Andes, Valparaiso, Chile on April 1,1892.
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Renato Zanelli returned to Chile in 1911 to work in his father's salpeter factory office in Valparaiso.
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Renato Zanelli's voice was discovered at a social party by Angelo Querze, an Italian tenor who had sung in Chile in 1894 in the local premiere of "Otello".
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Renato Zanelli studied in Santiago with Angelo Querze, making his debut there as a baritone in 1916, as Valentin.
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Renato Zanelli later sang such important baritone roles as Tonio, de Luna, and Renato.
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Renato Zanelli remained there until 1923, singing most of the major Italian baritone parts.
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Renato Zanelli went on to sing widely in Italy and South America in roles as diverse as Pollione, Don Jose, Andrea Chenier, Canio, Tristan and Siegmund.
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Renato Zanelli sang his first Otello in Turin in 1926, which was his debut role at the Royal Opera House in London.
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Renato Zanelli took part in the first performance, in 1930, of Pizzetti's Lo straniero at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma.
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Renato Zanelli had a rich voice and was equally successful as a baritone and a tenor, his early death from cancer cutting short a brilliant career.
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Renato Zanelli's artistry is preserved on a number of recordings of operatic arias which he made at the height of his powers in the two vocal categories that he had mastered.
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Renato Zanelli's brother, Carlos Zanelli-Morales, was a successful baritone.
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Renato Zanelli sang under the stage name of Carlo Morelli in Italy and at the Met from 1935 to 1940.
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Renato Zanelli died on March 25,1935, in Santiago, Chile after fighting cancer.