Sesto Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini

Sesto Bruscantini (December 10, 1919 - May 4, 2003) was an Italian bass-baritone, one of the greatest buffo singer of the post-war era, especially renowned in Mozart and Rossini.

Bruscantini was born in Civitanova Marche, Italy. After obtaining a law degree, Bruscantini, turned to vocal studies in Rome, with Luigi Ricci. He won a vocal contest organized by RAI in 1947 and made his debut at La Scala in Milan in 1949, as Geronimo in Cimarosa's "Il matrimonio segreto".

Bruscantini rapidly established himself in buffo roles in opera by Mozart and Rossini such as "Le nozze di Figaro", "Don Giovanni", "Cosi fan tutte", "Il turco in Italia", "L'italiana in Algeri", "Il barbiere di Siviglia", "La Cenerentola" but also in works by Donizetti such as "L'elisir d'amore", "La fille du régiment" and "Don Pasquale". In some of these works he often alternated roles, from Figaro to the Count in "Nozze", Guglielmo to Alfonso in "Cosi", Belcore to Dulcamara in "Elisir", Malatesta to Pasquale in "Don Pasquale", etc. He also took part in many revivals of opera by Pergolesi, Scarlatti and Cimarosa.

In the 1960s, Bruscantini started singing more lyrical and dramatic roles in opera such as "I puritani" alternating between Riccardo and Giorgio, and "La favorite" singing both Alfonso and Baldasare. He also added Verdi roles such as "Rigoletto", Germont in "La Traviata", "Simon Boccanegra", Melitone in "La forza del destino", Rodrigo in "Don Carlos" and Ford in "Falstaff".

Bruscantini was a regular guest at the Glyndebourne and Salzburg festivals, the Vienna State Opera, also appearing in Brussels, Monte Carlo, Paris, London. He sang relatively little outside Europe but did appear at the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1961, as Figaro in "Il barbiere di Siviglia".

Bruscantini was married for a time to soprano Sena Jurinac, with whom he often appeared on stage in the 1950s.

Bruscantini enjoyed a long and distinguished career, singing well into his 60s, making his belated Metropolitan Opera debut in 1981, as Taddeo in "L'italiana in Algeri", in his two seasons at the Methe also sang Bartolo in "Il barbiere di siviglia" and Dulcamara in "L'elisir d'amore". He also left an impressive discography, recording as late as 1986, the role of Don Romualdo in Donizetti's "Emilia di Liverpool" for Opera Rara.

Sesto Bruscantini died in his native Civitanova Marche, on May 4, 2003, aged 83.

Sources

* "Dictionnaire des interprètes", Alain Pâris, (Editions Robert Laffont, 1989). ISBN 2-221-06660-X
* "Guide de l’opéra", Les indispensables de la musique, R. Mancini & J-J. Rouvereux, (Fayard, 1989). ISBN 2-213-01563-6


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