Virgilio Lazzari (20 April 1887 – 4 October 1953) was an Italian operatic bass who had an active international performance career from 1908 to 1953. He had lengthy associations with the Chicago Civic Opera (1918–1932) and the Metropolitan Opera (1933–1950), and frequently performed at the Salzburg Festival during the 1930s. He appeared as a guest artist with opera houses internationally, including the Royal Opera House, the Teatro Colón, and the Teatro Carlo Felice, among others. Lazzari was particularly known for his performances of Archibaldo in L'amore dei tre re and Leporello in Don Giovan
Virgilio Lazzari (20 April 1887 – 4 October 1953) was an Italian operatic bass who had an active international performance career from 1908 to 1953. He had lengthy associations with the Chicago Civic Opera (1918–1932) and the Metropolitan Opera (1933–1950), and frequently performed at the Salzburg Festival during the 1930s. He appeared as a guest artist with opera houses internationally, including the Royal Opera House, the Teatro Colón, and the Teatro Carlo Felice, among others.
Lazzari was particularly known for his performances of Archibaldo in L'amore dei tre re and Leporello in Don Giovanni. In 1943, he created the role of Salomone in the world premiere of Italo Montemezzi's L'incantesimo. Music critic Harold Rosenthal stated that Lazzari was "one of the best singing actors in his particular repertory". While working in Chicago he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. His voice is preserved on complete recordings of Verdi's Rigoletto and Mozart's Don Giovanni which he made with the Metropolitan Opera.
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Life and career Born in Assisi, Lazzari began his career performing with the Vitale Operetta Company from 1908 to 1911; making his professional debut as L'Incognito in Franz von Suppé's Boccaccio. He then pursued studies in opera with Antonio Cotogni in Rome before making his first appearance in that city in 1914 at the Teatro Costanzi. He was committed to the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires for the 1914–1915 season, and appeared at the Municipal Theatre of Santiago in 1915 as Aldobrandino dei Rangoni in Mascagni's Parisina. In 1916 Lazzari performed the role of Archibaldo in L'amore dei tre re at the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City and gave his first appearance in North America in Saint Louis. In 1917 he was committed to the Boston Opera House, and made his New York City debut performing Colline in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème with Maggie Teyte as Mimi and Luca Botta as Rodolfo at Columbia University to an audience of 2,000 people. Lazzari was a principal artist with the Chicago Opera Association (COA) and the Chicago Civic Opera (CCO) from 1918 to 1932. He had earlier portrayed Ramfis in the Chicago premiere of Verdi's Aida with Rosa Raisa in…
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Recordings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Don Giovanni, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Tullio Serafin, Ezio Pinza, Virgilio Lazzari, Rosa Ponselle (1934, Andromeda)
Giuseppe Verdi, Rigoletto, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ettore Panizza, Lawrence Tibbett, Frederick Jagel, Jan Kiepura, Lily Pons, Virgilio Lazzari (1935, Naxos Records)
