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Pantera. On the evening of the Cena della Vittoria, the Dinner of Victory, he sang for the people of his quarter. After his death, Cynthia Wood, his last companion, became captain of the Contrada della Pantera, one of the few and the only American woman to hold this position. Bastianini bought the winning horse, the famous Topolone, and changed its name to Ettore. Shortly thereafter, he appeared successfully as Conte di Luna at the Salzburg Festival. The following autumn, he debuted in
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just months after his mother's death from cancer. He discussed his illness with only his family and a few very close friends, fearing the negative impact that the news could have on his career. He spent the first four months of 1963 in treatment in
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that year was reportedly disastrous. In 1965, his final year on stage, he returned to the Lyric Opera of
Chicago to sing Amonasro. He also portrayed Scarpia at the Teatro Comunale Florence, and Iago at the
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and religious functions at the church. In 1939 he began singing lessons under
Fathima and Anselmo Ammanati, who continued training him as a bass. He sang his first professional concerts in 1940 and 1941 in
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Gavazzeni on the same label). He returned to the Met again in January 1965, where he spent most of that year singing in several of his prior roles with the company and portraying Scarpia in
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A concise biographical dictionary of singers: from the beginning of recorded sound to the present. Translated from German, expanded and annotated by Harry Earl Jones
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Associazione Internazionale Culturale Musicale Ettore Bastianini (www.associazioneettorebastianini.org) keeps alive the artistic legacy of this great singer.
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had, like him, learned her words phonetically. Also noteworthy is a 1955 television appearance (published on DVD in 2006) on
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1223:. Siena: nuova immagine editrice. p. 205.
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1329:Ettore Bastianini. La piĂą bella voce al mondo
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250:Triumph on the international stage: 1952–1957
203:. In 1949, he toured Egypt again and flew to
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1344:Le cronologie originali di Ettore Bastianini
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1364:Opera Voices: Bob Rideout's Biographies
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1239:Ettore Bastianini: i suoi personaggi
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