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[Pagliacci] Paoli, Antonio. (1871-1946). Signed Photograph. Very uncommon signed postcard photograph of the great Puerto Rican dramatic tenor, the first to record a complete opera (Pagliacci). One small pinhole on his head, else fine.
"Paoli toured with a company headed by Mascagni in 1902...Following his début as Otello in Madrid (1905), he sang that role some 570 times; he had also given, by the end of his career, 425 performances of Manrico...His many recordings include excerpts from Pagliacci, under the direction of Leoncavallo (1907)...In such roles as Samson, Canio and Otello he contributed to the development of a true dramatic tenor style of characterization as distinct from that of the ‘elevated baritone’." (Donald Thompson, Grove Online)
"Paoli toured with a company headed by Mascagni in 1902...Following his début as Otello in Madrid (1905), he sang that role some 570 times; he had also given, by the end of his career, 425 performances of Manrico...His many recordings include excerpts from Pagliacci, under the direction of Leoncavallo (1907)...In such roles as Samson, Canio and Otello he contributed to the development of a true dramatic tenor style of characterization as distinct from that of the ‘elevated baritone’." (Donald Thompson, Grove Online)
[Pagliacci] Paoli, Antonio. (1871-1946). Signed Photograph. Very uncommon signed postcard photograph of the great Puerto Rican dramatic tenor, the first to record a complete opera (Pagliacci). One small pinhole on his head, else fine.
"Paoli toured with a company headed by Mascagni in 1902...Following his début as Otello in Madrid (1905), he sang that role some 570 times; he had also given, by the end of his career, 425 performances of Manrico...His many recordings include excerpts from Pagliacci, under the direction of Leoncavallo (1907)...In such roles as Samson, Canio and Otello he contributed to the development of a true dramatic tenor style of characterization as distinct from that of the ‘elevated baritone’." (Donald Thompson, Grove Online)
"Paoli toured with a company headed by Mascagni in 1902...Following his début as Otello in Madrid (1905), he sang that role some 570 times; he had also given, by the end of his career, 425 performances of Manrico...His many recordings include excerpts from Pagliacci, under the direction of Leoncavallo (1907)...In such roles as Samson, Canio and Otello he contributed to the development of a true dramatic tenor style of characterization as distinct from that of the ‘elevated baritone’." (Donald Thompson, Grove Online)