Armando Bini (

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, October 1, 1887 – Milan, October 31, 1954) was an Italian tenor.

Career

Bini began as a plumber but his music teacher, Professor Antoni, directed him to sing his first song and encouraged him to study music. After military service, he had the chance to debut at the

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in Milan in 1914 in the role of Fernando of Favorita of Donizetti. In the same year, as requested by the organizers he also performed in '' Don Pasquale'' and

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's ''

Barber of Seville ''The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution'' ( it, Il barbiere di Siviglia, ossia L'inutile precauzione ) is an ''opera buffa'' in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was base ...

'', in the role of Almaviva. From there a career blossomed that took him to sing in many theaters throughout Italy, including Florence (National Theater), Milan,

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and

. He also interpreted Pinkerton in ''

Madama Butterfly ''Madama Butterfly'' (; ''Madame Butterfly'') is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is based on the short story "Madame Butterfly" (1898) by John Luther ...

'' alongside soprano

Miura Tamaki , was a Japanese opera singer who performed as Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's '' Madama Butterfly''. Early life Miura was born the first daughter of Shibata Mōho and Shibata Towa () on February 22, 1884 in Tokyo, Japan. Shibata, a music lover had h ...

in 1931 at the

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. In Pisa he was also active in Theater Politeama in several productions. Bini also performed abroad, in Corsica in 1920 and he toured the Netherlands, where he was honored with the Amsterdam Knighthood of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

References

Italian operatic tenors 1887 births 1954 deaths People from Pisa 20th-century Italian male opera singers Singers from Milan {{Italy-opera-singer-stub