Aroldo Lindi, born Gustav Harald Lindau, (26 May 1888 – 8 March 1944) was a

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operatic

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who enjoyed an international career, appearing at

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and at

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from 1925. In the United States, he appeared with the

Philadelphia Grand Opera Company The Philadelphia Grand Opera Company was the name of four different American opera companies active at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the twentieth century. The last and best known of the four was founded in November 195 ...

, the

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and the

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. According to Robert Rushmore in his book ''The Singing Voice'', Lindi dropped dead onstage after completing the aria "Vesti la giubba" in

Ruggero Leoncavallo Ruggero (or Ruggiero) Leoncavallo ( , , ; 23 April 18579 August 1919) was an Italian opera composer and librettist. Although he produced numerous operas and other songs throughout his career it is his opera '' Pagliacci'' (1892) that remained hi ...

's ''

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'' at the

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in San Francisco. According to the blog ''Forgotten Opera Singers'', his friend

Coe Glade Coe Glade (August 12, 1900 – September 23, 1985) was an American opera singer. She was born in Chicago. She was a mezzo-soprano. She sang in the opening program at Radio City Music Hall in 1932 and at the Hiram Walker Canadian Club at the Ch ...

witnessed his death and described it in an interview for the Vocal Record Collectors' Society in Chicago.Ashot Arakelyan, "Aroldo Lindi (Tenor) (Tuna, Vimmerby 1888 – San Francisco 1944)". ''Forgotten Opera Singers'', January 9, 2014.

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*Kastrup, Allan, ''The Swedish heritage in America'', Swedish Council of America, 1975, p. 726 *Lindau, Richard
Aroldo Lindi, the Singing Pugilist
''Grandi Tenori'' Swedish operatic tenors 1888 births 1944 deaths 20th-century Swedish male opera singers Swedish expatriates in the United States {{Sweden-opera-singer-stub