Ermanno Mauro, OC (born 20 January 1939, in Rovigno d'istria) is an Italian-born Canadian operatic

tenor A tenor is a type of classical male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The low extreme for tenors is wide ...

who has received the

Order of Canada The Order of Canada (french: Ordre du Canada; abbreviated as OC) is a Canadian state order and the second-highest honour for merit in the system of orders, decorations, and medals of Canada, after the Order of Merit. To coincide with the cen ...

. He emigrated to Canada in 1958, becoming a naturalized citizen in 1963. He has sung all over the world including at the

Metropolitan Opera The Metropolitan Opera (commonly known as the Met) is an American opera company based in New York City, resident at the Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, currently situated on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. The company is oper ...

, Teatro alla Scala (La Scala),

Royal Opera House The Royal Opera House (ROH) is an opera house and major performing arts venue in Covent Garden, central London. The large building is often referred to as simply Covent Garden, after a previous use of the site. It is the home of The Royal Ope ...

, Palais Garnier, and many more. In 1976 and 1979, he sang as lead Tenor at Palais Garnier. Ermanno has also played the lead role in many famous Operas such as, ''

Il trovatore ''Il trovatore'' ('The Troubadour') is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto largely written by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play ''El trovador'' (1836) by Antonio García Gutiérrez. It was García Gutiérrez's mos ...

'', '' Pagliacci'', ''

La bohème ''La bohème'' (; ) is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions '' quadri'', '' tableaux'' or "images", rather than ''atti'' (acts). composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giusep ...

'', etc.

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Ermanno Mauro
profile on the Etobicoke Philharmonic Orchestra website]
Ermanno Mauro
file listing, Mississauga Library System
Edmonton Opera reimagines Puccini's greatest opera Turandot
Italian emigrants to Canada Living people 1939 births Naturalized citizens of Canada Officers of the Order of Canada Canadian operatic tenors 20th-century Canadian male opera singers {{Canada-singer-stub