Ivo Vinco (8 November 1927 – 8 June 2014) was an Italian

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opera singer who enjoyed a successful international career. Born in

Bosco Chiesanuova Bosco Chiesanuova (; cim, Nuagankirchen; german: Neuenkirchen; vec, Cesanòa) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verona in the Italian region Veneto, located about west of Venice and about north of Verona. It is part of the Thir ...

, Vinco first studied at the Liceo Musicale in Verona with Madama Zilotti, then at the opera school of the

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in Milan with Ettore Campogalliani. He made his professional debut in Verona, as Ramfis in ''

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'', in 1954. He quickly sang all over Italy (Milan, Rome, Naples, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Palermo, Parma, Florence et al.). He began an international career which took him to Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Moscow, Paris, Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Lisbon, Mexico City, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Chicago and New York, where he made his debut at the

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in 1969. During the 1962-63 winter season he sang the crucially important role of Oroveso, chief of the Druids, in Bellini's ''Norma'' during the ''I Festival de Festivales de Opera'' of the Gran Teatro del Liceo in Barcelona. But Vinco sang all the great bass roles of the Italian repertory in addition to Oroveso, including in

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, Sparafucile, Ferrando, Fiesco, Padre Guardiano, Gran Inquisitore and Alvise, and can be heard in a number of complete Italian opera recordings.

Personal life

He was married for many years to

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, with whom he had a son, Roberto.

External links

Ivo Vinco at Operissimo.com

by Bruce Duffie, September 29, 1983

References

1927 births 2014 deaths Operatic basses Musicians from Veneto Italian basses Place of death missing 20th-century Italian male opera singers People from Bosco Chiesanuova {{Italy-opera-singer-stub