Gastone Tisalvi, best known as Rino Salviati (12 June 1922 – 2 January 2016) was an Italian singer, guitarist and film actor.
Life and career
Born in
Montelibretti
Montelibretti is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Lazio, located about northeast of Rome on the slopes of Monti Sabini.
Montelibretti borders the following municipalities: Capena, Fara in ...
, Salviati started his career in 1940, performing in a series of shows for the armed forces.
[Enzo Giannelli. "Rino Salviati". Gino Castaldo (edited by). ''Dizionario della canzone italiana''. Curcio Editore, 1990-2013. .] In 1945 he entered the stage company of
Erminio Macario
Erminio Macario (27 May 1902 – 25 March 1980), best known as Macario, was an Italian film actor and comedian. He appeared in 42 films between 1933 and 1975.
Life and career
Born in Turin, Macario made his debut at a young age in the amate ...
, as the musical attraction in the revue ''Venticello del sud''.
The same year he started recording several albums for
La Voce del Padrone
La voce del padrone was the Italian label for the His Master's Voice recording house. The house belonged to The Gramophone Company Ltd., of Hayes (Middlesex, United Kingdom) which owned several labels in Italy, like Columbia, Marconiphone, Angel ...
.
After performing with various orchestras, Salviati became well-known as a regular in a popular radio program about guitarists.
Starting from the 1950s, he toured all over the world, often alongside
Nilla Pizzi
Nilla Pizzi, stage name of Adionilla Pizzi (; 16 April 1919 – 12 March 2011), was an Italian singer and actress.
Born in Sant'Agata Bolognese, she was particularly famous in Italy during the 1950s and 1960s. She won the first edition of the ...
.
He also appeared in a number of films.
Selected filmography
* ''
Milanese in Naples'' (1954)
References
External links
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People from the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital
1922 births
2016 deaths
Italian male stage actors
Italian male film actors
Italian male singers