Sesto Bruscantini (Sesto Bruscantini) |
Sesto Bruscantini
Date of birth
10.12.1919
Date of death
04.05.2003
Profession
singer
Voice type
bass-baritone
Country
Italy
Debut 1949 (Milan, part of Geronimo in Cimarosa’s “Secret Marriage” op.). He was especially successful in buffoon roles. At the Glyndebourne Festival in tech. a number of years (1951-61) isp. the roles of Figaro, Dandini in Rossini’s Cinderella, Don Alphonse and Guglielmo in Leporello’s That’s What Everyone Does. He sang in the rarely performed intermezzo (for one singer) “Orchestra Conductor” by Cimarosa. He performed with success at Covent Garden (1974), at the Colon Theatre, etc. In 1981 he made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera (Taddeo in The Italian Girl in Algiers). Performed until 1990. Recordings include Mozart and Rossini’s Figaro parts (conducted by Gui, Classics for Pleasure and EMI).
E. Tsodokov
