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{{short description|Italian opera singer (1920-1995)}}

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'''Aldo Protti''' (19 July 1920 – 10 August 1995)<ref name="Grove">{{Cite Grove |author=J.B. Steane|title=Protti, Aldo |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.O009671|date=1 December 1992}}</ref> was an Italian [[baritone]] [[opera singer]], particularly associated with the Italian repertory. He was particularly appreciated in [[Verdi]] roles, especially ''[[Rigoletto]]'', his greatest role, but also as [[Cavalleria rusticana|Alfio]], [[Pagliacci|Tonio]], [[Andrea Chénier|Gérard]], [[Tosca|Scarpia]], etc.<ref name="Grove"/> 

{{Infobox person
| name               = Aldo Protti
| birth_date         = 19 July 1920
| birth_place        = [[Cremona]], Italy
| death_date         = 10 August 1995<br/>(age 75)
| death_place        = [[Cremona]], Italy
| occupation         = [[baritone]] [[opera|opera singer]]
| years_active       = 1948 - 1985
}}

==Life and career==
Protti was born in [[Cremona]].<ref name="Grove"/> He studied in [[Parma]], and made his debut in [[Pesaro]], as [[Il barbiere di Siviglia|Figaro]], in 1948.<ref name="Grove"/> He made his [[La Scala]] debut in 1950, as [[Aida|Amonasro]]. He did not appear there again until 1954 when he performed the title role in ''[[Rigoletto]]''; and after this he performed regularly at La Scala for many years.<ref name="Grove"/> He sang widely in Italy and [[Europe]] in the standard Italian repertory, and was described in 1972 by Italian music critic  as "one of the most reliable baritone in the business".<ref name="Grove"/>

In 1956, Protti appeared with the [[New York City Opera]], in ''Rigoletto'' (with [[Norman Treigle]] as Sparafucile), ''Tosca'' (in [[Vladimir Rosing]]'s staging), and the company premiere of ''Il trovatore'' (with Pier Miranda Ferraro).<ref name="Grove"/>  He made a belated debut at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], as Rigoletto, in [[John Dexter]]'s production, in 1985, at the age of sixty-five.<ref name="Grove"/>

Aldo Protti died in [[Cremona]] on 10 August 1995, aged seventy-five.<ref name="Grove"/>

== Abridged discography ==

* Giordano: ''Andrea Chénier'' (Callas, del Monaco; Votto, 1955) [live] EMI
* Leoncavallo: ''Pagliacci'' (Petrella, del Monaco; Erede, 1952) Decca
* Leoncavallo: ''Pagliacci'' (Beltrami, Poggi; Rapalo, 1958) Philips
* Mascagni: ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (Nicolai, del Monaco; Ghione, 1954) Decca
* Mascagni: ''Cavalleria rusticana'' (Mancini, Poggi; Rapalo, 1958) Philips
* Verdi: ''Aida'' (Tebaldi, Stignani, del Monaco; Erede, 1952) Decca
* Verdi: ''Otello'' (Tebaldi, del Monaco; Erede, 1954) Decca
* Verdi: ''Otello'' (Tebaldi, del Monaco; Karajan, 1961) Decca
* Verdi: ''Rigoletto'' (Gueden, Simionato, del Monaco, Siepi; Erede, 1954) Decca
* Verdi: ''La traviata'' (Tebaldi, Poggi; Molinari-Pradelli, 1954) Decca

== External links ==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3aWKe423VI  Aldo Protti in an excerpt from ''Andrea Chénier'' (1961)].

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[[Category:Italian operatic baritones]]
[[Category:Musicians from Cremona]]
[[Category:1920 births]]
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[[Category:20th-century Italian male opera singers]]


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