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Luigi Ottolini

Italian opera singer (1925–2002)

Luigi Ottolini (23 August 1925, Milan – 16 March 2002, Suardi)^[1] was an Italian operatic tenor noted for his appearances in the 1960 recording of Verdi's Requiem with Joan Sutherland, Fiorenza Cossotto and Carlo Maria Giulini,^[2] the 1961 Turin recording of Verdi's Don Carlos with Boris Christoff^[3] and the 1963 recording of scenes from Verdi's Aida with Birgit Nilsson.^[4] Though celebrated in the 1960s, Ottolini is now barely known.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] He appeared as Radames in Verdi's Aida for the Welsh National Opera in 1971, reprising the same role in 1974 in the Baths of Caracalla, Rome.

References

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^ "Verdi: Requiem". Presto Classical. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "FM Forecast" (PDF). World Radio History.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 March 2021.
^ "Birgit Nilsson – Verdi Great Scenes from Aida". Deutsche Grammophon. Archived from the original on 11 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ Lascelles, George (2002). Opera. Vol. 53, no. 7–12. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help) Link at Google Books ^{[title missing]}
^ Levine, Robert. "Great Requiem, Bad Sound from 1960". ClassicsToday.com. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^ Independent Critics Reviewing Classical Recordings. American Record Guide. 2021. p. 163.
^ Guide to the Ernest Bradbury Archive. 1960. p. 23.
^ "MTVA Archívum". MTVA Archívum (in Hungarian). Retrieved 4 July 2021.
^ "Durero" (PDF). CORE (in Spanish). Barcelona. 1962. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2021.