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Ezio Pinza is a Actor Italien born on 8 may 1892 at Rome (Italie)

Ezio Pinza

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Birth name Fortunato Pinza
Nationality Italie
Birth 8 may 1892 at Rome (Italie)
Death 9 may 1957 (at 65 years) at Stamford (USA)

Ezio Pinza (né Fortunato Pinza le 18 mai 1892 à Rome, Italie - mort le 9 mai 1957 à Stamford, Connecticut, É.-U.) était une basse italienne.

Il se destinait à l'origine au cyclisme, mais fut encouragé par son père à développer sa voix chaude, volumineuse et expressive. Il étudia à Ravenne puis à Bologne et débuta à La Spezia en 1914. Sa carrière démarra pour de bon après la Première Guerre mondiale. Il chanta à Florence en 1919, puis à la Scala de Milan en 1921, où ce fut le début de sa longue et fructueuse collaboration artistique avec Arturo Toscanini. Antifasciste convaincu, il suivit celui-ci aux États-Unis, et chanta au Metropolitan Opera de New York de 1926 à 1948, notamment sous la direction de Bruno Walter (un légendaire Don Giovanni de 1942). À partir de 1948, le déclin vocal devenu sensible, il se produisit dans des spectacles de Broadway ainsi que dans des films et même à la télévision.

Outre Don Giovanni, on compte parmi ses rôles de prédilection Figaro (Les Noces de Figaro) et don Basilio (Le Barbier de Séville) ainsi que le rôle-titre du Mefistofele d'Arrigo Boito.

Le flambeau d'Ezio Pinza au sommet du chant profond italien fut repris par Cesare Siepi, puis par Ruggero Raimondi.

Usually with

Melvin Frank
Melvin Frank
(1 films)
Norman Panama
Norman Panama
(1 films)
Don Hartman
Don Hartman
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Ezio Pinza (5 films)

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Only You
Only You (1994)
, 1h44
Directed by Norman Jewison, Robert N. Fried, Cary Woods
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Bonnie Hunt, Joaquim de Almeida, Billy Zane, Fisher Stevens
Rating65% 3.2522053.2522053.2522053.2522053.252205
After playing with an Ouija board with her brother Larry, 11-year-old Faith Corvatch becomes convinced that her soul mate, the man she is destined to be with, is named "Damon Bradley." This belief is strengthened when a few years later a carnival fortune teller tells her that "Damon Bradley" is the name of the man she will marry.
Mr. Imperium, 1h27
Directed by Don Hartman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lana Turner, Ezio Pinza, Marjorie Main, Barry Sullivan, Cedric Hardwicke, Debbie Reynolds
Roles Mr Imperium
Rating49% 2.4668552.4668552.4668552.4668552.466855
In Italy in 1939, a European man calling himself Mr. Imperium uses a ruse to meet an attractive American woman, Frederica Brown. He eventually is revealed to be Prince Alexis, an heir to the throne and a widower with a six-year-old son. He nicknames her "Fredda", so she calls him "Al".
Strictly Dishonorable, 1h26
Directed by Norman Panama, Melvin Frank
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on plays
Actors Ezio Pinza, Janet Leigh, Beverly Garland, Millard Mitchell, Gale Robbins, Maria Palmer
Roles Count Augustino Caraffa
Rating57% 2.85942.85942.85942.85942.8594
In New York in the 1920s, amorous opera star Augustino "Gus" Caraffa (Ezio Pinza) crosses paths with Isabelle Perry (Janet Leigh), a naive music student from Mississippi who is his biggest fan. When a news photographer catches them in a kiss, it is proposed that they get married in name only to avoid a scandal. Isabelle, who is in love with Gus, agrees to the charade, hoping that he will eventually fall in love with her.
Carnegie Hall, 2h24
Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh, Hans Jaray, Martha O' Driscoll, Cloris Leachman
Roles Ezio Pinza
Rating63% 3.191963.191963.191963.191963.19196
A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall. The son would prefer to play jazz with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and the son appears at Carnegie Hall as the composer-conductor-pianist of a modern trumpet concerto, with Harry James as the soloist.