Primo Montanari

His family went to the United States in 1914, he studied singing in Boston, but returned to Italy during the war and made his debut in Savona in 1918 in "Lucia di Lammermoor". He sang at all the important Italian opera houses. In 1927, he married the great primadonna Lina Pagliughi (1907–1980); they sang often together, especially on tour through Europe (popular in the Netherlands & Germany). They never separated and ended their careers in giving singing lessons. Montanari made records for HMV.