Manrico Patassini
Patassini spent his career in São Paulo, where he seems to have also been born. He sang at various theaters there,
notably at the Theatro Municipal. His wife was the soprano Hercilia Block.
When Carlos Gomes' masterpiece Il Guarany was recorded for the first time in 1958, the producers hired Patassini to sing Pery, although
that was the most famous role of Assis Pacheco; a decision that continues to arouse astonishment if
not grievance among the interested public, and reactions that have been ranging from "valiant Patassini" to "excess of asinity". Just because
he was no Pacheco, though, that doesn't mean he was a bad singer, let it be understood. Patassini's Pery, too, is excellent!
Selected appearances (all in São Paulo)
Madama Butterfly at the Teatro Cultura Artística on 15/19 June 1955, with Liu-Li Fei, Gisela Thury, Bronislaw Wyzuj, Arnaldo
Pescuma, José Perrotta, Armando Belardi
Rigoletto at the Theatro Municipal on 13/16 November & 3 December 1957, with Paulo Fortes, Niza de Castro Tank/Neyde Thomas, José
Perrotta, Gilda Rosa/Leila Farah, Ernesto de Marco, Nino Crimi
La bohème at the Theatro Municipal on 21/24 November 1957, with Lia Salgado, Clara Marisi, Felipe Carone, Boris Farina, Marino
Terranova, José Torre
Anita Garibaldi (by Heinz Geyer) at the Theatro Municipal on 25 November & 1 December 1957, with Maria Sá Earp, Gloria Queiroz,
José Perrotta, Paulo Fortes, Heinz Geyer
Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda (by Monteverdi) at the Theatro Municipal on 23 May 1958 (concert performance), with Gilda Rosa,
Nanda Adani, Mario Ferraro
La traviata at the Teatro Paramount on 11 August 1958, with Terezinha Villanova, Paolo Ansaldi, Arnaldo Pescuma, Leonello Cavinato,
Armando Belardi
Rigoletto at the Theatro Paramount on 18 August 1958, with Paolo Ansaldi, Desta Dini, Leonello Cavinato, Maria Memessani, Edoardo de
Garnieri
La traviata at the Theatro Municipal on 3 December 1958, with Terezinha Villanova, Paolo Ansaldi, Arnaldo Pesuma, Leonello Cavinato,
Armando Belardi
La bohème at the Theatro Municipal on 23 September 1958, with Eliana Leozzi, Nineta Menendez, Paolo Ansaldi, José Perrotta,
Marino Terranova, Armando Belardi
Cavalleria rusticana at the Theatro Municipal on 25 September 1958, with Hercilia Block, Paolo Ansaldi, Odete Violani, Nina Dunna,
Armando Belardi
Reference 1, reference 2, reference 3
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