Mattia Battistini Macbeth Pieta rispetta amore His Master's Voice ABHB 4 enregistré le 23 mai

Mattia Battistini - Macbeth - Pieta rispetta amore - His Master&Voice ABHB 4 enregistré le 23 mai 1912 Sung by Mattia Battistini (27 February 1856 – 7 November 1928) was an Italian operatic baritone. He was called "King of Baritones". A 22-year-old Battistini made his operatic début at the Teatro Argentina, Rome, as Alfonso in Donizetti&La favorita on 11 December 1878. His singing was considered to be &even in the circa-1900 era. Consequently, his discs provide a retrospective guide to Italian singing practice of the early-to-mid-19th century (the era of Gaetano Donizetti and Vincenzo Bellini)—as well as exemplifying the "grand manner" style of vocalism for which much Romantic operatic music was written