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词条 Tonio di Paolo
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  1. Life and career

  2. References

Tonio di Paolo is an American opera singer. He began his career in the 1970s as a baritone but since the late 1970s has portrayed roles as a leading tenor.[1] His performance credits include appearances with the Metropolitan Opera, the Lyric Opera of Chicago, the San Francisco Opera, the Houston Grand Opera, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Hamburg State Opera among other companies. He has created roles in the world premieres of operas by composers Samuel Adler, David Carlson, John Harbison, and Augusta Read Thomas. He retired from the stage in 2010.[1]

Life and career

Born in North Tonawanda, New York, di Paolo is the son of Lynne and Frank di Paolo. As a child he attended Colonel Payne Elementary School, Al Payne Avenue Junior High, and North Tonawanda High School. He was highly influenced by the music teachers at these schools, and by the musicians at his family church; the Ascension Roman Catholic Church in North Tonawanda.[2] He studied at the Eastman School of Music. He also participated in masterclasses with Luciano Pavarotti at the Juilliard School.[1]

In 1976 di Paolo made his New York City performance debut in Conrad Susa's Transformations with the Manhattan Theatre Club.[3] That same year he created the role of Meanwell in the world premiere of Samuel Adler's The Disappointment at the Library of Congress.[4] On 18 November 1976 he portrayed Henri de Valois in the United States premiere of Emmanuel Chabrier's Le roi malgré lui with the Juilliard Opera.[5] In 1979 he created the role of Florizel in the world premiere of John Harbison's Winter's Tale at the San Francisco Opera.[6]

In 1980 di Paolo was the tenor soloist in the Faure Requiem at Carnegie Hall with the New York Choral Society under conductor Robert De Cormier.[7] In 1981 he was the tenor soloist in Gian Carlo Menotti's Missa 'O Pulchritudo with the Westminster Cathedral Choir, the Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and conductor Joseph Flummerfelt at the Spoleto Festival USA.[8] In 1982 he portrayed Beppe in Pagliacci at the Houston Grand Opera and made his debut at the Lyric Opera of Chicago as Aldred in Die Fledermaus.[11][9] In 1983 he appeared at the Connecticut Opera as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, and sang Nemerino in L'elisir d'amore at the Washington National Opera.[10][11]

In 1984 di Paolo appeared as Rodolfo in La bohème at the Canadian Opera Company.[12] That same year he sang Nemerino again for his debut with the Seattle Opera. He returned to Seattle several more times during the 1980s for performances of Rodolfo (1985), Edgardo di Ravenswood in Lucia di Lammermoor (1986), and the Duke of Mantua (1988).[13] He returned to the Lyric Opera of Chicago in 1986 to portray Edgardo di Ravenswood to Edita Gruberova's Lucia.[14] In 1987 he performed the title role in Pietro Mascagni's L'amico Fritz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.[15] In 1988 he made his debut at the Hamburg State Opera as Rodolfo.[16] In 1989 he portrayed Romeo in Roméo et Juliette at the Tulsa Opera, sang Rodolfo to Ilona Tokody's Mimi with the Opera Company of Boston under conductor Sarah Caldwell, and was the tenor soloist in the Verdi Requiem with the London Symphony Orchestra.[17][18]

In 1990 Paolo made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Alfred in Die fledermaus.[19] In 1991 he portrayed Cavaradossi to Diana Soviero's Tosca at the Opéra de Montréal.[20] In 1992 he returned to Chicago to portray Riccardo in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.[21] In 1994 he created the role of Edgar Allan Poe in the world premiere of Augusta Read Thomas's Ligeia at the Evian Festival.[22] In 1996 he portrayed Adam in the world premiere of David Carlson's Dreamkeepers with the Utah Opera.[23] In 1998 he performed the role of Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca at the Minnesota Opera and portrayed the title role in Gounod's Faust at the Calgary Opera.[24] In 1999 he performed the role of Radames in Aida at the Arizona Opera.[25]

In 2000 di Paolo was the featured soloist in a concert with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.[26] In 2001 he portrayed the title role in Don Carlos and the Duke of Mantua at the Arizona Opera and Canio in Pagliacci at the Minnesota Opera.[27][28][29] In 2002 he performed the role of Don Jose in Carmen at the Central City Opera.[30] In 2003 he portrayed Calaf in Turandot at the Austin Lyric Opera and Radames at the Atlanta Opera.[31][32] In 2004 he appeared at the Utah Opera as Dick Johnson in Puccini's La fanciulla del West.[33] He reprised the role of Canio in 2009 at the Sugar Creek Opera and Opera Omaha. He retired in 2010.[1]

References

1. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.qconline.com/news/local/quiet-community-is-home-for-world-travelled-opera-singer/article_19df491a-1267-5596-bf3e-2c4fa8086bf8.html|title=Quiet community is home for world-travelled opera singer|author=Leon Lagerstam|date=May 24, 2012|work=The Dispatch / The Rock Island Argus}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2011/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201986%20%20Grayscale/North%20Tonawanda%20NY%20Evening%20News%201986%20%20Grayscale%20-%200977.pdf|title=NT Tenor Nervous About Kleinhans Debut Tonight|author=Karen White|date=March 1, 1986|work=Tonawanda News}}
3. ^{{cite news|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/05/28/356205112.html?pageNumber=58|title=Opera: Sexton's Grimm|author=Allen Hughes|date=May 28, 1976|page=58|work=The New York Times}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Elise Kuhl Kirk|title=American Opera|publisher=University of Illinois Press|year=2001|isbn=0-252-02623-3|page=30}}
5. ^{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1976/11/20/91198507.pdf|title='Reluctant King' Sung at Juilliard|author=Harold C. Schonberg|date=November 20, 1976|page=15|work=The New York Times}}
6. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y8bQAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA544&dq=%22Tonio+di+Paolo%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CDoQ6AEwBWoVChMIvcO0gNOEyQIVghg-Ch3PAAIT#v=onepage&q=%22Tonio%20di%20Paolo%22&f=false|title=Operas in English: A Dictionary|author=Margaret Ross Griffel|page=544|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2012}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1980/04/27/114072876.pdf|title=Concert: Two Te Deums|work=The New York Times|author=Peter G. Davis|date=April 27, 1980|page=70}}
8. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o0gkWvxB-bYC&pg=PA223&dq=%22Tonio+di+Paolo%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCoQ6AEwAmoVChMIvcO0gNOEyQIVghg-Ch3PAAIT#v=onepage&q=%22Tonio%20di%20Paolo%22&f=false|title=Gian Carlo Menotti: A Bio-bibliography|author=Donald L. Hixon|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|year=2000|page=223}}
9. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/12/06/arts/opera-houston-troupe-offers-busoni-harlequin.html|title=Opera: Houston Troupe Offers Busoni 'Harlequin'|author=John Rockwell|work=The New York Times|date=December 6, 1982}}
10. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/04/10/nyregion/top-notch-qualtiy-at-yale-competition.html|title=Top-Notch Quality At Yale Competition|author=Robert Sherman|date=April 10, 1983|work=The New York Times}}
11. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/10/us/but-the-temperatures-surge-in-washington.html|title=But The Temperatures Surge In Washington|author=William E. Farrell|work=The New York Times|date=December 10, 1983}}
12. ^{{cite book|title=Opera Viva: The Canadian Opera Company The First Fifty Years|author=Ezra Schabas, Carl Morey|page=269|publisher=Dundurn Press|year=2000}}
13. ^{{cite web|url=http://seattleopera50.com/tag/tonio-di-paolo/|title=Tonio di Paolo|work=Seattle Opera Performance Archives|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}
14. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.lyricopera.org/about/production-archives/1980-1989-performance-and-cast-archive|title=1980 SEASON|work=Lyric Opera of Chicago Opera Archives|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}
15. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/21/arts/opera-mascagni-s-amico-fritz-at-kennedy-center.html|title=Opera: Mascagni's 'Amico Fritz' at Kennedy Center|author=Will Crutchfield|work=The New York Times|date=December 21, 1987}}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Performance Report: Germany|work=Opera|date=July 1989|page=64}}
17. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/tonio-di-paolo-old-fashioned-tenor-sings-role-of-romeo/article_c5df741b-433a-58f4-8108-61e31fdf17d8.html|title=Tonio Di Paolo: Old Fashioned Tenor Sings Role of Romeo|date=March 3, 1989|work=Tulsa World}}
18. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8AQKA7nyzsC&pg=PA259&lpg=PA259&dq=%22Tonio+di+Paolo%22&source=bl&ots=tI6w0beJsJ&sig=ykXnXEsx1SNQEH3wRDZD8e49Jcw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEsQ6AEwCTgKahUKEwjs3pafz4TJAhVEFT4KHSuWCfA#v=onepage&q=%22Tonio%20di%20Paolo%22&f=false|title=Sarah Caldwell: The First Woman of Opera|author=Daniel Kessler|page=259|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=2008}}
19. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/15/arts/review-opera-cast-changes-in-the-met-s-fledermaus.html|title=Review/Opera; Cast Changes In the Met's 'Fledermaus'|author=Allan Kozinn|work=The New York Times|date=April 15, 1990}}
20. ^{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EUT960yH8JwC&pg=PA321&dq=%22Tonio+di+Paolo%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CC8Q6AEwA2oVChMIvcO0gNOEyQIVghg-Ch3PAAIT#v=onepage&q=%22Tonio%20di%20Paolo%22&f=false|title=Giacomo Puccini: A Discography|author= Roger Flury|page=321|year=2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press}}
21. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.lyricopera.org/about/production-archives/1990-1999-performance-and-cast-archive|title=1990s Performances|work=Lyric Opera of Chicago Performance Archives|accessdate=November 9, 2015}}
22. ^{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1994-01-21/features/1994021150_1_poe-edgar-allan-opera|title=Poe's writings inspire opera called 'Ligeia'|date=January 21, 1994|work=The Baltimore Sun}}
23. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.operaamerica.org/applications/nawd/newworks/details.aspx?id=62|title=Dreamkeepers|work=operaamerica.org|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}
24. ^{{cite web|url=http://music.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/9809_tosca/cast.html|title=Tosca Goes Online|work=Minnesota Public Radio|date=1998}}
25. ^{{cite news|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1999/01/14/171823-calendar/|title=Calendar|author=Daniel Buckley|date=January 14, 1999|work=Tucson Citizen}}
26. ^{{cite news|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2000-11-23/entertainment/0011230369_1_kennel-club-pride-of-baltimore-trees|title=Pride Of Baltimore Returns|work=The Baltimore Sun|author=Karin Remesch|date=November 23, 2000}}
27. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/arts/scope-opera-6417247|title=Scope Opera|author=M.V. MOORHEAD|date=April 5, 2001|work=Phoenix New Times}}
28. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.gvnews.com/arizona-opera-opens-its-st-season-with-rigoletto/article_f1487e31-7633-56e6-808e-5c24c2eff1ee.html|title=Arizona Opera opens its 31st season with Rigoletto'|date=September 21, 2001|work=Green Valley News}}
29. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.postbulletin.com/pagliacci-carmina-burana-pairing-makes-for-spellbinding-experience/article_187242de-7b12-540d-896b-c7aa2506b6a1.html|title=Home 'Pagliacci,' 'Carmina Burana' pairing makes for spellbinding experience|date=May 15, 2001|author=Jay Furst|work=Post-Bulletin}}
30. ^{{cite news|url=http://duarchives.coalliance.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/122507|title=Di Paolo, Tonio|work=University of Denver Library|accessdate=November 8, 2015}}
31. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2003-11-28/188086/|title=Review: Turandot|work=The Austin Chronicle|date=November 28, 2003}}
32. ^{{cite news|url=http://clatl.com/atlanta/war-and-forgiveness/Content?oid=1244559|title=War and forgiveness?: Atlanta Opera debuts new home with Aïda|author=Thomas Bell|date=October 30, 2003|work=Creative Loafing}}
33. ^{{cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595047047/Opera-singing-cowboys.html?pg=all|title=Opera-singing cowboys: Puccini's 'Girl of the Golden West' starts Saturday in S.L.|author=Edward Reichel|work=Deseret Morning News|date=March 7, 2004}}
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