Giuseppe Cremonini
Italian opera singer
Died when: 36 years 165 days (437 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Giuseppe Cremonini (25 November 1866 – 9 May 1903) was an Italian operatic tenor who had a prominent opera career in Europe and the United States during the last decade of the nineteenth century.
Cremonini was born and died in Cremona, Italy.Admired for his full lyric voice, he sang a wide repertoire that encompassed the bel canto works of Donizetti and Rossini, the Italian grand opera of Verdi, the verisimo operas of Mascagni, the French operas of Gounod and Massenet, and the German operas of Richard Wagner.
He sang in several world premieres during his career, including creating the role of Chevalier des Grieux in the original 1893 production of Puccini's Manon Lescaut.
An immensely popular singer, Cremonini's career was cut short upon his sudden death in 1903 at the age of 36.
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