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Italian Wagnerian tenor Giuseppe Borgatti (1871-1950) sang the premiere roles in Andrea Chenier and Respighi's "Semirama", and the La Scala debut of "Sigfrido" with Toscanini conducting.
Cosima Wagner expressed amazement at Borgatti's true dramatic/heldentenor voice. He developed glaucoma in 1914, by 1917 he was blind in one eye and by 1925 he was completely blind.
What a voice!
He sings "Col cor contrito", from the Tannhauser.
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