Saturday, February 18, 2012

Giuseppe Borgatti sings "Col cor contrito" (Tannhäuser - Wagner)

Speranza

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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