Red Foley & Ernest Tubb - Goodnight Irene

PERTILE (Pertile) Aureliano (9 XI 1885, Montagnana, Padova - 11 I 1952, Milan) - Italian singer (tenor). He studied under V. Orefiche and A. Fugazzola, improved with M. Bavagnoli. He made his debut in 1911 in Milan (part of Lionel, Martha Flotova, theater Vicenza). Then he spoke in many. Italian opera houses, including Dal Verme (Milan), San Carlo (Naples). Since 1916, he sang at La Scala in Milan (Ch. Arr. In performances under the supervision of A. Toscanini). Since 1918 he toured a lot - in Buenos Aires (Trón Colon, 1918, 1929), New York (Metropolitan Opera, 1921-22), London (Covent Garden, 1928, 1929, 1931 ) Since 1946 he taught. One of the best opera singers of the 20th century, P. possessed a high wok. technique, voice, exceptionally rich in timbre colors. Particularly successful were the dramas he created. images (Manrico, Othello, Radames); performed and lyric.parts (Faust in the opera Mephistopheles Boyto, Lohengrin). Other parties include Richard, Alvaro (Masquerade Ball, The Force of Fate Verdi), Alfred, Jose, Duke, Cavaradossi, Pinkerton; de Grieux (“Manon Lesko” by Puccini), Werther, Lohengrin, Nero (“Nero” Boyto), Impostor.