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Gino Penno
Gino Penno was an Italian tenor, who enjoyed a short but brilliant career in opera in the 1950s. Penno was born in Felizzano, Italy, and studied with Ettore Campogalliani. After winning a singing competition, he entered the Scuola di Canto of the Teatro alla Scala in Milan. While still a student, he sang a number of comprimario roles, and appeared in his first leading role in 1950, Floreski in Cherubini's Lodoiska. In the early 1950s, he became known throughout Italy, as a highly competent heldentenor, singing Siegfried at the Verona Arena and Lohengrin in Rome. He also partnered the new diva Maria Callas in Norma, Macbeth, Il trovatore and Medea, in various theatres in Italy. In 1951, his career took an international turn. He appeared at the Paris Opéra, the Liceo in Barcelona, the Monte Carlo Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the Royal Opera House in London. By the end of the 1950s he was gone from the international opera scene. The reason of his retirement is unknown, different sources adduce health problems, a loss of voice, or a wish for a career as a lawyer. Penno died in Milan on 8 February 1998, aged 77. From Wikipedia (

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Il trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee vanne (Leonora)
Carlo Tagliabue
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Medea, ILC 30, Act III: "E che? Io son Medea!" (Medea, Coro, Giasone)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Gino Penno, and Luigi Cherubini
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Il Trovatore, IGV 31, Act II: "Condotta all'era in ceppi" (Manrico, Azucena)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
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Medea, ILC 30, Act I: "Dei tuoi figli la madre" (Medea, Giasone)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, Gino Penno, and Luigi Cherubini
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Medea, ILC 30, Act I: "Nemici senza cor, astuta mia rival" (Medea, Giasone)
Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Leonard Bernstein, Maria Callas, Gino Penno, and Luigi Cherubini

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Verdi: Il Trovatore

2020
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Cherubini: Médée

1973

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Maria Callas - Pro nube dive, Dei custodi - Il Trovatore

Gino Penno, Giuseppe Modesti, Maria Luisa Nache, Coro Del Teatro Alla Scala Di Milano, Vittore Veneziani, and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala • 840 views
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Gino Penno - Sento avvampar nell' anima (Studio recording, 1953)

Dead Tenors' Society • 675 views
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Norma: Act I: Meco all’altar di Venere: Gino Penno: 3/27/54

Donald Collup • 1.6K views
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Gino Penno - Meco all' altar di Venere

Dead Tenors' Society • 2.1K views
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G. Verdi LA FORZA DEL DESTINO "La vita è inferno all'infelice...Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli"

ziropera • 945 views