ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 1949 - HFSID 295889
Sale Price $108.00
Reg. $120.00
ITALO TAJO
The Italian opera singer signs a 5½x4¼ yellow sheet of paper in green
ink.
Autograph Note signed: "A Jerald/[Illegible]/
Italo Tajo/1949" in green ink, 5½x4¼ yellow sheet of paper. Italo
Tajo (1915-1993) was an Italian bass opera singer. He started out
singing in a church choir and decided to pursue singing as a career, despite
the opposition from his father, who wanted Tajo to be a doctor. He debuted
as Fafner in Wagner's Das Rheingold at the Teatro Regio in Turin, Italy.
The conductor, Fritz Busch, was so impressed with Tajo that he invited the young
singer to the Glyndebourne Festival that year as an understudy and chorus
member. He served in Rome during World War II; his light duties gave him time
for performances at the Rome Opera, including a performance as the Doctor in the
first Italian production of Alban Berg's Wozzeck. Tajo debuted in
America at the Chicago Opera in 1946 as Ramfis in Verdi's Aida and at the
New York Metropolitan Opera as Basilio, and later Figaro, in Mozart's The
Marriage of Figaro. Lightly frayed
at left edge. Slightly creased. Otherwise, fine condition.
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