Italo Tajo Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
ITALO TAJO
Born: April 25, 1915 in Pinerolo, Piedmont, Italy
Died: March 29, 1993 in Cincinnati, Ohio
Biography
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.
1988-La-Boheme (Performer), 1950-Faust-and-the-Devil (Performer), 1947-Barber-of-Seville (Performer), 1954-House-of-Ricordi (Performer), 1954-House-of-Ricordi (Music Department), 1958-Telephone-Time (Performer), 1955-Don-Pasquale (Performer), 1947-Elixir-of-Love (Performer), 1947-Elixir-of-Love (Sound), 1946-Lucia-di-Lammermoor (Performer), 1983-The-Metropolitan-Opera:-Centennial-Gala (in person), 1977-1985-The-Metropolitan-Opera-Presents (Performer)
Style
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPH 1981 - HFSID 297013The Italian opera singer signs a 6x4 card in red ink. Signature: "Italo Tajo/1981" in red ink, 6x4 card. Italo Tajo (1915-1993) was an Italian bass opera singer.Price: $70.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPH CIRCA 1980 - HFSID 2085333x5 card signed by the Italian bass opera singer in New York City in 1980 Signature: "Italo Tajo/N.Y.C/1980", 5x3 index card. Italo Tajo (1915-1993) was an Italian bass opera singer.
Price: $70.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED 1949 - HFSID 295889The 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.
Sale Price $108.00
$120.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 287909Tajo signed this b/w publicity photo of himself in a checked jacket in 1978 Inscribed Photograph signed: "To Bruce Beeman,/with best wishes/Italo Tajo/1978", B/w 8x10. Affixed to light card stock. Italo Tajo (1915-1993, born in Pinerolo, Italy) was an Italian bass opera singer.
Price: $200.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1969 - HFSID 154090Tajo signed this sepia-toned photo of himself - from the chest up, in costume and with a feather in his hair - in white ink in 1969. Inscribed photograph signed "To Dante Pilane/Cordially/Italo Tajo/1969" in white ink. B/w sepia-toned, 8¾x6½, mounted to cardboard.
Sale Price $180.00
$200.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1950 - HFSID 286877Inscribed photo, shown seated, holding a cigarette Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Rina Calini/Sincerely/Italo Tajo". B/w, 8x10. Italo Tajo (1915-1993) was an Italian bass opera singer.
Price: $240.00
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ITALO TAJO - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1980 - HFSID 203139Tajo signed this b/w publicity photo of himself in a checked jacket in New York in 1980 Photograph signed "To/Jane Mendosa/Cordially/Italo Tajo/N.Y./1980". 8x9¾. Tajo (1915-1993, born in Pinerolo, Italy) was an Italian bass opera singer.
Price: $200.00
