Welcome to the web site dedicated to

Ettore Bastianini (1922 - 1967)

"He knew glory, he understood pain, he made everybody loving him...you lived more than one life"Inscription on his tomb

Click here to know...

• The sad story of the great baritone who died only 44.
• His complete discography

  To listen to Bastianini's voice in great interpretations (.wav) click here below...

  The spine-chilling "peace of death" from"Il Tabarro" (listen to it now!)

  Adriana Lecouvrer

  Il Trovatore

  Un ballo in maschera

  Andrea Chenier

  La Traviata

  La Favorita

  Rigoletto (Cortigiani...)

  Rigoletto (Il la bemolle)

Admire the wonderful gallery with great images of Ettore in...

• Eugene Onegin .............................................................(Teatro alla Scala, May 1954)
• Figaro in "Il barbiere di Siviglia" .........................................(Arena di Verona, July 1956)
• Renato in "Un ballo in maschera" ......................(Teatro Comunale di Firenze, January 1957)
• Marcello in "La bohème" with Antonietta Stella ....................(Arena di Verona, August 1957)
• Michonnet in "Adriana Lecouvrer" with Giulietta Simionato ...(Teatro alla Scala, January 1958)
• Ernesto in "Il pirata" with Maria Callas ...............................(Teatro alla Scala, May 1958)
• Renato in "Un ballo in maschera" with Birgit Nillsson ..(Staatsoper di Vienna, September 1958)
• Michele in "Il tabarro".....................................................(Teatro alla Scala, April 1959)
• Gérard in "Andrea Chénier".............................................(Teatro alla Scala, January 1960)
• Rodrigo in "Don Carlo" ..............................................(Teatro alla Scala, February 1960)
• Severo in "Poliuto" with Maria Callas e Franco Corelli.......(Teatro alla Scala, December 1960)
• Riccardo in "I puritani"...................................................(Teatro alla Scala, March 1961)
• Enrico in "Lucia di Lammermoor" with Joan Sutherland.............(Teatro alla Scala,April 1961)
• Rolando in "La battaglia di Legnano" with Franco Corelli....(Teatro alla Scala, December 1961)
• Alfonso XI in "La favorita"............................................(Teatro alla Scala, January 1962)
• Rigoletto.....................................................................(Teatro alla Scala, April 1962)

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  Here below you can see two images of Ettore Bastianini singing at La Scala in Milan with Maria Callas in the famous "Visconti production" of Traviata in 1955, and again at La Scala in 1960 with Maria Callas and Franco Corelli in "Poliuto" by Donizetti. This site is in construction and it is dedicated to the great baritone from Siena. You are welcome to send any material regarding Bastianini at this address in order to make this a complete web site dedicated to him: davidmac@iol.it

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For those who would like to have the most complete information on Bastianini I must recommend the wonderful book (unfortunately only in italian but if you come back to this page soon you'll find translations of some sections...) written by Marina Boagno e Gilberto Starone "Ettore Bastianini, una voce di bronzo e di velluto" Edizioni Azzali.

It's got to be bought ABSOLUTELY and you can order it calling Edizioni Azzali +39 0521 232929

For the best viewing I recommend Netscape Navigator. I created this site with a Mac and Dreamweaver. Last updated on the 7th of September 1999.

Contact me, even just to say hello...davidmac@iol.it