Giuseppe Di Stefano | |
|---|---|
 Luigi Veronelli (Left) and Giuseppe Di Stefano (Right), 1972. | |
| Born | 24 July 1921 |
| Died | 3 March 2008 (aged 86) Santa Maria Hoè, province of Lecco, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Pippo |
| Occupation | Opera singer (full-lyric tenor) |
| Years active | 1946 - 1992 |
| Spouses | Maria Girolami
(m. 1949; div. 1976)Monika Curth (m. 1994) |
| Children | 3 |
Giuseppe Di Stefano (24 July 1921 – 3 March 2008) was an Italian operatic tenor who sang professionally from the mid-1940s until the early 1990s. Called "Pippo" by both fans and friends, he was known as the "Golden Voice" or "The Most Beautiful Voice", as the true successor of Beniamino Gigli. Luciano Pavarotti said he modeled himself after Di Stefano. In an interview Pavarotti said "Di Stefano is my idol. There is a solar voice...It was the most incredible, open voice you could hear. The musicality of Di Stefano is as natural and beautiful as the voice is phenomenal".[1] Di Stefano was also the tenor who most inspired José Carreras.[2] He died on 3 March 2008[3] as a result of injuries from an attack by unknown assailants.[3]
- ^ Opera, January 2002[full citation needed]
- ^ Carreras, Josè (1991), Singing from the Soul [full citation needed]
- ^ a b "Obituaries in the News". The Washington Post. AP. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2013.