Nino Martini | |
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 Nino Martini (1936) | |
| Background information | |
| Born | 7 August 1902 Verona, Italy |
| Died | 10 December 1976 (aged 74) Verona, Italy |
| Occupation | Opera singer (lyric tenor) |
| Years active | 1925–1952 |
| Labels | |
| External audio | |
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 Martini performing Ernesto De Curtis's song "Torna a Surriento" with Alfredo Antonini in 1941 |
Nino Martini (7 August 1902 – 10 December 1976) was an Italian operatic tenor. He began his career as an opera singer in Italy before moving to the United States to pursue an acting career in films. He appeared in several Hollywood movies during the 1930s and 1940s while simultaneously working as a leading tenor at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City.[1]
- ^ Karl-Josef Kutsch; Leo Riemens (1969). A Concise Biographical Dictionary of Singers: From the Beginning of Recorded Sound to the Present. Translated from German, expanded and annotated by Harry Earl Jones. Philadelphia: Chilton Book Company. p. 487. ISBN 0-8019-5516-5.