Giorgio Zancanaro
Giorgio Zancanaro (born 9 May 1939) is an Italian baritone, particularly associated with the Italian repertory, especially Verdi.

He studied in his native Verona with Maria Palanda, and was revealed at the Verdi Competition in Busseto in 1969. He made his official operatic debut the following year in Mantua, as Riccardo in "I puritani". Quickly invited to sing at all the major opera houses of Italy, establishing himself as the eminent "Verdi baritone" of his generation, notably in "I masnadieri", "Luisa Miller", "La traviata". He made his debut at La Scala in 1982, as Ford in "Falstaff", and took part in important revivals of "Attila" and "I vespri siciliani", under Riccardo Muti.

On the international scene, he appeared in London, Paris, Zurich, Vienna, Barcelona, Lisbon, Caracas, etc. He also sang at the festivals of Orange, in 1982, as Posa in "Don Carlo", and Bregenz, in 1985, as Riccardo in "I puritani", opposite Edita Gruberova and Salvatore Fisichella.

He made his debut at the Metropolitan Opera, in 1982, as Renato in "Un ballo in maschera", considered one of his best roles. He also appeared at the San Francisco Opera and the Dallas Opera.

Zancanaro sang almost every major baritone role of the Italian repertory, but remained incomparable in Verdi roles, in which, his beautiful and evenly produced voice, brilliant upper register, and stylish singing, are shown to best effect. Unfortunately he was largely ignored by the recording companies. All the same, he can be heard and/or seen in the following official recordings:

*"Il cappello di paglia di Firenze" with Ugo Benelli, Alfredo Mariotti, Viorica Cortez, Daniela Mazzucato RCA 1975
*"Il trovatore" (video) with Raina Kabaivanska, Franco Bonisolli, Giancarlo Luccardi, dir. Bruno Bartoletti Eurodisc 1975
*"Il trovatore" with Plácido Domingo, Rosalind Plowright, Brigitte Fassbaender, Evgeny Nesterenko, dir. Carlo Maria Giulini DG 1983
*"Don Carlo" (DVD) with Luis Lima, Ileana Cotrubas, Robert Lloyd, Bruna Baglioni, dir. Bernard Haitink Castle Vision 1985
*"Andrea Chenier" with Plácido Domingo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, dir. Humphrey Burton, Covent Garden 1985
*"Andrea Chenier" with José Carreras, Eva Marton, dir. Giuseppe Patanè CBS 1985
*"La forza del destino" with Mirella Freni, Plácido Domingo, Paul Plishka, Sesto Bruscantini, dir. Riccardo Muti EMI 1986
*"Madama Butterfly" (DVD) with Yasuko Hayashi, Peter Dvorsky, dir. Keita Asart Pioneer Artist 1986
*"Guglielmo Tell" with Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer, Luigi Roni, dir. Riccardo Muti Philips 1988
*"Rigoletto" with Daniela Dessì, Vincenzo La Scola, Paata Burchuladze, dir. Riccardo Muti EMI 1988
*"I vespri siciliani" with Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer, Ferruccio Furlanetto, dir. Riccardo Muti EMI 1989
*"Attila" (DVD) with Samuel Ramey, Cheryl Studer, Kaludi Kaludov, dir. Riccardo Muti Fonit-Cetra 1991
*"La traviata" (DVD) with Edita Gruberova, Neil Shicoff, dir. Carlo Rizzi Teldec 1992
*"Tosca" with Carol Vaness, Giuseppe Giacomini, dir. Riccardo Muti Philips 1992
*"Falstaff" with Walter Berry, Francisco Araiza, dir. Lorin Maazel Orfeo 2009 (1983 live performance)
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baritone
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Q7317
Verdi
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Q100772
Busseto
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Q6247
Mantua
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Q470886
I puritani
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Q466338
I masnadieri
MEDIA
Q545265
Luisa Miller
MEDIA
Q186162
La traviata
MEDIA
Q5471
La Scala
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Q318455
Falstaff
MEDIA
Q211460
Attila
MEDIA
Q17082432
I vespri siciliani
MEDIA
Q276038
Riccardo Muti
PER
Q84
London
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Q90
Paris
LOC
Q597
Lisbon
LOC
Q1533
Caracas
LOC
Q187796
Orange
LOC
Q179110
Don Carlo
MEDIA
Q1737
Bregenz
LOC
Q235549
Edita Gruberova
PER
Q6519941
Salvatore Fisichella
PER
Q10583424
Metropolitan Opera
LOC
Q221757
Un ballo in maschera
MEDIA
Q390354
San Francisco Opera
LOC
Q3354550
Dallas Opera
ORG
Q1157165
Il cappello di paglia di Firenze
MEDIA
Q4002749
Ugo Benelli
PER
Q2501899
Viorica Cortez
PER
Q203470
Il trovatore
MEDIA
Q265139
Raina Kabaivanska
PER
Q1386260
Franco Bonisolli
PER
Q3645637
Bruno Bartoletti
PER
Q130853
Plácido Domingo
PER
Q7367246
Rosalind Plowright
PER
Q66843
Brigitte Fassbaender
PER
Q2640005
Evgeny Nesterenko
PER
Q430829
Carlo Maria Giulini
PER
Q9025159
Luis Lima
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Q240098
Ileana Cotrubas
PER
Q326331
Robert Lloyd
PER
Q158370
Bernard Haitink
PER
Q493656
Andrea Chenier
MEDIA
Q458360
Anna Tomowa-Sintow
PER
Q5941322
Humphrey Burton
PER
Q485165
José Carreras
PER
Q240652
Eva Marton
PER
Q284248
Giuseppe Patanè
PER
Q212451
La forza del destino
MEDIA
Q231600
Mirella Freni
PER
Q1634153
Paul Plishka
PER
Q1101985
Sesto Bruscantini
PER
Q19005
Madama Butterfly
MEDIA
Q1969354
Peter Dvorsky
PER
Q729659
Guglielmo Tell
MEDIA
Q1077537
Chris Merritt
PER
Q438857
Cheryl Studer
PER
Q189234
Rigoletto
MEDIA
Q2713542
Daniela Dessì
PER
Q2526921
Vincenzo La Scola
PER
Q747956
Paata Burchuladze
PER
Q695741
Ferruccio Furlanetto
PER
Q951556
Samuel Ramey
PER
Q235549
Edita Gruberova
PER
Q695476
Neil Shicoff
PER
Q5041594
Carlo Rizzi
PER
Q192941
Tosca
MEDIA
Q2405533
Carol Vaness
PER
Q5565423
Giuseppe Giacomini
PER
Q112185
Walter Berry
PER
Q570478
Francisco Araiza
PER
Q117710
Lorin Maazel
PER
Q1628983
Giorgio Zancanaro
PER
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