Giuliano Bernardi

Giuliano Bernardi (21 December 1939 in Ravenna – 4 June 1977 in Ravenna) was an Italian operatic baritone and tenor.
Life.
Bernardi trained as a singer and graduated from the "Conservatorio Statale di Musica "G. Rossini"" in Pesaro. Next he studied with the retired baritone Antonio Gelli and made his debut as a baritone in October 1968 in Mantua, in the title role of Verdi's opera "Rigoletto", soon after winning the international competition "As.Li.Co" ("Associazione Lirica e Concertistica").
He sang in many Italian theatres and won several other international competitions, such as the "Concorso Achille Peri" of 1971, and the same year the "Concorso internazionale Voci Verdiane", an international competition created by the RAI), with Katia Ricciarelli; and in 1972 he won the "Concorso Internazionale per Cantanti "Toti Dal Monte"", singing with Ghena Dimitrova.
Luciano Pavarotti heard Bernardi sing and thought he could make a great dramatic tenor. With such encouragement, he decided to become a tenor and studied with the maestros Arrigo Pola and Ettore Campogalliani. He made his debut as a tenor in 1975 in Florence, in the role of Malcolm in Verdi's opera "Macbeth". In 1976 he recorded "Macbeth" in studios in London with José Carreras, Sherrill Milnes, and Ruggero Raimondi, still singing the role of Malcolm. He made his real debut in Spain, in the leading role of Manrico in Verdi's "Il trovatore". At the end of December 1976 he sang with Pavarotti in concerts in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Bernardi was preparing to sing the title role of Verdi's "Otello" when a fatal car accident ended his life at the age of 37.