What is Rolando Panerai?
[[File:Rolando Panerai.jpg|thumbnail|Rolando Panerai]] '''Rolando Panerai''' (17 October 1924 &ndash; 23 October 2019) was an Italian [[baritone]]. He was born in [[Campi Bisenzio]], near [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. Panerai made his stage debut in 1947 in [[Naples]] at the [[Teatro di San Carlo]]. Other debuts, both in 1951, were as Simon Boccanegra in ''[[Simon Boccanegra]]'' in [[Bergamo]] and as Sharpless in ''[[Madama Butterfly]]'' at [[La Scala]] in Milan. He sang in many rarely performed [[Giuseppe Verdi|Verdi]] operas on radio broadcast for [[RAI]] in 1951 (to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Verdi's death), such as ''[[Giovanna d'Arco]]'', ''[[La battaglia di Legnano]]'', and ''[[Aroldo]]''. Later roles included most of the great Verdi baritone roles, particularly the title character in ''[[Rigoletto]]'', the Count of Luna in ''[[Il trovatore]]'', Giorgio Germont in ''[[La traviata]]'', Marquis of Posa in ''[[Don Carlos]]'',and Amonasro in ''[[Aida]]''. Panerai died on 23 October 2019 in Florence of a [[heart attack]] at the age of 95.<ref>[https://www.ilmessaggero.it/spettacoli/musica/rolando_panerai_morto_baritono-4816359.html Rolando Panerai è morto: il baritono aveva 95 anni] {{in lang|it}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Panerai, Rolando}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from myocardial infarction]] [[Category:Italian singers]] [[Category:People from Florence]]