Francesco Navarrini
also Francesco Navarini
Birthplace: Cittadella, near Padua, Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia
Francesco Navarrini studied in Milan and made his debut at Treviso in 1878 in Lucrezia Borgia, singing across Italy before reaching La Scala in 1883 as Alvise in La Gioconda. His Grand Inquisitor in the first Italian Don Carlo the following year was highly praised, and he became the theatre's principal lyric bass, creating Lodovico in Otello in 1887 and singing Pogner under Toscanini in 1898. He was a favourite in Russia from 1894 to 1912. His dozen or so recordings of 1907 show a sonorous, evenly produced voice and the graces of the best Italian school.
Creations
- Il Grande Inquisitore — Don Carlos (Milan, 1884)
Written from
- Wikipedia (2026) Francesco Navarrini. (Accessed: 27 August 2026). The Italian article.
- Wikipedia (2026) Наваррини, Франческо. (Accessed: 27 August 2026). The Russian article.
- Steane, J. B. (1992) 'Navarrini [Navarini], Francesco', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 3, p. 564. Gives the birth as 1853 at Citadella; the Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani and the Ricordi archive both have 1855 at Cittadella, and are followed.