Antonio Pini-Corsi
Dalmatian Italian opera singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antonio Pini-Corsi (12 June[1] 1859[1] – 21 April 1918) was an Dalmatian Italian operatic baritone of international renown. He possessed a ripe-toned voice of great flexibility and displayed tremendous skill at patter singing. Pini-Corsi participated in numerous operatic premieres, portraying on stage such characters as Ford in Giuseppe Verdi's Falstaff and Schaunard in Giacomo Puccini's La bohème. Part of the first generation of recorded musicians, Pini-Corsi was one of the finest buffo singers of his era.