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Francesco Tamagno

1850 - 1905

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Francesco Tamagno (28 December 1850 – 31 August 1905) was an Italian operatic dramatic tenor who sang with enormous success throughout Europe and America. On 5 February 1887, he sang Otello in the first performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera. He is also the earliest Italian tenor of note to have left a sizeable body of recordings of his voice. He was one of the first international male public figures to admit that he was the single parent and caregiver of a daughter from her birth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Francesco Tamagno is the 1,156th most popular singer (down from 1,061st in 2019), the 3,381st most popular biography from Italy (down from 3,301st in 2019) and the 77th most popular Italian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Francesco Tamagno ranks 1,156 out of 4,381Before him are Melanie Martinez, Shovkat Mammadova, Jean Philippe, Susana Baca, Caroline Unger, and Johnny Pacheco. After him are Rino Gaetano, , Charlotte Perrelli, Alessandro Safina, Marie Myriam, and Heintje Simons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Francesco Tamagno ranks 86Before him are Tarabai Shinde, Bharatendu Harishchandra, George Huntington, Spencer Gore, Victor Laloux, and Anton Seidl. After him are Luigi Giuseppe Lasagna, Fyodor Vasilyev, Federico Errázuriz Echaurren, Robert Ridgway, Emma Abbott, and Franziskus von Bettinger. Among people deceased in 1905, Francesco Tamagno ranks 72Before him are John Hay, Hermann Usener, Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano, Rudolf von Alt, Charles Yerkes, and Hranush Arshagyan. After him are Louis-Ernest Barrias, Ralph Copeland, Harold Mahony, William Thomas Blanford, Kārlis Baumanis, and Étienne Desmarteau.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Francesco Tamagno ranks 3,382 out of 5,161Before him are Manius Aquillius (-101), Edoardo Menichelli (1939), Italo Santelli (1866), Annibale Padovano (1527), Fyodor Bruni (1799), and Giovanni II Participazio (900). After him are Elisabetta Dami (1958), Pierluigi Pizzaballa (1939), Rino Gaetano (1950), Annibale Frossi (1911), Hieronymus of Syracuse (-231), and Domenico Morelli (1826).

Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Francesco Tamagno ranks 77Before him are Caterina Caselli (1946), Betty Curtis (1936), Francesco Guccini (1940), Marcella Bella (1952), Nek (1972), and Amelita Galli-Curci (1882). After him are Rino Gaetano (1950), Alessandro Safina (1963), Nilla Pizzi (1919), Claudio Baglioni (1951), Tony Renis (1938), and Claudia Muzio (1889).