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Titta Ruffo

1877 - 1953

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Titta Ruffo (9 June 1877 – 5 July 1953), born as Ruffo Cafiero (double forename) Titta, was an Italian operatic baritone who had a major international singing career. Known as the "Voce del leone" ("voice of the lion"), he was greatly admired, even by rival baritones, such as Giuseppe De Luca, who said of Ruffo: "His was not a voice, it was a miracle" (although not often published is the second part of De Luca's conclusion "which he [Ruffo] bawled away..."), and Victor Maurel, the creator of Verdi's Iago and Falstaff. Maurel said that the notes of Ruffo's upper register were the most glorious baritone sounds he had ever heard (see Pleasants, cited below). Indeed Walter Legge, the prominent classical record producer, went so far as to call Ruffo "a genius". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Titta Ruffo is the 816th most popular singer (down from 667th in 2019), the 2,865th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,607th in 2019) and the 59th most popular Italian Singer.

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Among SINGERS

Among singers, Titta Ruffo ranks 816 out of 4,381. Before him are Marinella, Emma Calvé, Melanie Thornton, Miliza Korjus, Peter Frampton, and Al Jolson. After him are Mike Love, Giulia Grisi, Camilo Sesto, Pierre Gaveaux, Idir, and Naná Vasconcelos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Titta Ruffo ranks 95. Before him are Louisa Bolus, Erich von Hornbostel, Patriarch Alexy I of Moscow, Josephine Hull, Grand Duke Boris Vladimirovich of Russia, and Luke Voyno-Yasenetsky. After him are Béla Kiss, Alphonse de Châteaubriant, Georg Kolbe, Giuseppe Pizzardo, William Hope Hodgson, and Edmund Gwenn. Among people deceased in 1953, Titta Ruffo ranks 98. Before him are Princess Françoise of Orléans, Kyuichi Tokuda, Jan Czochralski, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Dámaso Berenguer, and Jim Thorpe. After him are Felice Bonetto, Charles de Tornaco, Tamar Abakelia, Evgeny Paton, Oscar Goßler, and Nicolae Rădescu.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 2,865 out of 5,161. Before him are Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Alice (1954), Cristoforo Madruzzo (1512), Ariobarzanes III of Cappadocia (-100), Laura Biagiotti (1943), and Tiziano Terzani (1938). After him are Camillo Berneri (1897), Leonardo Murialdo (1828), Franciabigio (1484), Tribuno Memmo (1000), Pietro Ferraris (1912), and Giulia Grisi (1811).

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Among SINGERS In Italy

Among singers born in Italy, Titta Ruffo ranks 59. Before him are Patty Pravo (1948), Massimo Ranieri (1951), Robertino Loreti (1947), Gino Paoli (1934), Marietta Alboni (1823), and Riccardo Fogli (1947). After him are Giulia Grisi (1811), Claudio Villa (1926), Franca Raimondi (1932), Antonietta Stella (1929), Enzo Ghinazzi (1955), and Antonello Venditti (1949).

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