Giuliano Bernardi
Giuliano Bernardi (21 December 1939, Ravenna – 4 June 1977, Ravenna) was an Italian operatic baritone and tenor.
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[edit] Biography
Bernardi graduated in singing at the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "G. Rossini" in Pesaro. Next he studied with the retired baritone Antonio Gelli. He made his debut as a baritone in October 1968 in Mantova in the title role of Verdi’s opera Rigoletto after he had won the international competition As.Li.Co (Associazione Lirica e Concertistica).
He sang in many Italian theatres and in the meantime won other international competitions such as:
- in 1971 the Concorso Achille Peri;
- also in 1971 the Concorso internazionale Voci Verdiane (an international competition created by the RAI), with Katia Ricciarelli; and
- in 1972 the Concorso Internazionale per Cantanti "Toti Dal Monte", with Ghena Dimitrova.
Luciano Pavarotti heard him and thought he could be a great dramatic tenor.
He decided to become a tenor and studied with maestro Arrigo Pola and maestro Ettore Campogalliani. He made his debut as a tenor in 1975 in Florence, in the role of Macolm in Verdi's opera Macbeth. In 1976 he recorded Macbeth in the studios in London with José Carreras, Sherrill Milnes and Ruggero Raimondi, still in the role of Malcolm. He made his real debut in Spain, in the main role of Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore. In the end of December 1976 he sang in Chicago and Pittsburgh in concerts with Pavarotti. He was preparing to sing the title role of Verdi's Otello when a fatal car accident ended his life at the age of 37.
[edit] Repertoire
- Baritone
- Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
- Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
- Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
- Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
- Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
- Tenor
[edit] References
- Il Corriere del Teatro, May/June 1976, Giuliano Bernardi
- Il Romagnolo, January 2003, Giuliano Bernardi
