Ruggero Raimondi
Birthday
1941/10/03 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Also know as
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Biography
Ruggero Raimondi (born 3 October 1941) is an Italian bass-baritone opera singer who has also appeared in motion pictures. Ruggero Raimondi was born in Bologna, Italy, during World War II. His voice matured early into its adult timbre, and at the age of 15, he auditioned for conductor Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, who encouraged him to pursue an operatic career. He began vocal studies with Ettore Campogalliani, and was accepted at age 16 as a student at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory in Milan. H...Read more
Acting
(1984) Carmen
as Escamillo
(1993) Tosca: In the Settings and at the Times of Tosca
as Il Barone Scarpia
(2001) Gran Gala di Verdi
as ---
(1979) Don Giovanni
as Don Giovanni
(1983) Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Count Michel Forbek
(1982) The Trout
as Party Guest
(2001) Tosca
as Baron Scarpia
(1997) The Colors of the Devil
as Bellisle
(1989) Boris Godounov
as Boris Godounov
(1993) Mozart:The Requiem from Sarajevo
as Baritone
(1984) Il viaggio a Reims
as Don Profondo
(1982) Verdi: Requiem
as Self - Bass
(2005) Il Barbiere di Siviglia
as Don Basilio
(2004) Les Contes d'Hoffmann
as Lindorf / Coppélius / Dappertutto / Miracle
(2006) Puccini: Tosca (Arena di Verona)
as Il barone Scarpia
(2005) Così fan tutte
as Don Alfonso
Assassinio nella cattedrale
as Thomas Becket
(1983) Ernani
as Don Ruy Gómez de Silva
(1980) Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Escamillo
(1985) Faust
as Méphistophélès
(2010) Rigoletto a Mantova
as Sparafucile
(1985) Le Nozze di Figaro - The Met
as ---
(2002) Rossini: Il turco in Italia (Opernhaus Zurich)
as Selim
(2014) Tosca
as ---
(2007) Don Pasquale
as ---
(2019) My Out-Laws
as Grand-Father
(1986) Tosca
as Scarpia
(2007) Giuseppe Verdi - Falstaff
as ---
(1983) The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
as Self
(2004) Puccini: Tosca
as Baron Scarpia
(2004) Alfredo Kraus, Ruggero Raimondi and Katia Ricciarelli in Concert
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Guest
(2008) Le Sanglot des anges
as Carlo di Vanelli
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self - Main Guest
(1975) Numéro un
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self