Luca Botta
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Luca Botta was an Italian operatic tenor
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Botta was born in Amalfi
and studied singing at the Naples Conservatory before making his operatic debut as Alfredo in La traviata
in 1909. He made his Metropolitan Opera
debut as Rodolfo in La bohème
on November 21, 1914, and appeared in 91 performances with the company until his early death from cancer. He died in New York City.
Tenor
The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
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Botta was born in Amalfi
Amalfi
Amalfi is a town and comune in the province of Salerno, in the region of Campania, Italy, on the Gulf of Salerno, c. 35 km southeast of Naples. It lies at the mouth of a deep ravine, at the foot of Monte Cerreto , surrounded by dramatic cliffs and coastal scenery...
and studied singing at the Naples Conservatory before making his operatic debut as Alfredo in La traviata
La traviata
La traviata is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La dame aux Camélias , a play adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, fils. The title La traviata means literally The Fallen Woman, or perhaps more figuratively, The Woman...
in 1909. He made his Metropolitan Opera
Metropolitan Opera
The Metropolitan Opera is an opera company, located in New York City. Originally founded in 1880, the company gave its first performance on October 22, 1883. The company is operated by the non-profit Metropolitan Opera Association, with Peter Gelb as general manager...
debut as Rodolfo in La bohème
La bohème
La bohème is an opera in four acts,Puccini called the divisions quadro, a tableau or "image", rather than atto . by Giacomo Puccini to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème by Henri Murger...
on November 21, 1914, and appeared in 91 performances with the company until his early death from cancer. He died in New York City.
Sources
- Metropolitan Opera, Botta, Luca (Tenor), MetOpera Database performance record
- New York Times, "Luca Botta. Opera Tenor, Dies of Cancer", September 30, 1917, p. 23