Salvatore Papaccio
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Salvatore Papaccio was a tenor
and an exponent of Canzone Napoletana
.
on last decade of 1800, Salvatore Papaccio early began to demonstrate his predisposition to the music. During the years and with the strengthening of his voice, his success began to spread. He debuted in Teatro San Carlo in 1908 under the direction of Maestro Campanini in the role of the sailor in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
. Since then on, he had the opportunity to participate to numerous works, 123, directed by illustrious directors like Pietro Mascagni, Tullio Serafin, Riccardo Zandonai and Arturo Toscanini
. One anecdote about him is the one of the visit of the monarch of the empire of Rising Sun Hirohito
in Naples, where Papaccio began to sing the songs of his city in the reception of the admiralty, and obtaining a standing ovation.
After 56 years of uninterrupted interpretations performed mostly in Teatro San Carlo, he decided to leave it in 1963, obtaining a diploma for his career dedicated with success to the music.
Among other things, he is also famous to be one of so-called “3 P” of Canzone Napoletana
, together with Gennaro Pasquariello and Vittorio Parisi.
His most famous songs are:
Quatto stelle, Suonno d'artista, 'A risa, Silenzio cantatore, 'Ndifferenza, Guappo songh'io, Gennarino Buonocore, Brinneso, Marenaro traduto, 'O varcaiuolo, 'A zingara, Napule e Maria, Varca Napulitana.
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...
and an exponent of Canzone Napoletana
Canzone Napoletana
Canzone Napoletana, sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song, is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well-represented by female soloists as well, and expressed in familiar genres such as the lover's...
.
Biography
Born in NaplesNaples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
on last decade of 1800, Salvatore Papaccio early began to demonstrate his predisposition to the music. During the years and with the strengthening of his voice, his success began to spread. He debuted in Teatro San Carlo in 1908 under the direction of Maestro Campanini in the role of the sailor in Wagner's Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde
Tristan und Isolde is an opera, or music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner to a German libretto by the composer, based largely on the romance by Gottfried von Straßburg. It was composed between 1857 and 1859 and premiered in Munich on 10 June 1865 with Hans von Bülow conducting...
. Since then on, he had the opportunity to participate to numerous works, 123, directed by illustrious directors like Pietro Mascagni, Tullio Serafin, Riccardo Zandonai and Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini was an Italian conductor. One of the most acclaimed musicians of the late 19th and 20th century, he was renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his photographic memory...
. One anecdote about him is the one of the visit of the monarch of the empire of Rising Sun Hirohito
Hirohito
, posthumously in Japan officially called Emperor Shōwa or , was the 124th Emperor of Japan according to the traditional order, reigning from December 25, 1926, until his death in 1989. Although better known outside of Japan by his personal name Hirohito, in Japan he is now referred to...
in Naples, where Papaccio began to sing the songs of his city in the reception of the admiralty, and obtaining a standing ovation.
After 56 years of uninterrupted interpretations performed mostly in Teatro San Carlo, he decided to leave it in 1963, obtaining a diploma for his career dedicated with success to the music.
Among other things, he is also famous to be one of so-called “3 P” of Canzone Napoletana
Canzone Napoletana
Canzone Napoletana, sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song, is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well-represented by female soloists as well, and expressed in familiar genres such as the lover's...
, together with Gennaro Pasquariello and Vittorio Parisi.
His most famous songs are:
Quatto stelle, Suonno d'artista, 'A risa, Silenzio cantatore, 'Ndifferenza, Guappo songh'io, Gennarino Buonocore, Brinneso, Marenaro traduto, 'O varcaiuolo, 'A zingara, Napule e Maria, Varca Napulitana.
External links
- The surname PapaccioPapaccioPapaccio is an Italian family surname.The Papaccio surname occurs mostly in Southern Italy, in the Campania region.The root "Papa" is probably Greek in origin and means "priest" but...
- Salvatore Papaccio Tribute page
- Salvatore Papaccio at the Internet Movie Database