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Italo Tajo
voc, 1915-1993 IT, Pinerolo
Musician of Classical
Italo Tajo (April 25, 1915 – March 28, 1993) was an Italian operatic bass, particularly associated with Mozart and Rossini roles.Tajo was born in Pinerolo, Piedmont, and studied violin and voice at the Music Conservatory of Turin with Nilde Stichi-Bertozzi. He made his stage debut in 1935, as Fafner (Das Rheingold), under Fritz Busch. At Busch's invitation, he followed him to Glyndebourne, where he became a member of the chorus, also appearing in comprimario roles.He died in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 77.
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Tosca: Act III: E lucevan le stelle … (Cavaradossi) on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini & Michael Tilson Thomas Tosca: Act I: Dammi i colori! - Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi, Sagrestano) on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini & Michael Tilson Thomas Tosca / Act 1: "Dammi i colori!" - "Recondita armonia" on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Tosca / Act 1: "E sempre lava!" - "Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariae" - "Che fai?" on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Tosca / Act 1: "Sommo giubilo, Eccelenza!" on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Tosca / Act 1: "Or tutto è chiaro...Mario? Mario?" on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Tosca / Act 1: "Un tal baccano in chiesa! Bel rispetto!" on Puccini: Tosca by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Tosca / Act 1: Sante ampolle...Recondita armonia on Puccini: Tosca - Highlights by Giacomo Puccini, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Nicola Rescigno Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: "Se vuol ballare" on Las Bodas de Figaro - Wolgang Amadeus Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fernando Previtali & Orchestra Sinfonica Della Rai Di Roma Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act I: "Non piú andrai, farfallone amoroso" on Las Bodas de Figaro - Wolgang Amadeus Mozart by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Fernando Previtali & Orchestra Sinfonica Della Rai Di RomaTrack list and 30sec audio provided by 
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Discography
| Title | Artist | Year | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italo Tajo (Bass) | Italo Tajo | 2013 | Album |
| La Boheme | Giacomo Puccini, The Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra And Metropolitan Opera Chorus, James Levine, Renata Scotto, Luciano Pavarotti, Maralin Niska, Ingvar Wixell, Paul Plishka, Italo Tajo | 2005 | Album |
| Le Barbier De Séville | Gioacchino Rossini, Tito Gobbi, Nelly Corradi, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Italo Tajo, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma Direction: Giuseppe Morelli | 2001 | Album |
| Las Bodas De Fígaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Italo Tajo, Alda Noni, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI, Coro di Roma della RAI, Fernando Previtali | 2000 | Album |
| Highlights From Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Taddei, Maria Curtis Verna, Cesare Valletti, Carla Gavazzi, Antonio Zerbini, Elda Ribetti, Italo Tajo, Vito Susca, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI, Coro Di Torino Della RAI, Max Rudolf, Ruggero Maghini | 1997 | Album |
| L'Elisir d'Amore | Gaetano Donizetti, Beniamino Gigli, Rina Gigli, Italo Tajo, Giuseppe Taddei, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | 1995 | Compil. |
| Highlights From Aïda | Giuseppe Verdi, Beniamino Gigli, Maria Caniglia, Gino Bechi, Ebe Stignani, Italo Tajo, Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma And Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Tullio Serafin | 1992 | Album |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini / Michael Tilson Thomas / José Carreras, Éva Marton, Juan Pons, István Gáti, Italo Tajo, Hungarian State Orchestra, Magyar Rádió És Televízió Énekkara | 1990 | Album |
| Tosca | Giacomo Puccini - Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo | 1989 | Single |
| Highlights From Verdi's Rigoletto | Giuseppe Verdi / Erna Berger · Nan Merriman · Jan Peerce · Leonard Warren · Italo Tajo · Renato Cellini · The Robert Shaw Chorale · Robert Shaw | 1989 | Album |
| La Bohème | Giacomo Puccini - Renata Scotto, Alfredo Kraus, Sherrill Milnes, Carol Neblett, Matteo Manuguerra, Paul Plishka, Renato Capecchi, Italo Tajo, The Ambrosian Opera Chorus, National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine | 1980 | Album |
| Macbeth | Giuseppe Verdi - Victor De Sabata Conducts, Featuring Maria Callas, Enzo Mascherini, Italo Tajo, Gino Penno | 1977 | Album |
| Faust | Charles Gounod, Giuseppe di Stefano, Dorothy Kirsten, Italo Tajo, Leonard Warren, Metropolitan Theater Chorus, Wilfrid Pelletier | 1976 | Album |
| Don Giovanni | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Taddei, Cesare Valletti, Italo Tajo, Maria Curtis Verna, Carla Gavazzi, Elda Ribetti, Orchestra Sinfonica Di Torino Della RAI And Coro Di Torino Della RAI, Max Rudolf | 1956 | Album |
| Highlights From Verdi's Don Carlo | Giuseppe Verdi, Blanche Thebom, Jussi Björling, Robert Merrill, Italo Tajo | 1951 | Album |
| Don Carlos, Act IV | RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Italo Tajo | 1951 | Single |
| La Boheme: Vecchia Zimarra / Faust: Mephistopheles' Serenade | Italo Tajo | 1949 | Album |
| The Marriage of Figaro, Non più andrai | Italo Tajo | 1949 | Single |
| Mozartiana | Italo Tajo | Album | |
| Don Giovanni: Madamina, Il Catalogo | Italo Tajo | Album | |
| Requiem (KV 626) | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Pia Tassinari, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Ebe Stignani, Italo Tajo, Victor De Sabata Conducting Orchestra Sinfonica Di Roma Della RAI And Coro di Roma della RAI | Album |
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