Aldo Protti
Aldo Protti (born in 1920 in Cremona, Italy) was an Italian baritone who first
became known through Second World War radio broadcasts on L'ora del soldato.
After studying at the Parma Conservatory and winning a national singing
competition in Bologna, he made his stage debut on 9 October 1948 in Il barbiere
di siviglia at the Teatro Pergolesi in Jesi. In 1950 he appeared at La Scala in
Aida, beginning an international career that took him to major theatres across
Europe, South America and, belatedly, New York. Protti recorded for Decca and
Philips, notably Rigoletto, and he was a...
