Furlanetto, Ferruccio
Furlanetto, Ferruccio (b Pordenone, Sicily, 1949). It. bass. Début 1974 Lonigo, Vicenza, as Sparafucile in Rigoletto. Sang in Turin, Venice, Parma, and Milan (La Scala début as Banquo in Macbeth). Amer. début New Orleans 1978; S. Francisco 1979; Glyndebourne 1980; Salzburg Fest. 1986; CG 1988; NY Met 1990.
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