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Filippo Coletti

also Filippo Andrea Francesco Coletti

1811Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 153-154.–1894Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 153-154. · Italian · baritoneKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 153-154.

Birthplace: Anagni, French Empire (département de Rome)Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026).

Filippo Coletti was an Italian baritoneKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026). who created Gusmano in Verdi's Alzira at the Teatro di San Carlo in Naples in 1845Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900. and Francesco in I masnadieri in London in 1847Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.. In 1854 he sang Germont in the revised La traviata in VeniceKutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 153-154.. A pupil of Alessandro Busti, he made his debut at the Teatro del Fondo in Naples in 1834Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.. At the San Carlo he also created Lusignano in Donizetti's Caterina CornaroRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Kutsch, K.J. and Riemens, L. (1987) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Großes Sängerlexikon. Bern and Stuttgart: Francke, vol. 1, col. 547.. His first London engagement, in 1840, set off riots by admirers of Tamburini, whom he had been brought in to replaceRosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.. He sang until 1869Rosenthal, H. (1992) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Sadie, S. (ed.) The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. London: Macmillan Reference, vol. 1, p. 900.Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Coletti, Filippo', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, pp. 153-154.Wikipedia (2026) Filippo Coletti. (Accessed: 30 September 2026)..

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