Luigi Colonnese

An Italian baritone who created Don Carlo di Vargas in the revised La forza del destino at La Scala in 1869Rescigno, E. (2001) 'Colonnese, Luigi', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 155.Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Luigi Colonnese', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 14 October 2026)., though Verdi had doubted he could manage its high writingRescigno, E. (2001) 'Colonnese, Luigi', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 155.. Admired more for the beauty and power of his voice than for his actingRescigno, E. (2001) 'Colonnese, Luigi', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 155., he was a leading baritone at the Teatro Regio in Turin from 1862 and at the San Carlo in Naples from 1866Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Luigi Colonnese', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 14 October 2026)., with a particular success in Petrella's JoneRescigno, E. (2001) 'Colonnese, Luigi', in Dizionario verdiano. Milan: Biblioteca Universale Rizzoli, p. 155.. He sang Amonasro at the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires in 1873Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Luigi Colonnese', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 14 October 2026)., and was still appearing at the San Carlo in 1893Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Luigi Colonnese', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 14 October 2026)..