Giovanni Paroli

Giovanni Paroli was a tenor from Brescia, who made his debut at the Teatro Grande there in 1874. In Rome in 1882 he created Carlo in Donizetti's Il duca d'Alba, and at La Scala in Milan he created Fritz in Catalani's Edmea in 1886, Cassio in Otello in 1887 and Dr Cajus in Falstaff in 1893, taking Cassio on to Rome, Venice, Parma and Naples. He created Lebel in Mascagni's I Rantzau at Florence and Matheos in Franchetti's Cristoforo Colombo at Genoa in 1892, and from 1905 to 1907 sang small parts at the Metropolitan Opera. He died in Brescia.