Alessandro Polonini

An Italian bass-baritoneWikipedia (2026) Alessandro Polonini. (Accessed: 26 September 2026). with a career of some forty years in comic and character partsCasaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Polonini', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 26 September 2026)., the son of the bass Eutimio PoloniniWikipedia (2026) Alessandro Polonini. (Accessed: 26 September 2026).. Born in CremaWikipedia (2026) Alessandro Polonini. (Accessed: 26 September 2026)., he created the surgeon in La forza del destino at St Petersburg in 1862Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Polonini', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 26 September 2026).Wikipedia (2026) Alessandro Polonini. (Accessed: 26 September 2026)., and in the 1880s sang Figaro, Escamillo and a run of operettas at the Teatro Solís in MontevideoCasaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Polonini', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 26 September 2026).. At the Teatro Regio in Turin he was the house's first Beckmesser, and there created Geronte in Manon Lescaut in 1893 and both Benoît and Alcindoro in La bohème in 1896Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Polonini', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 26 September 2026).Wikipedia (2026) Alessandro Polonini. (Accessed: 26 September 2026).. He was still singing the Sacristan in Tosca at Parma in 1901Casaglia, G. (n.d.) 'Polonini', in L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia. (Accessed: 26 September 2026)..