Tino Pattiera was a Croatian

Croats

Croats are a South Slavic ethnic group mostly living in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and nearby countries. There are around 4 million Croats living inside Croatia and up to 4.5 million throughout the rest of the world. Responding to political, social and economic pressure, many Croats have...

 tenor, born in Cavtat

Cavtat

Cavtat ) is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. It is on the Adriatic seacoast 15 km south of Dubrovnik and is the centre of the Konavle municipality.-History:...

 in 27 June 1890 and died 24 April 1966. Prior to taking up the repertory for which he became famous, he was notable in operetta

Operetta

Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...

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Pattiera was a handsome man with an exceptional, dark heroic tenor voice, that was, some say, perfectly suited for roles like Manrico in Il trovatore

Il trovatore

Il trovatore is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador by Antonio García Gutiérrez. Cammarano died in mid-1852 before completing the libretto...

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On occasion compared with Caruso, Pattiera acquired quite an audience in 1920s. Right about that time he partnered Meta Seinmeyer and was greatly responsible for a resurgence of interest in Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Verdi

Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi was an Italian Romantic composer, mainly of opera. He was one of the most influential composers of the 19th century...

's operas in Germany.

In 31 January 1925, the first major production Seinemeyer sang in as a member of the Dresden

Dresden

Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....

 opera company was the local premiere of Umberto Giordano

Umberto Giordano

Umberto Menotti Maria Giordano was an Italian composer, mainly of operas.He was born in Foggia in Puglia, southern Italy, and studied under Paolo Serrao at the Conservatoire of Naples...

's Andrea Chénier

Andrea Chénier

Andrea Chénier is a verismo opera in four acts by the composer Umberto Giordano, set to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica. It is based loosely on the life of the French poet, André Chénier , who was executed during the French Revolution....

. Her Maddalena won praise from the composer himself, who was in the audience. Tino Pattiera, who became her most famous stage and recording partner, sang the title role

It is unknown why this world class tenor never performed in HNK (Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb). Pattiera died in 1966 and is buried in his hometown of Cavtat.

Filmography

• Eine Nacht in Venedig (1934) ... aka A Night in Venice (USA)
• Egy éj Velencében (1934) .... Olasz énekes ... aka A Night in Venice (literal English title)
• Fra Diavolo (1931/I) .... Fra Diavolo
• Fra Diavolo (1931/II) .... Fra Diavolo