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Giuliano Bernardi (21 December 1939 in Ravenna – 4 June 1977 in Ravenna) was an Italian operatic baritone and tenor.




Life


Bernardi trained as a singer and graduated from the Conservatorio Statale di Musica "G. Rossini" in Pesaro. Next he studied with the retired baritone Antonio Gelli and made his debut as a baritone in October 1968 in Mantua, in the title role of Verdi's opera Rigoletto, soon after winning the international competition As.Li.Co (Associazione Lirica e Concertistica).
He sang in many Italian theatres and won several other international competitions, such as the Concorso Achille Peri of 1971, and the same year the Concorso internazionale Voci Verdiane, an international competition created by the RAI), with Katia Ricciarelli; and in 1972 he won the Concorso Internazionale per Cantanti "Toti Dal Monte", singing with Ghena Dimitrova.
Luciano Pavarotti heard Bernardi sing and thought he could make a great dramatic tenor. With such encouragement, he decided to become a tenor and studied with the maestros Arrigo Pola and Ettore Campogalliani. He made his debut as a tenor in 1975 in Florence, in the role of Malcolm in Verdi's opera Macbeth. In 1976 he recorded Macbeth in studios in London with José Carreras, Sherrill Milnes, and Ruggero Raimondi, still singing the role of Malcolm. He made his real debut in Spain, in the leading role of Manrico in Verdi's Il trovatore. At the end of December 1976 he sang with Pavarotti in concerts in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Bernardi was preparing to sing the title role of Verdi's Otello when a fatal car accident ended his life at the age of 37.




Repertoire


Baritone
Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Tenor
Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata




References


Il Corriere del Teatro, May/June 1976, Giuliano Bernardi
Il Romagnolo, January 2003, Giuliano Bernardi




External links


Cortigiani vil razza dannata from Verdi's Rigoletto with Bernardi as Rigoletto (video) on YouTube
Finale of Verdi's Rigoletto with Bernardi as Rigoletto and Katia Ricciarelli as Gilda (video) on YouTube
Finale of Verdi's Il trovatore with Bernardi as Manrico (audio with pictures) on YouTube

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