Anafesto Rossi
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Anafesto Rossi (1883 – 1933) was an Italian operatic baritone.
He studied at the Liceo Musicale Benedetto Marcello of Venice and originally trained to be a cellist.[1][2] He graduated in 1902 as a bass. He did additional training at Saffo Bellincioni school under Lelio Casini and Schneider.[3]
Rossi made his debut in 1906 at the Sociale Broni in ‘’Traviata’’. He was nominated to the position of first baritone at the Imperial Theater in Vienna.[4] He performed with the Melba Grand Opera Company in 1911 and debuted at the Metropolitan Opera for a single performance of Count Di Luna in Il Trovatore in 1913.[5][6] In 1912 he performed with the Chicago-Philadelphia and Boston Opera Companies.[7]
He was said to have performed in Peru, Ecuador, Russia, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, England and the United States.[8] After he traveled to the US, he said he had traveled to "every continent where opera is liked and known."[9] The Boston Globe called him "something of a cartoonist" in the style of Caruso and was known for wearing a diamond ring that was given to him by the Kaiser.[10][2] He retired from the stage in 1926 and died at a mental health facility in 1933.