Personal Info
Tito Schipa
Acting
Biography
Tito Schipa (Italian pronunciation: [ˈskipa]; born Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa; 2nd January 1889 in Lecce – 16 December 1965) was an Italian tenor, considered the greatest tenore di grazia and one of the most popular tenors of the century.
Schipa was born as Raffaele Attilio Amedeo Schipa on 27 December 1888 in Lecce in Apulia into an Arbëreshë family; his birthday was recorded as January 2, 1889 for military conscription purposes. He studied in Milan and made his operatic debut at age 21 in 1910 at Vercelli. He subsequently appeared throughout Italy and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 1917…
Filmography
Movies
Soho Conspiracy
as Tito Schipa
Il cavaliere del sogno
as Tenor Duprez
Rosalba
Vivere ancora
In cerca di felicità
as Francesco Gualdi
Land of Fire
as Aldo Berti, tenore
Who Is Happier Than I?
as Tito
Vivere!
as Tito
I Sing for You Alone
as le ténor Marcello Palma