Enzo Dara
Biography
Enzo Dara (Mantova, Lombardy, 13 October 1938 – 25 August 2017) was an Italian basso buffo opera singer. He performed with famous singers as Samuel Ramey , Paolo Montarsolo, Leo Nucci , Luigi Alva , Hermann Prey, Luciano Pavarotti , Teresa Berganza, Lucia Valentini Terrani , Marilyn Horne, Kathleen Battle, Cecilia Bartoli among others.
He made his debut in La Bohème in 1960, in Fano, a town in the Marche region of Italy.
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In Reggio Emilia, in 1967, he played Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia. At the Festival of the Due Mondi in Spoleto in 1969, he was Mustafà in L'Italiana in Algeri, and at La Scala, two years later, again Don Bartolo in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, directed by Claudio Abbado.
On tour, at La Scala and at the Royal Opera House in London in 1976 he played Dandini in La Cenerentola.
Enzo Dara was also an author.
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