Cesare bardelli biography

From his father Alfredo, he inherited the love for "Bel Canto". His father was a semi-professional tenor and would bring 6 year-old Cesare on holidays at local churches and weddings to sing arias from his own favourite operas with the hope of hard study and an eventual operatic career for his son. Cesare at the time, had a pleasant tenor-voice and therefore started studying very young music and voice at first with Maestri Barsanti and Pizzi and afterwards in Milano with the famous baritone Carlo Tagliabue.

In New York his voice teacher was the unforgettable Daniele Serra. When the boy developed a fine treble voice, Sr. Bardelli wasted no time before enrolling him with leading voice teachers, which, in Pisa, included Barsanti and Pizzi, and dreamed of Cesare having an operatic career. When Cesare's voice broke and he emerged with a good baritone voice, he was sent to Milan to study with Carlo Tagliabue, a famous operatic baritone.

Bardelli's professional debut performance was as Amonasro in Verdi's Aida in the Italian opera house of Alessandria. He was immediately engaged to sing in Cairo as Scarpia. The prestige of this appointment for only the second professional operatic production of his career can be judged by the star-power of his co-stars: Maria Caniglia -- one of the great Toscas -- and Beniamino Gigli, a credible nominee for the crown as the greatest tenor after Caruso.

Despite committing the faux pas of dropping a prop audibly during Tosca's great aria "Vissi d'arte" earning a "fulminating" glare from Caniglia he went on to sing the role over times opposite such great Toscas as Kirsten, Steber, Milanov, Albanese, Tebaldi, Nilsson, Caballe, Leontyne Price, Olivero, and Kabaivanska. The next year, , Bardelli completed his vocal studies at the Liceo in Milan and won the prize in the Castello Sforzesco competition over other contestants.

In , Bardelli made a highly successful debut in Alessandria, Piedmont, where he performed the role of Amonasro in "Aida. He gained the reputation of being the world's best Scarpia after the great Antonio Scotti. In , still in excellent vocal form, Bardelli decided to retire from performing. Many young artists sought his guidance and requested vocal lessons at the "New York City Studio.

After retiring, Bardelli and his wife Lina moved to Vercelli, Italy, where their only daughter Vera currently resides with her family. Viotti of Vercelli.