Ezio Pinza, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ezio Pinza

Italian Opera Singer

Date of Birth: 18-May-1892

Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy

Date of Death: 09-May-1957

Profession: singer, stage actor, opera singer, television actor

Nationality: Italy

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Ezio Pinza (born Fortunio Pinza; May 18, 1892 – May 9, 1957) was an Italian opera singer.
Pinza possessed a rich, smooth and sonorous voice, with a flexibility unusual for a bass.
He spent 22 seasons at New York's Metropolitan Opera, appearing in more than 750 performances of 50 operas.
At the San Francisco Opera, Pinza sang 26 roles during 20 seasons from 1927 to 1948.
Pinza also sang to great acclaim at La Scala, Milan and at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London. After retiring from the Met in 1948, Pinza enjoyed a fresh career on Broadway in musical theatre, most notably in South Pacific, in which he created the role of Emile de Becque.
He also appeared in several Hollywood films.