Gino Bechi (Firenze 1913 – Firenze 1993) He went to the music at seventeen with Frazzi teachers and De Giorgi, making his debut in 1936 in Empoli as Germont in La traviata. He soon became one of the most important Italian opera singers, and was called, among others, the Teatro alla Scala, Opera of Rome, Lisbon and at major theaters in South America. They remained some memorable performances in Verdi operas such as Otello, Rigoletto, Nabucco.In 1950, following a performance of Falstaff at London's Covent Garden with La Scala, the criticism was not for him words of praise, probably for a certain note "allergy" of English critics to very stamped voices of Italian school [ 1], which moreover a questionable tradition dictates extraneous last character in Verdi. In 1958 he returned to London, at Drury Lane, in William Tell, this time with great success.He retired from the stage in 1965. In later years ran a finishing school for young opera singers in Florence. He was president of Siena in the international singing contest dedicated to Ettore Bastianini.Equipped with full-width, extended and fine timbre voice, Bechi was one of the most famous opera singers in the forties and fifties, forming with Maria Caniglia and Beniamino Gigli a trio of artists whose fame spread beyond the public sphere d ' work (were jokingly nicknamed the "Trio Lescano" [citation needed]).He was hired several times on music film, is based on operas that do not, and its popularity among the general public is particularly linked to the song by Cesare Andrea Bixio The road in the woods, the soundtrack of the film Fuga in two voices, become his forte ..Photo autograph of the famous baritone Photography; 18x12 cm Excellent condition