Franco Bordoni (Bologna 1932 – Casalecchio di Reno 2020) The son of a barber and a housewife, she enrolled in the conservatory U.K. Martini in Bologna who leaves after two years and continued his studies as autodidact listening and assimilating vocal technique on the discs of Beniamino Gigli and Carlo Tagliabue.He debuted in 1953 at the Teatro Nuovo in Imola in La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini in the role of Schaunard.Toggle the scriptures as a supporting actor is a long list of competitions, including eight won including: Busseto 1961 Fano 1961 Lonigo 1962 Monaco of Bavaria (Germany) in 1962, Toulouse (France) in 1964, Parma 1965, Barcelona (Spain) 1966 .On December 23, 1967 for the first performance, Bordoni was asked to play the role of Rigoletto in place of ill protagonist and began his acting career especially Verdi.Since 1967 sings in theaters the following cities:in Italy: Turin, Genoa, Parma, Milan, Venice, Verona, Bologna, Macerata, Rome, Naples, Catania, Palermo, Cagliari, Spain: Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Valencia, Bilbao, La Coruna, Tenerife, France: Paris Marseille, Nice, Bordeaux, Aix en Provence, England: London, Germany: Hamburg, Berlin, Monaco, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Stuttgart, Frankfurt, Austria: Vienna, Graz, in Switzerland, Lausanne, Basel, Zurich , Geneva, St. Gallen, in Lugano :, USA: San Francisco, Dallas, Chicago, Chile: Santiago de Chile, Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, to name the most important.In the mentioned theaters alongside the artists of his time, including: Del Monaco, Di Stefano, Corelli, Caballé, Carreras, Marton, Ricciarelli, Domingo, Pavarotti, Kraus, Devia, Baltsa, Siepi, Tucker, Christoff, Serra, Aragall, Vickers, Cossotto, Kabaivanska, Zeani, Deutekom, Arroyo, Bergonzi, Giaiotti, Jeddah, Giacomini, Lima, Bonisolli, Bumbry, Obratsova, Molnar, Martinucci, Dimitrova, Lavirgen, Neblett, Jones, Scotto, Freni, McCracken, Codrubas, Olivero, Merighi, Zampieri, Casolla, Cruz-Romo, Slatinaru and be directed by the most famous Masters: Arrow, Pradelli Molinari, R. Abbado, Gavazzeni, De Fabritiis, Saints, Patane Queler, Sinopoli, Masini, Gandolfi, Gain, Franci, Mackerras , Neschling, Heir, Gelmetti.He closes his career at Maribor in the Slovene National Theater in 2000 playing Rodrigo in Don Carlo by Giuseppe Verdi, after 47 years in business with more than 400 performances of Rigoletto performed in the title role.La Gioconda (Barnabas) with Jose Carreras - Gran Teatro Liceu, Barcelona 1984In 2012 it is celebrated by the Teatro Comunale in Bologna for his 80 years of age with a photo exhibition in the Rotunda Gluck that traces to the scene image long career baritone. In addition, on the occasion, it was shot a biographical DVD (interview with prof. Marco Beghelli professor at the University of Bologna - Department of visual, performing and multimedia) that collects the highlights of his artistic career.In 2016 the musician and writer Bruno Baudissone public with the publishing house My book, a collection of interviews dedicated to the world of opera entitled Forget Me, which also tells of Franco Bordoni career.Photo autograph of the famous baritone in the role of Rodrigo opera Rigoletto. dated 11/16/1974 Photography; 14,5x10,2 cm Excellent condition